Urban Health Research Projects

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Big Cities Health Indicators Data Platform

Cedar Campus Evaluation

Neighborhood Impacts of Cognitive Health and Dementia Disparities

Community IMPACT: Reducing Cancer in Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities: A SALURBAL-Climate partnership with the World Resources Institute

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Use of a National Retail Database to Describe Marijuana Dispensary Location and Equity

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Advancing Urban Health in Partnership with the Big Cities Health Coalition
Drexel-INCAP training program on social determinants of cardiovascular disease over the life course
COVID-19 Health Inequities in U.S. Cities
Big Cities Health Indicators Data Platform
Cedar Campus Evaluation
Neighborhood Impacts of Cognitive Health and Dementia Disparities
Community IMPACT: Reducing Cancer in Philadelphia Neighborhoods
Heat and Health in Brazilian Cities: A SALURBAL-Climate partnership with the World Resources Institute
Assessing individual- and neighborhood-level indicators of social determinants of health (SDoH) as predictors of COVID-19 outcomes
Social Determinants of Fatty Liver Disease and its Racial/Ethnic Disparities: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Evaluating Local Policies for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease Impact
Freedom from the Station: Spatial Equity in Access to Dockless Bike Share
Health Aging in European Cities: Understanding Aging in an Urban Context
The Collaborative Center For Legal Epidemiology: Evaluating Law As An Intervention To Improve Health Outcomes And Reduce Disparities Related To HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, And Tuberculosis
Heat and Infant Mortality in Philadelphia
Home Preservation Initiative
Housing Discrimination and Child Health
Food Security, Neighborhoods, and Young Children’s Growth
Intergenerational Effects of Childhood Adversity
The Jackson Heart Study Social Determinants of Health Working Group
Use of a National Retail Database to Describe Marijuana Dispensary Location and Equity
Park Use and Childhood Physical Activity
IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME: An Evaluation of Design, Context, and Engagement
Pediatric Big Data Project
Hurricane Maria - What Did it Mean for Philadelphia?
Retail Environment and Cardiovascular Disease
Rio Das Pedras Community Health Diagnosis
Salud Urbana en America Latina (SALURBAL) (2017-2023)
Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL-Climate)
COVID-19 Inequities among Hispanics in US Cities
Systematic Transportation and Recreation Environment Evaluations using Technology (STREET)
Urban Policy and Program Surveillance Project
Violence Profile for the Eastern North Philadelphia Community
West Philadelphia Promise Neighborhood