Meet the 2024 COURAGE cohort
Dr. Kristal Brown was accepted as a 2024 COURAGE program scholar. The program annually accepts 20 underrepresented researchers yearly whose focus area is nutrition, obesity… Continue Reading
August 26th, 2024- Looking for Clues About Your Real Age? Your Grandparents’ Education May Offer Some Insight.
Dr. Agus Surachman led research that found grandchildren of college-educated grandparents showed slower biological aging. The study, from researchers at Drexel and colleagues from the… Continue Reading
May 22nd, 2024 -New Task Force Studying What Reparations Would Look Like in Philadelphia
Dr. Jourdyn Lawrence was named Health and Wellness Coordinator on a 10-member committee that will study the possibility of reparations in Philadelphia.
February 22,2024-Climate Change Linked to Rise in Mental Distress Among Teens, according to Drexel Study
A large study of older adults in China points to physical and cognitive function — not age — as key predictors of heat-related mortality, highlighting… Continue Reading
Homelessness Soars After Pandemic-Era Safety Net Programs End
“Rates of people experiencing homelessness plummeted in big U.S. cities when pandemic-era housing safety net programs and policies were in effect. Now that these programs… Continue Reading
Climate Change Linked to Rise in Mental Distress Among Teens, according to Drexel Study
“Worsening human-induced climate change may also extend to influencing mental distress among high schoolers in the United States, according to findings published in the journal Preventive… Continue Reading
NIH Awards Drexel University $14.4 Million for Health Disparities Research
Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health and College of Nursing and Health Professions recently received a 5-year, $14.4 million “Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation” (FIRST) grant from… Continue Reading
