The School of Public Health has created a number of Research Centers and projects, allowing faculty to focus their abilities for targeted research and engage students in specific areas of public health practice. These centers and projects reflect the school’s commitment to working closely with community resources, and partnering with health professionals, locally and nationally.
CENTERS
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The Center for Academic Public Health Practice is the professional link between the Drexel School of Public Health and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (DPH). The center incorporates Drexel's academic resources with the structure of the DPH's programs, public health interventions and policy-making, with the goal of improving public health service to all residents of the City of Philadelphia. The center services as a model for how schools of public health can work collaboratively with government public health agencies. |
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The Center for Health Equality (CHE) is a collaboration between the Drexel University School of Public Health and the College of Nursing and Health Professions. Its mission is to partner with community and government to improve the health and well-being of communities through the elimination of health disparities. The center provides an innovative and exciting program of research and evaluation, networking and collaboration, education and practice built around a commitment to social justice and human rights. |
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The mission of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) is to enhance and improve the readiness of the public health community to deal with current issues, such as influenza H1N1. The CPHRC works with community, regional, and national partners to provide evaluation and analysis of preparedness performance goals and metrics. The CPHRC also directs educational projects and research efforts in the field of disaster preparedness and communication strategies and is interested in the development of risk communication strategies for special need populations. |
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The Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice was founded in the belief that a human society can evolve to be nonviolent and socially just. By creating sanctuary in our society, the personal, social, economic and multigenerational wounds caused by sustained exposure to violence can be healed for the public health and welfare. The goal of the center is to transform current policies, systems and practice toward a more trauma-informed model. |
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The mission of the National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness is to serve as a central clearinghouse of resources and an information exchange portal to facilitate communication, networking and collaboration to improve preparedness, build resilience and eliminate disparities for culturally diverse communities across all phases of an emergency.
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PROJECTS
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EARLI is a network of research sites that will enroll and follow 1,200 mothers of children with autism at the start of another pregnancy and document the newborn child’s development through three years of age. The EARLI Study will examine possible environmental risk factors for autism and study whether there is any interplay between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility.
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The Philadelphia GROW Project seeks to help low-income children and their families achieve normal weight gain, good nutrition and proper development through clinical services, research, advocacy and participation. It is also part of the national Children’s HealthWatch study. The long term goal of The Philadelphia GROW Project is to improve the system of care related to poor nutrition and health for children and their families.
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Witnesses to Hunger is a project featuring photographs by Philadelphia women who are working to create better lives for their children. Using a technique called “Photovoices,” Witnesses to Hunger provided digital cameras to more than 40 women who have young children and recorded their stories about hunger, poverty and ideas for change.
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