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February 17, 2021

This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including Miriam Giguere, PhD, head of the Department of Performing Arts and professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, who was awarded a $400,000 grant to create a citywide music-based project.

January 22, 2021

Three recent papers from researchers at Dornsife, discuss continued inequalities and growing challenges faced by many immigrants in the U.S.

January 21, 2021

The Urban Health Collaborative at Dornsife has partnered with the Big Cities Health Coalition to release the "COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard."

January 13, 2021

New research out of the Urban Health Collaborative examined associations of uncontrolled hyperglycemia with sociodemographic and cardiovascular factors.

December 16, 2020

A new study shows that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program gets the medication into the hands of women who inject drugs — a population disproportionately impacted by HIV. The results, from researchers at ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Dornsife School of Public Health, were recently published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

December 15, 2020

Researchers from ÌÇÐÄVlog will be working with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on a partnership aimed at enhancing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation. Through a recently formed partnership, the institutions are pursuing a federal grant for research into risk assessment, mitigation and communication strategies that will help keep riders safe and healthy.

December 08, 2020

New research led by a Dornsife post-doctoral research fellow found that exposure to fracking activity may increase heart failure hospitalizations across large regions.

December 07, 2020

From administering COVID tests to conducting case investigation and contact tracing, the University has relied on a cross-college battalion of faculty, professional staff and students to protect Dragons against the coronavirus, and in turn, protect the surrounding community.

December 01, 2020

A $9 million gift from ÌÇÐÄVlog alumna Dana Dornsife and her husband David to the University's School of Public Health will help launch a new Center on Racism and Health, recruit and retain faculty experts on racial inequities in health and endow the deanship for public health. The longtime philanthropists, widely known for their humanitarian efforts, are the largest single benefactors in the University's history, having donated more than $70 million. The School of Public Health was named in their honor after a $45 million gift in 2015.

December 01, 2020

In the recently published sixth report in the National Autism Indicators Report series, researchers from ÌÇÐÄVlog's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute highlight a holistic picture of what health and health care look like across the life course for people on the autism spectrum.