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…

Read this blog post, which discusses the issue of indoor heat stress and building overheating and draws insights from our interdisciplinary team! newsblog.drexel.edu/2024/04/29/qa-…

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-…

Arthur Frank, MD, professor at Dornsife, gave the keynote address “Minerals, Plants, and Policy - Public Health in Action” at the University of Kentucky's Wyatt Environment & Health Symposium in early April.

Watch now 👇👇👇
youtu.be/2kXMxpCfdvc?si…

You're Invited: Dr. Zinzi Bailey is our final UHC Invited Speaker of the year! Join us on May 29, 11:00-12:00 EST, for her talk, 'Structural racism and health: Where to go from here?'

RSVP to join in person: lnkd.in/ew_5UGDF

RSVP to join online: lnkd.in/egsrinya

INVITACIÓN🌟
El Centro de Investigación del INCAP para la Prevención de las Enfermedades Crónicas (CIIPEC) les invita participar en seminario web.
✅2 de mayo 2024
🕑2:00 a 3:00 pm (HORA GUATE.)
Inscripción: bit.ly/3xQPWmK

Drexel Public Health #diabetestipo2

Yesterday, several MPH students presented at Drexel University's Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference. This homegrown, university-wide conference is an opportunity for grad students to spotlight their research!

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…

TOMORROW at Drexel University!

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

We are thrilled to host #AI Ethicist Theresa Anderson, PhD, at our May 15 UHC Weekly Forum! Dr. Anderson will present “Making Data Matter: Applying AI Technologies for Community Benefit.”

➡️ 3600 Market St, Room 709, and via Zoom (registration required): drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Alex Quistberg Olga Lucia Sarmiento Luis A. Guzman María Alejandra Wilches Drexel Public Health EpiAndes Grupo SUR Uniandes Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Springer Public Health Movilidad Bogotá Claudia Diaz Acosta Deyanira Avila Felipe Ramírez Nicolás Estupiñán 🇨🇴 Juan Pablo Bocarejo Secretaría Distrital de Salud Alcaldía de Bogotá Hiwot Zewdie University of Washington School of Public Health José Segundo López Conduce a 50, vive al 100 Fundación Liga Contra la Violencia Vial Hilda M Gomez Planeación Bogotá Miguel Silva Moyano 📚 Our findings highlight the potential for pedestrian-friendly infrastructure to promote safer interactions between pedestrians and motorists in Bogotá and in similar urban contexts globally
Hiwot Zewdie Olga Lucia Sarmiento María Alejandra Wilches Laura Baldovino-Chiquillo Luis A. Guzman Alex Quistberg ++ #SALURBAL

Anneclaire De Roos, PhD, associate professor at Dornsife, discussed the university's ongoing efforts to use organic fertilizers across the campus. whyy.org/articles/drexe…

Researchers found no evidence to support a causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD and intellectual disability in children. Brian K. Lee, PhD, associate prof. at Dornsife, co-senior authored this study: drexel.edu/news/archive/2…

This week, FIRST director Dr. Jennifer Taylor and PhD candidate Madison Raposa, MS attended the 2024 SAVIR Annual Conference in NC!

They heard from researchers in the violence and injury prevention space, including Drexel Public Health PhD candidate Rachel HaileSelasse.

We are thrilled to host health equity scholar Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as our next invited speaker!

🎟️RSVP to join in person: eventbrite.com/e/uhc-invited-…

🎟️RSVP to join virtually: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Want news curated for Dornsife School of Public Health Alumni? 🐉 Join our Alumni Network page via LinkedIn for events, the latest news, and more! ⬇
linkedin.com/showcase/dorns… #foreverdragons

RAIN DATE! Tomorrow's EarthFest has been rescheduled for Thursday, 4/17, at the same time. See you then on Lancaster Walk!

The Urban Health Summer Institute in June is a unique opportunity to build skills in urban public health research and practice, while networking with leaders in the field. 🏙️📊

Register by May 3 to get 25% off! Student rates + scholarships are available: drexel.edu/uhc/events-wor…

62 days until Commencement 🎓🐉 Dr. Frank A. Franklin, Interim Health Commissioner for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, will address the Class of 2024! drexel.edu/dornsife/news/… #foreverdragons