Temple University’s College of Public Health has been ranked No. 41 among the nation’s schools and programs of public health in the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools, climbing five spots since the previous ranking in 2019. This year, 188 schools and programs of public health were included in the ranking, placing the College of Public Health in the top 25 percent of public health institutions nationwide.  The College of Public Health is one of the largest and most diverse colleges of its kind in the country, incorporating healthcare and...

The reception area at the College of Public Health on Temple’s campus hosted an eager group of visitors in February: hundreds of people arriving for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The improvised vaccine clinic allowed space for three socially distanced inoculation stations, where Temple student nurses, in masks and face shields, efficiently administered the shots to fellow students with clinical placements, educators, and frontline staff such as Temple police officers.    Around 900 people received their second shot over the course of three days, after getting t...

Pregnancy loss occurs in about 20% of women with a clinically recognized pregnancy. One factor could be chronic inflammation caused by a change to the innate immune system after a sexually transmitted infection (STI), referred to as the trained innate immunity hypothesis. Anti-inflammatory aspirin therapy prior to conception has been shown to improve birth rates in some women with histories of pregnancy loss when they experience chronic low-grade inflammation prior to pregnancy. Researchers hope to learn more about factors that drive chronic preconception inflammation and pregn...

Cristian Hinkley, a junior studying social work at Temple’s College of Public Health, had been working 40- to 50-hour weeks to put himself through community college in Texas when he decided he wanted to do something more “substantial.”  He spent several years working across the country with the service organization AmeriCorps NCCC, eventually landing in Philadelphia. Now, with support from Temple’s Opportunity Scholarship Fund, established in 2005 though the generosity of Barbara B. Ernico, SSW '71 and Jeffrey A. Ernico, LAW ’70, Hinkley is putting his experience...