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March 02, 2017

A policy written last year by three Dornsife students, Kara Fisher MPH '16, Samantha Weckesser, MPH '17, and Rosie Mae Henson, MPH ’16, has been officially adopted by the . The policy advocates for transgender rights as fundamental to public health and is the first APHA policy linking transgender rights and health.

March 01, 2017

Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health will hold a discussion and host a leading expert to talk about the human health effects that could result from potential rollbacks on climate and environment policy in the United States.

March 01, 2017

With the potential to save almost 30,000 lives a year in the United States through elimination of driver error, automated cars could become one of the most important public health advances of this century. But finding the right balance between individual rights, community concerns and industry interests creates a conundrum that public health experts should weigh in on.

February 27, 2017

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative will leverage its robust environmental data capabilities in a joint project with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

February 24, 2017

The announcement of the verdict for the Trayvon Martin case in the summer of 2013 case shocked Marie Plaisime, MPH ’14. She then set out to develop a second year master’s project that would not only embody her passion to ameliorate racial disparities, but also make a difference in health care.

This month, the results of that master’s project were published by the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

February 23, 2017

A team of ÌÇÐÄVlog researchers looking into how a higher density of day care facilities may affect the prevalence of illness in a neighborhood and found that it doesn’t really have much of an effect.

February 20, 2017

Black men likely don't get the same healthcare treatment that white men do because of doctors' biases and fear of black men, according to a new qualitative study.

February 09, 2017

ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) received a $1.15 Million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the disaster communication needs of children and youth with special health care needs and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

February 09, 2017

Though Drexel has participated in the annual community book club for years, this marks the first year of interdisciplinary collaboration and panel discussions.

February 09, 2017

About 100 members of the Drexel community gathered last evening for a wide-ranging informational forum with a panel of professors to learn more about President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven countries.