Public Health News
Public Health researchers awarded $2.3 million R01 grant
Bradley Collins, PhD, Associate Professor and Stephen Lepore, PhD, Professor received a $2.3 million R01 Research Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute for a study titled "Pediatrician Advice, Family Counseling, & SHS Reduction for Underserved Children". Read more.
National Public Health Week
The College's Department of Public Health will be holding a series of events to commemorate National Public Health Week during the first week of April. Kicking of the events is a community health fair on Saturday, March 31. To see a complete listing: Read more.
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Community Health Fair
John F. Street Community Center
1102 Poplar Street
Philadelphia, PA
MPH Informational Session
Save the Date! MPH Information Session
March 17, 2012 from 10:00am - 12:00pm in Tuttleman Learning Center
RSVP to mph@temple.edu
Public Health research explores effectiveness of online cancer support groups
See the last edition of CHPSW Connections for more infomration.
Deborah Nelson discussed recommendations for improving women's health on WHYY's radio
Deborah Nelson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of the Masters of Science in Epidemiology Program, discussed the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations for improving women's health on WHYY's Radio Times. Listen here.
Jennifer Fisher conducting reserach on the prevention of obesity
Jennifer Orlet Fisher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of Temple’s Family Eating Lab at the Center for Obesity Research and Education, is conducting research on the prevention of obesity among low-income preschoolers. The Philadelphia Inquirerfeatured a story about her research. Read more.
Whitaker studies neighborhood impact on obesity and diabetes
A new study co-authored by Robert Whitaker of Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education has found that low-income women given the opportunity to move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experienced lower rates of extreme obesity and diabetes more than 10 years after moving.
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Temple's Center for Asian Health celebrates 10 years of community-based research
Academic research has the power to change lives. Nowhere is that maxim more evident than at Temple's Center for Asian Health, where members of the community are both participants in and beneficiaries of research that has improved the health of thousands of Asian-Americans along the East Coast.... Read more
ESPN Spotlight: Nikki Franke
It's amazing the impact a sport can have on your life. Fencing has been a big part of Nikki Franke's life for more than 40 years. The sport has taken Franke, who grew up in Harlem, N.Y., in the 1960s, all over the world as an Olympic athlete.. read more about this article
Jennifer Fisher Awarded $3.7 Million to Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE)
When the Center for Obesity Research and Education opened its doors five years ago, its goal was to become the focal point for expanding Temple’s research involvement in all aspects of obesity — basic and clinical research, epidemiology and outcome studies involving adult and pediatric patients — as well as for launching important outreach programs in local communities and school systems... read more about this article