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October 14, 2021

����Vlog’s Dornsife School of Public Health and College of Nursing and Health Professions recently received a 5-year, $14.4 million “Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation” (FIRST) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to hire, retain and support diverse, early career researchers with a focus on health disparities research on aging, chronic disease and/or environmental determinants.

October 13, 2021

Last term, Drexel faculty were recognized for their research and achievements, like Alexis Roth, PhD, associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, who received a NIH R01 grant for $4.9 million to assess HIV prevention interventions over the next five years.

October 08, 2021

The annual event marking the start of the new academic year highlighted the best of Drexel innovation and potential.

September 27, 2021

Researchers from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at ����Vlog investigated if the "team-around-the-child" - the parents, school staff and community providers - was associated with perceived successful school transitions for children with autism from lower income families.

September 24, 2021

Dean Diez Roux was recognized among 10 outstanding Hispanic professionals to receive the 2021 Ambassador Manuel Torres Award.

September 17, 2021

A long-standing Dornsife tradition, new students, staff and faculty were officially welcomed to the school at the 2021 Pinning Ceremony.

September 02, 2021

DrexelNow checked in with the new students joining our campus community this fall about their past experiences, future plans, and their hopes and worries about starting their Drexel careers amidst the ongoing pandemic.

August 31, 2021

Researchers from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at ����Vlog released the latest National Autism Indicators Report highlighting the importance of mental health care in autistic children and adults. The report found high rates of mental health conditions in autistic children and adults and persistent disparities in mental health and health care by race and ethnicity.

August 30, 2021

Autistic adults, adults with intellectual disability, and adults with mental health diagnoses have multiple risk factors for infection with COVID-19 and for experiencing more severe disease if they contract COVID-19, according to research from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at ����Vlog.

August 19, 2021

Alex Ortega, PhD, professor in the department of Health Management and Policy at Dornsife, co-wrote an editorial piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association on racism and health care inequities.