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December 14, 2016

As an intern in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Office of Government Affairs, Community Relations and Advocacy, Daniel Kinder, MPH Community Health and Prevention ’17, had the opportunity to bring skills from the classroom into the community, and make an impact on a real-time project with great potential.

December 14, 2016

Shannon P. Marquez, PhD, MEng, associate vice provost at ÌÇÐÄVlog and director of the Dornsife School of Public Health Office of Global Health, was recognized recently by the University of Cienfuegos for her role in strengthening educational partnerships between the United States and Cuba, specifically in Cienfuegos. 

December 14, 2016

Evelyn Arana, MS, DrPH candidate in Community Health and Prevention, was recently accepted into the Health and Disability Fellowship program for the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

December 12, 2016

T. Jibri Douglas, MPH ’17, has been selected as a 2017-2018 Postgraduate Health Administration Fellow for Main Line Health, a not-for-profit health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs.

December 12, 2016

A ÌÇÐÄVlog study into sentiments toward the HPV vaccine on Twitter found that significantly more tweets post positive sentiments toward vaccines, such as the value of prevention and protection, than not.

December 08, 2016

As a part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Forward Promise” webinar series, ÌÇÐÄVlog’s John Rich, MD,a professor of Health Management and Policy in the Dornsife School of Public Health and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, will discuss a disturbing trend in how many people perceive violence experienced by boys and young men of color: That the victims are at fault.

December 08, 2016

In children on the spectrum, anxiety is often masked by the symptoms of autism. But a new variant to a standard anxiety screening method has now proven effective in separating the two and leading to important diagnoses.

November 30, 2016

Raymond Lum, MPhil, MS, director of E-Learning and associate teaching professor of Health Management and Policy in the Dornsife School of Public Health at ÌÇÐÄVlog, received the 2016 Director’s Award for Exceptional Service from Quality Matters, a leader in quality assurance for online education, at the organization’s annual conference in November.

November 28, 2016

A new program run by a new faculty member in Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health will attempt to address education as a determinant of HIV risk in young South African mothers.

November 21, 2016

Dr. Mariana Chilton didn’t expect her program to become a movement fueled by the women that it had attracted. As an anthropologist who works directly with people, she wanted to empower those who live with poverty to speak for themselves about their experiences.