The Drexel Urban Health Summer Institute offers short courses for researchers, professionals, and students interested in improving public health in cities. Each class focuses on vital topics, tools, and methodologies, such as Geographic Imaging Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Community-Based Participatory Research, all taught by leading public health researchers and faculty. Summer Institute courses will be held both online and in person on Drexel University's campus in Philadelphia.

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative Black Immigrant Working Group presents “Understanding the Experiences of New Black Immigrants in Philadelphia: Academic-Community Advocacy Efforts,” an online panel composed of Black immigrant leaders and advocates to shed light on the unique challenges, and resilience of Black migrants who are being bussed into Philadelphia.

Please join the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) and the Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL Climate) project for a webinar featuring Stella Hartinger, PhD, Associate Professor at Cayetano Heredia University in Peru. She is an environmental health specialist and leads the Unit for Environmental Development, Health and Environment and co-directs CLIMA, the Center for Latin-American Research on Climate Change and Health. Dr. Hartinger will present a talk titled "Examining the 2023 Latin America Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change."

Please join the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH), the Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL-Climate) project, and the Dornsife Research Office for a featured speaker presentation from Ming Yang, PhD, Senior Editor at Nature Medicine. Dr. Yang will present a talk titled "Publishing global and planetary health research in Nature Medicine.” The final 20 minutes will be reserved for Q&A.

The Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) is honored to host Kai Chen PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) at Yale University, where he conducts research on climate change, air pollution, and human health. Dr. Chen will present a talk titled "Climate Epidemiology: How to Assess the Health Impacts of Climate Change."

The Urban Health Collaborative's Antiracism Committee will present their work.

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative and the Ubuntu Center are honored to host Dr. Zinzi Bailey, a social epidemiologist focused on cancer health disparities, as well as the health impacts of and policy solutions for structural and institutional discrimination, especially at the intersection of public health and criminal justice. This event is open to all and will be held both virtually and in person. Registration information is below. Please contact uhc@drexel.edu with any questions.

Amber Palmer-McCabe, MPH will present “Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Neighborhood Health.”

Dr. Ana Germani of the University of São Paulo will present “Race.ID, antiracist approaches to healthcare professional training”

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative is thrilled to host Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, PhD, Chief Data/AI Ethicist at Connecting Stones at our May 15 Weekly Forum. Dr. Anderson will present “Making Data Matter: Applying AI Technologies for Community Benefit,” and will be available for discussion after her talk.

Explore local and international efforts to make data more accessible and usable, while acknowledging the complexities created by considerations of data ownership, stewardship and provenance. We will have two round tables with time for Q&A. Light appetizers will be served. Everyone is welcome!