News Archive 2008

Prof. Frank Named to Scientific Board at CDC
November 2008

Prof. Arthur L. Frank, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the School of Public Health, was recently appointed by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to serve on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through 2012. More...

South African Health and Human Rights Leader Spoke at Drexel
November 2008

Barbara Hogan, the newly appointed Minister of Health for South Africa, and Ahmed Kathrada, a prison confidante of Nelson Mandela, spoke on November 12. Video available online. More...

Prof. Liu's Report on Heart Failure Cited in Media
November 2008

Assoc. Prof. Longjian Liu, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, presented his latest report, "A New Epidemic of Heart Failure in the United States," at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, in New Orleans, LA, on November 9. The presented was cited by several national news organizations, listed below. More...

Prof. Lum Named "Outstanding Online Instructor"
November 2008

Asst. Professor Raymond Lum, MPhil, MS, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, was named one of Drexel University's "Outstanding Online Instructors" in an awards ceremony held on November 10 at the Bossone Auditorium, Drexel Main Campus, as part of National Distance Learning Week (November 10-14, 2008), sponsored by the United States Distance Learning Association. More...

Dr. Taylor Helps Firefighters Stay Safe
November 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health recently extended its contract with the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) to analyze and evaluate its new data system, the National Firefighters Near Miss Reporting System (NFFNMRS). Dr. Jennifer Taylor, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health, is serving as the principal investigator. More...

Drexel Presents Research at National Public Health Conference
October 2008

More than 15 students, faculty and staff members from the School of Public Health visited San Diego late last month to present individual research and school achievements at the annual American Public Health Association's national conference. The school's "Live It" theme resonated from coast to coast. More...

Alumni Receive ASPH/CDC Fellowships
October 2008

Jason Dela Cruz '08 and Chris Estes '08, recent School of Public Health alumni, were selected to receive Public Health Fellowships from the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this year. The students were two of 18 recent graduates to receive the prestigious ASPH/CDC fellowships. More...

Dr. Andrulis Named to National Medical Committee
October 2008

Dr. Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Center for Health Equality at the Drexel University School of Public Health, was recently named to the National Medical Committee for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. More...

Barbara Bungy '06 Leads Panel on AIDS Research
September 2008

Barbara Bungy '06, MPH, participated in the U.S. Conference on AIDS in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, from September 18 – 21, 2008. Her research was selected for a roundtable discussion at the conference. More...

Drexel SPH Co-Hosts Diversity Rx Conference
September 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health, along with the Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care and the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, co-hosted the Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations from September 21 – 24, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN. More...

Dean Gold Named to Philadelphia Board of Health
September 2008

Marla J. Gold, MD, the dean of the Drexel University School of Public Health, was recently appointed to the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Health by Mayor Michael Nutter. As a member of the Board of Health, Dean Gold will advise and help formulate policy for the city’s Department of Public Health. More...

Prof. Taylor to Chair APHA’s Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section
September 2008

Jennifer A. Taylor, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, was elected as the chairperson of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in September. Dr. Taylor’s term as chair will begin at the end of October. More...

Prof. Frank to Serve on Philadelphia's Air Pollution Control Board
September 2008

Prof. Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the School of Public Health, was appointed to the City of Philadelphia’s Air Pollution Control Board by Mayor Michael Nutter. The Air Pollution Control Board was created nearly 40-years ago by the City of Philadelphia to establish air quality objectives and enforce city regulations to reduce pollution. More...

Prof. Perez Receives Grant for Environmental Health Outreach
September 2008

Asst. Prof. Hernando Perez, PhD, MPH, CIH, recently received a nearly $90,000 grant from The Barra Foundation, Inc. in support of a 15-month pilot study on environmental health outreach at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center. The study is slated to serve as a model program for residential environmental health education in low income, urban settings. More...

Prof. Chilton Recieves APHA Young Professional Award
September 2008

Asst. Prof. Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, recently received the MCH Young Professional Award for her work on child and maternal health from the American Public Health Association (APHA). More...

Prof. Rich Named to Dartmouth College Board of Trustees
September 2008

John A. Rich, MD, MPH, the director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health, was recently one of five new appointees to the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees. More...

Dean Gold to Chair APHA Diversity Committee
September 2008

Marla J. Gold, MD, Dean of the School of Public Health, was recently elected to serve as the chair of the Association of Schools of Public Health’s Diversity Committee and a de facto member of the Board of Directors for the academic public health’s national organization. More...

School of Public Health to Display Public Health Milestones Exhibit
August 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health will host the Pfizer "Milestones in Public Health" Exhibit from October 20 - 23, 2008.  The schedule of events surrounding the exhibit at the school will be announced shortly.  More...

Dean Gold Elected Chair of ASPH Diversity Committee
August 2008

Marla J. Gold, MD, the dean of the School of Public Health, was recently elected to serve as the chair of the Association of Schools of Public Health’s Diversity Committee and a de facto member of the Board of Directors for the academic public health’s national organization.  More...

Recent School of Public Health Alum Receives Prestigious ASPH Fellowship
August 2008

Adrienne Poon '08, MPH, was recently selected for the Association of Schools of Public Health/Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship.  As a fellow, Adrienne will soon be moving to Beijing and working as a Global Program Management Fellow with the Global AIDS Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  More...

Major Grant Forges Partnership with Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
August 2008

The School of Public Health received $900,000 this year from the regional Philadelphia Health Care Trust to support masters-level public health education for employees of the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and its affiliates who meet the school’s admissions criteria. The program provides critical continuing education opportunities for the region’s public health officials.  More...

Nine New Faculty Members Introduced
August 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health welcomed seven new faculty members during the 2007 - 2008 academic year, and two more will be starting this fall.  The new teaching faculty members bring significant teaching experience and a vast range of research expertise to the students of the school.  More...

School of Public Health Announces Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Diabetes
July 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health was awarded one of only eight Visiting Professorships in Diabetes from Pfizer this year.  Dr. Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard University, will lead an information exchange with students and faculty at the School of Public Health.  More...

U.S. Surgeon General Urges Class of '08 to Make a Difference
June 2008

Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, the acting United States Surgeon General, urged the Drexel University School of Public Health's graduating class of 2008 to make the world a different and better place by helping others learn to help themselves and improve their years and quality of life.  More...

"Urban and Suburban" Health Reports Now Online
June 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health is proud to announce the recent expansion of its online research content, by making available the work of Dr. Dennis Andrulis, Director of the Center for Health Equality (CHE), regarding the health of America’s cities. The research, entitled The Social and Health Landscape of Urban and Suburban America, is a wide spectrum of reports and related data from 1990 to 2000 that profile the health of the nation’s 100 largest cities and their suburbs. More...

New Consensus Statement Offers First Blueprint for Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities
June 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health's Center for Health Equality, along with 26 other public and private organizations including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released the nation's first detailed blueprint for public health disaster preparedness in minority communities across the country. More...

2008 School Awards
June 2008

The School of Public Health presented its 2008 School Awards (and Student Posters) for graduating students and their community preceptors on Thursday, June 5th.  Tradionally bestowed in the days before graduation, the awards recognize graduating students and faculty for their achievements and service to the School of Public Health and local community. More...

U.S. Surgeon General to be 2008 Commencement Speaker
June 2008

Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, Acting U.S. Surgeon General, has agreed to be the School of Public Health's Commencement speaker.  Commencement will be held at noon on Saturday, June 14, 2008.  The ceremony will be Webcast live.  More...

Professor Rich Quoted in Boston Globe Article on Senator's Physician
May 2008

Professor John A. Rich, MD, MPH, Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy and director of the Center for Academic Public Health Practice, is quoted in a Boston Globe story of May 23, about Dr. Larry Ronan, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s physician. Dr. Rich attended Harvard Medical School with Dr. Ronan.

Student is Finalist in Kaiser Foundation Essay Contest
May 2008

Adrienne Poon '08, a second-year Masters of Public Health candidate at the Drexel School of Public Health, placed second in the national Kaiser Family Foundation’s Second Annual Student Essay Contest. The Kaiser Family Foundation is a renowned organization, and it is a significant achievement to be named as a finalist in the annual essay contest. More...

CNN Blog Features SPH Center for Nonviolence
May 2008

Officials at the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health are leading online discussions about trauma, violence and guns at the CNN blog site Anderson Cooper 360º. More...

Prof. Chilton on Children's Obesity Panel with Surgeon General
May 2008

Asst. Professor Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, recently sat on a panel of experts, including state and local officials recently to address childhood obesity with the Surgeon General, at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Dr. Chilton discussed the efforts of The Philadelphia GROW Project, and helped answer questions from a large audience in attendance. More...

State, Local Leaders Talk Violence Prevention with Executive Students
April 2008

Students of the School of Public Health’s Executive MPH Program have been discussing public health approaches and strategies for preventing gun violence among youth in Philadelphia.  That discussion came full circle on April 18 when three guest speakers – each with their own perspective on violence prevention – joined the class to analyze how violence prevention, including policy, programs and research, can be viewed through the broader lens of public health.  More...

Drexel Study Highlights Heart Failure Prevention Methods
April 2008

A national study by researchers at Drexel University highlights various potential strategies for the prevention and management of heart failure among different racial/ethnic groups. Dr. Longjian Liu, an associate professor at the School of Public Health, recently presented the research "Prevalence, Co-morbidity and Outcomes in Hospital Patients with Heart Failure for Whites and African-Americans: Implications and Benchmarks." More...

Doctoral Students Awarded Provost Fellowships
April 2008

Dr. Yeetey Enuameh and Eunice Omanga, both doctoral students at the Drexel School of Public Health, were awarded Provost Fellowships for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years. Each student will receive $5,000 a year in recognition of their promise as an outstanding graduate student at Drexel University. More...

Drexel Celebrates National Public Health Week 2008
April 2008

National Public Health Week is April 7 - 13, 2008.  This year’s theme is "Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance." To celebrate, the students, faculty and alumni of the Drexel School of Public Health will lead a series of activities to raise awareness of climate change as a public health issue and show how the Philadelphia community can help improve their health by being environmentally conscious.  See Schedule of Events.

Drexel Receives $14M NIH Grant for Autism Research
School of Public Health to Lead National Research Network
April 2008

The Drexel University School of Public Health was awarded on April 1, 2008 an Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) grant from the National Institutes of Health for more than $14,300,000 to examine risk factors and the development of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in expectant mothers and their babies. The ACE is the largest grant received by the School of Public Health in its 11-year history.  Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD, professor and chair of the Drexel School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, will serve as Principal Investigator of the grant.  More...

Proposals Sought for Innovative Global Health Research
March 2008

Asst. Professor Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, has co-authored an article in this month's issue of Pediatrics, "Household Food Insecurity: Associations With At-Risk Infant and Toddler Development," (Pediatrics, Vol. 121, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 65-72.) More...

The Center for Health Equality at Drexel’s School of Public Health, in collaboration with Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care and the federal Office of Minority Health, is sponsoring the Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations from September 21-24, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN.  More...

Dr. Longjian Liu, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, published "Micronutrients, inflammation and congestive heart failure in the elderly – nutritional perspectives for primary prevention and clinical treatment," in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, volume 34: S14-S16, 2007. More...