Featured Publications from MCH Faculty, Students, and Staff at Dornsife
Former MCH trainee, Jennifer Griffin, MPH, along with a team of researchers including Renee Davis, MD, MPH and Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP of the Drexel Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence and Tom Hipper, MSPH, MA and Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP from Dornsife’s Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication, published , in the journal Families, Systems and Health. (10/1/26)
A team of faculty, students, and staff from Dornsife and our published in the Annals of Epidemiology. (9/30/26)
Nipuni Gomes, MPH, PhD student in Health Services Research & Policy, was the lead author on “,” published in Academic Pediatrics. The researchers describe important findings on the association between children’s unmet need for health care and school absences. (9/22/26)
A team of researchers including former MCH trainee Jennifer Griffin and Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP (Director, Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence), published , in the journal Pediatric Emergency Care. (7/22/26)
Maggie Beverly, MPH, Project Manager at the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative, along with Dornsife faculty Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH, and a team of other researchers, published , in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (4/8/26)
MCHSO President and Doctoral student Bengucan Gunen, MSPH, and Ann C Klassen, PhD, authored , which was published in Health Affairs Scholar in May 2025. (6/16/25)
Doctoral student Luwam Gebrekristos, MPH, and Allison Groves, PhD, authored , along with researchers from Kenya. The research was published in Reproductive Health. (1/30/25)
A team of researchers including Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH and doctoral student Zachary Fusfeld, PhD, MPH, authored "," published in Social Science & Medicine. (1/10/25)
A team of faculty, staff, and student researchers at Dornsife authored , published in Academic Pediatrics.(6/10/24)
A team of researchers from Dornsife authored , published in Pediatrics. The researchers evaluated rapid screening tools for use in pediatric settings. (3/7/24)
Dornsife faculty Félice Lê-Scherban, PhD, MPH, and Gabriel L. Schwartz, PhD, were co-authors of the article , published in Pediatrics. Researchers found that children tend to lose access to social safety net programs exactly when they need them most: when their families are forced to move because they can’t afford the rent. (2/06/24)
Former Drexel MPH student and MCH trainee Sarah Weinbrom co-authored the brief . Sarah worked on this brief as part of her Applied Practical Experience, which was funded by the MCH Program through its MCH Workforce Development Award Initiative. Read more about Sarah's APE experience. (8/30/23)
Drexel researchers from Dornsife and the Autism Institute published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. (3/29/23)
A team of researchers including Thomas J. Hipper, MSPH, MA; Leah Popek, MPH; Renee K. Davis, MD, MPH; Renee M. Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP; and Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, FACP, authored , published in Health Security. (12/02/22)
Nina Sun, JD, published in The BMJ. (6/27/22)
Leah Popek, MPH, a former MCH Trainee at DSPH, and Renee M. Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, co-authored in Current Opinion in Pediatrics. (6/1/22)
Irene Headen, PhD, MS, was lead author of , published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (5/18/22)
Renee M. Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, was a co-author on , published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. (5/7/22)
Allison Groves, PhD, MHS, was lead author on Preexposure Prophylaxis Acceptability Among Pregnant Individuals and Implications for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention, published in the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. (3/10/22)
Renee Davis, MD, MPH, and Renee M. Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, were authors on , published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. (1/03/22)
Lynch, A., Raziano, V., Feehan, K. et al. authored , published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal. (10/15/21)
Nora Lee, PhD, was a co-author on , published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. (10/21)
Allison Groves, PhD, MHS, was lead author on , published in Global Public Health. (8/25/21)
Suratha Elango, MD, MSHP, Rebecca Whitmire, MD, MPH, John Kim, MPH, CPH, Zekarias Berhane, PhD, Renee Davis, MD, MPH and Renee M. Turchi, MD, MPH, FAAP, were authors on published in Academic Pediatrics. (7/15/21)
Sarah Bowler, MPH, a former MCH Trainee at DSPH, and Allison Groves, PhD, MHS, were co-authors of , published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. (3/21)
Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, and Renee Turchi, MD, MPH, were authors on , published in Current Opinion in Pediatrics. (10/15/20)
Cinthya K. Alberto, PhD, Jessie Kemmick Pintor, PhD, and several other Dornsife faculty co-authored , published on JAMA Open Network. (10/1/20)