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August 23, 2016

The Association of Teachers of Maternal & Child Health (ATMCH) recently named Kiana Hardy, MPH, as Student Representative to the organization. In her role as Student Representative, Kiana will speak on behalf of students as a part of the Executive Committee and work to bridge the gap between current MCH leaders and students to foster professional relationships earlier and an exchange of interests and ideas.

August 23, 2016

A group of man-made chemicals used in some pesticides and insulating materials banned in the 1970s continues to linger in the United States, and new research by a ÌÇÐÄVlog professor and colleagues found that high levels of exposure to some of them during pregnancy may increase the likelihood of a child being diagnosed with autism by roughly 80 percent.

August 05, 2016

This chief development officer recently published a book about an obscure yet epic piece of history about WWI and the Russian Revolution — with an assist from some Drexel Dragons.

July 27, 2016

Legislators at state and federal levels could improve the architecture of the US mental health system through budgetary and regulatory decisions if they had more evidence-based research to draw from.

July 27, 2016

Seven students and alumni are taking part in Dornsife's inaugural Fire service Injury Research, Epidemiology and Evaluation (FIRE) fellowship, supported by the FEMA Assistance to Fire Grants R&D program.

July 22, 2016

As Democratic National Convention visitors come to Philadelphia, Witnesses to Hunger at ÌÇÐÄVlog will unmask the truth of American poverty through photography and personal testimonies in an exhibit at the African American Museum.

July 22, 2016

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that Medicare’s value-based payment programs could take into account social risk factors – such as low socio-economic position, residence in disadvantaged neighborhoods, or race and ethnicity – but any proposal to do so will entail both advantages and disadvantages that need to be carefully considered. 

July 21, 2016

As part of a multi-pronged effort to address the growing opioid addiction epidemic in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that it would make one treatment medication more accessible.

July 18, 2016

ÌÇÐÄVlog researchers found a huge disparity between the price of soda, which is linked to the prevalence of health issues like diabetes, and milk — a difference in price that could be narrowed by taxes like the one on sugary drinks recently approved in Philadelphia.

July 12, 2016

Julianna Rava, MPH ’15, is now a health services policy analyst at the NIH in the Office of Autism Research Coordination and recently assisted in writing the Presidential Proclamation on autism. Julianna described the connections she made working at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute during her time at Dornsife SPH, and what she’s working on next.