Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University

08/31/2026

Is it okay to eat lettuce again? In this month's message, Dean Gina Lovasi reflects on how public health professionals can respond thoughtfully to questions that fall outside their areas of deep expertise, particularly in an era of AI-generated information.

Using the question of whether it’s safe to eat lettuce as an example, she share some of her strategies for finding and evaluating credible sources. https://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/deans-blog/2026/August/can-we-eat-lettuce/

07/28/2026

Two awesome weeks are in the books! ☑ Our Public Health Institute for Leadership & Advocacy (PHILA) Pre-College Program is a one-week summer academic program held each July in two sessions. It's designed for ambitious high school students looking to learn more about health professions and gain experience that will help them prepare for college life.

Thank you to all who partnered with us to make PHILA possible! https://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/latest-news/2026/July/hs-phila-pre-college-program/

07/15/2026

The Philly Joy Bank officially launched two years ago! As we hit this milestone, we are incredibly excited to share the first wave of meaningful insights from our ongoing program evaluation.

07/09/2026

Emily Flanders ’26, a Community Health and Prevention major with a minor in Maternal and Child Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, partnered with Philadelphia nonprofit A Book A Day to help expand access to books in local neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Her experience highlighted the power of community-centered public health initiatives in supporting early childhood development and family well-being.

Full story: https://bit.ly/3Rx1Rjq

06/25/2026

As a proud new Dornsife alumna, Chizoba shares highlights from her dynamic graduate school journey and the experiences that prepared her to make a lasting impact in public health. https://drexel.edu/dornsife/students/student-stories/turning-evidence-into-action-for-communities/

06/11/2026

Surrounded by loved ones, peers, faculty, and staff, the Dornsife Class of 2026 officially became ! 🎉🎓 Their commitment to advancing health equity and applying evidence-based practices will help shape the bright future of public health. Congrats, Grads!

06/04/2026

We are one week away from celebrating the Dornsife Class of 2026! Their hard work, dedication, and perseverance have brought them to this milestone moment. 🎓✨

Learn more about what to expect on the big day:

Join Drexel in celebrating the Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health graduates.

06/03/2026

The Lindy Center for Civic Engagement awarded Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Community Health & Prevention, the Dr. Donna M. Murasko Distinguished Faculty Award for Innovation in Civic Engagement this week. Congrats, Dr. Carroll-Scott!

This annual award is presented to a faculty member who incorporates the value of civic engagement into their teaching, research, clinical practice, or other academic pursuit or activity in new and innovative ways.

06/01/2026

Co-led research out of Dornsife’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics established a first-of-its-kind county-level cardiovascular health score based on the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 framework, a tool previously used only to assess individual health risk. Drawing on publicly available data from the CDC's PLACES database and the County Health Rankings and Roadmap, the team mapped cardiovascular health across thousands of U.S. counties, revealing striking geographic disparities:
https://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/latest-news/2026/May/cvh-scores-using-life-essential-8/

05/29/2026

Dornsife students used data developed by the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative’s Research and Data Core to take part in a Data Challenge. Students worked together to identify a meaningful research question, conduct an analysis to answer their question using UHC data, and create/share a presentation to tell the story about what they discovered: https://drexel.edu/uhc/news-events/news/2026/May/Drexel-Undergrads-Use-UHC-Data

Earlier this year, as a part of undergraduate courses available through Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health, students used data developed by the UHC's Research and Data Core to take part in an annual Data Challenge.