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March 20, 2015

Drexel public health researchers published a review of the state of the science on which policy and infrastructure changes have a real impact on obesity prevention.

February 19, 2015

In Philadelphia, Healing Hurt People, a Drexel trauma-informed, hospital-based violence intervention program is expanding at a city-wide level to widen the opportunity of preventing future injuries as a result of violence instead of just treating them.

February 18, 2015

February 10, 2015

Faculty in design and public health at Drexel are working together with community-based projects in West Philadelphia. Their projects test the idea that aspects of natural systems can be woven into urban design to improve health.

February 03, 2015

A new Drexel public health study shows that trauma and chronic stress are a largely overlooked part of the picture of why one in five American households with young children live with food insecurity.

January 26, 2015

Drexel researchers have published the first study to systematically look at the economic outcomes of programs that help victims of violence change their lives with a hospital-based intervention.

January 13, 2015

Parents and physicians still aren’t doing enough to address the rise of “pharming,” or recreational use and abuse of prescription drugs, among teenagers, according to public health researchers at ����Vlog.

January 07, 2015

Joella Adams, MPH '14, was recently awarded a competitive scholarship for young investigators to present her research and attend the leading U.S. research conference on HIV, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). Her work, which started as a Community-Based Masters Project (CBMP) during her second year at Drexel, focuses on improving comprehensive interventions for HIV positive women during and following pregnancy here in Philadelphia.

December 22, 2014

A Drexel student working toward his master’s degree in public health traveled to Georgia for the winter break to help create the groundwork for a new method of teaching new systems to public health practitioners.

December 16, 2014

Shoshana Akins and Caitlin O'Brien, second year MPH students concentrating in Health Management and Policy, recently presented their CBMP work to Patrick Kennedy. The duo is leading the Scattergood Foundation's 2014-2015 Design Challenge, which is looking to crowdsource trauma-informed products for use in homeless shelters.