Our Weekly Forum provides an informal opportunity for the UHC to come together and for faculty, students, staff, and others to discuss research questions, practice presentations, hold roundtable discussions or discuss works in progress. In getting together to discuss our work and projects, we encourage and promote consistent collaboration and team building within the UHC.

Wed., March 12, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lisa Frueh will present, "Does the school environment shape children’s resilience to temperature and fine particulate matter exposure in New York State?" (a UHC Dissertation Award project overview). Usama Bilal will also present "Spatial clustering of life expectancy in the US before the COVID-19 pandemic." 

Wed., March 19, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UHC Invited Speaker Series: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Wrigley-Field studies racial inequality in mortality in the historical and contemporary United States.

Wed., April 2, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ran Li will present on data infrastructure related to the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center. Barbara Affleck will also present on the Philadelphia Autism Project.

Wed., April 9, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wei Song will present "GPS-based community participation and environmental factors." Juan Carlos Figueroa will also present.

Wed., April 16, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Josiah Kephart will present "Floods and Mortality." Andrea Jaffe will also present "Heat and Multiple Sclerosis."

Wed., April 23, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Policy Core will present a training on "seizing the policy moment."

Wed., April 30, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Agus Surachman and team from the RELAx Lab will present "Social and psychological determinants of accelerated epigenetic aging."

Wed., May 7, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UHC Invited Speaker Series: Diana Hernandez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. Dr. Hernandez conducts research at the intersection of energy, equity, housing and health.

Wed., May 14, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Gianni Afuso will be presenting. Patrick Smith and Ali Groves will also be presenting "Social policies to advance health equity." 

Wed., May 21, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ali Groves and Libby Valdez will be presenting on the Philly Joy Bank.

Wed., May 28, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Gabriel Schwartz and Ana Lucia Peralta will be presenting. 

Wed., June 4, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Carolina Rendón, Mariana Lazo, and Katy Indvik will be presenting a CCUH/CEC Research Training Workshop.

These events will be held both in person at UHC's office and virtually.

No RSVP is necessary to join in person. To join virtually please email uhc@drexel.edu for more details.

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