Drexel Urban Health Collaborative
@DrexelUHC
The Urban Health Collaborative aims to improve health in cities by increasing scientific knowledge & public awareness of health and health variation in cities.
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Get new urban health data and climate metrics! Join Big Cities Health Coalition and Drexel Urban Health Collaborative for a guided tour of the newest features in the Big Cities Health Inventory platform. May 17, 1pm ET. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
In a newly published review, researchers at Dornsife and Drexel Engineering called for focused efforts to understand how indoor overheating affects health and wellbeing and how building design standards must evolve to ensure people can find refuge indoors. newsblog.drexel.edu/2024/04/29/qa-…
May 17 📅 Join us and Drexel Urban Health Collaborative for an immersive tour of new data & metrics on our interactive Big Cities Health Inventory data platform. ➡️ Register now!
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
The College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel CNHP and Drexel Public Health present the 2024 Arts and Sciences Symposium on May 15. Faculty will discuss @drexeluniv's commitment to health equity.
Learn more: ow.ly/iG0a50RptAk
'A modeling study [by UHC researchers] published in Public Health Nutrition in 2022 estimates a 20% tax would reduce purchases of #ultraprocessedfoods by 24%.'
'Children need stronger policies. They deserve better food.'
My latest piece on serving Lunchables to children. Published today in CNN Opinion
edition.cnn.com/2024/04/23/opi…
Greenspace🌳 is incredibly important for brain 🧠health, so lets take care of the beautiful planet we live on just like we take care of our brains!🌎 #OnePlanet #GreenMatters #HealthyAging loom.ly/PWQyzK8 UMiami Neurology Precision Aging Network
I loved my Lunchables as a kid. Now, all I see is what’s in them. Read more from Hasan Merali here: cnn.com/2024/04/23/opi…
Important reporting about how the Medicaid unraveling is hitting people experiencing homelessness 👇🏼
This focuses on MT, but housing insecurity & Medicaid disenrollment is a national problem. Like in NYC:
ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-…
Or Philly, or Baltimore:
publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…
Research matters for creating urban heat adaptation plans. Researchers at the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative share insights from a recent commentary published in Nature Medicine: bit.ly/4d8kHDM #climatechange
New publication🚨
Road Traffic Injuries and the Built Environment in Bogotá, Colombia, 2015–2019: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
H.Y. Zewdie Olga Lucia Sarmiento J.D.Pinzón María Alejandra Wilches P.A.Arbelaez Laura Baldovino-Chiquillo Luis A. Guzman S.J. Mooney Q.C. N.Tasdizen Alex Quistberg
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Citing work by Leah Schinasi and other UHC researchers, Anya Kamenetz explains how climate change affects children's health and why talking about climate should be part of your kid's check up.
A large study points to physical & cognitive function (not age) as predictors of heat-related mortality, therefore #climate adaptation policies should prioritize accessibility.
News & Views from Josiah Kephart & Safiyyah Okoye
Drexel Public Health Josiah Kephart
nature.com/articles/s4159…