National Public Health Week 2012

The Drexel School of Public Health kicks off National Public Health Week on Monday, April 2. We have many activities and programs planned during the week and beyond that reflect the week's theme of a healthier America.

Below is a look at what's in store:

Monday 4/2: Active Living and Healthy Eating

Careers in Health Disparities Webinar
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
RSVP Today

               Blog by Arvin Magusara, HIV Incidence Surveillance Project Coordinator, CA Department of
               Public Health and DUSPH Sacramento Executive MPH Student


Tuesday 4/3: Living Tobacco- and Drug-Free and Preventing Alcohol Abuse

Philadelphia Global Water Initiative Conference, Performance Indicators for Sustainable Water and Sanatation Projects in Developing Countries: 8 AM - 4:45 PM, at University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall.  Featuring DUSPH's Dr. Shannon Marquez.

Research and Policy in Reproductive Health: A View from the Trenches
               12 PM - 1PM
               New College Building, Geary Auditorium A
            
               Blog by Alex Kecojevic, DrPH Candidate at DUSPH


Wednesday 4/4: Preventing Communicable Diseases

Drexel Health and Wellness Fair
8 AM - 12 PM at the Drexel Recreation Center

Blog by Brittney Gandy-Knox, an Associate Governmental Program Analyst for DCSS Executive Legal Office and Sacramento MPH Executive Program student


Thursday 4/5: Reproductive and Sexual Health

APHA Webinar -- Collaboration Multiplier: Maximizing the Power of Partnership to Achieve Healthy Communities
1 PM – 2 PM

Blog by Lindsay Garito, a second-year DUSPH full-time MPH student


Friday 4/6: Mental and emotional well-being

APHA Webinar -- NPHW Forum: Addressing the Correlation of Mental Health, Equity and Substance Abuse
10 AM - 12 PM

Blog by Lauren Forbes, a second-year DUSPH full-time MPH student
 

All Week and Beyond:

All Week Long: Blogs by DUSPH Faculty
Michael Yudell & Jonathan Purtle: The Public's Health
Robert Field: Check Up
Leah Roman: Pop Health

Thursday 4/12: Grand Rounds Lecture: Dr. Susan Reverby, Wellesley College
“Escaping Melodramas: The U.S. STD Inoculation Experiments in Guatemala and their Aftermath”
4:30 PM, Geary B Auditorium, 245 N. 15th St.


Thursday 4/12: Interview with Dr. Robert Ross, President & CEO, The California Endowment
"What it Means to Lead" Speaker's Series at the Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento
Interviewed by DUSPH Professor Ray Lum
6:00 PM PST -- Live Stream at http://publichealth.drexel.edu/ross

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