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Two public health students earn Diamond Awards

Two College of Public Health undergraduate students, Abigail Hong and Cassie Navalta, have been named recipients of the university’s 2022 Diamond Award. The Diamond Award is the highest recognition by Student Affairs given to a Temple University undergraduate student, based on a holistic evaluation of their accomplishments. The award is “reserved for those who have demonstrated superior leadership, academic achievement, service to the University, and impact on a community (local, regional, or global). Through their leadership, it is clear that they are set apart from others...
Awards
Students
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Patient study explores mental health stigma, trains students for community health data careers

Some healthcare studies produce not just new research—but also new researchers. For a study of healthcare patients that began in 2020, Yaara Zisman-Ilani, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, enlisted the aid of two College of Public Health undergraduate students. Both students have graduated and now work in municipal health research roles, putting their training on that study to work as they begin their careers.  The study examined shared decision making perceptions among patients with depression in minority populations, as well as the a...
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research
Students
Mental Health
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Celebrating among family and friends, the Class of 2022 looks to the future

On Friday, May 6, more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Public Health and the School of Social Work, representing more than 25 degree programs, received their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 56th College of Public Health graduation ceremony. For the first time since 2019, students celebrated in the Liacouras Center among families, friends and guests. The ceremony followed the university commencement ceremony the previous day, which officially conferred degrees on the nearly 10,000 students in Temple’s Class of 2022. ...
College of Public Health
Graduation
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Training tool found to reduce racial bias among healthcare staff

A new online training tool has been shown to be effective in reducing racial bias among staff workers in primary care medical offices, in a study led by Gabriel Tajeu, assistant professor of Health Services Administration and Policy. “Our research group previously had discovered that front desk staff in the healthcare setting—who weren't physicians or registered nurses—were a fairly significant source of perceived discrimination,” Tajeu says. “That can be a barrier to healthcare. Patients who experience discrimination are less likely to follow treatment plans and les...
Health Services Administration and Policy
Research
Racism
Jasmine Dantzler

Jasmine Dantzler, health professions and physical therapy student, to deliver graduation student address

“Everything has been preparing me for this moment,” says Jasmine Dantzler in the months before graduation, where she’s preparing to deliver the student address. Next week, she’ll graduate with her bachelor of science and complete her first year of the accelerated doctor of physical therapy program, taking the next step in a journey that began long before her time at Temple.   As a high school athlete, she traveled the East Coast running track meets in one of the sport’s most competitive conferences, competing alongside future olympic medalists. But rather than conti...
Students
Graduation
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Judith Faulkner, Founder and CEO of Epic, to receive honorary degree at 2022 graduation

In recognition of her inspirational career and steadfast efforts to improve the health and well-being of individuals and populations across the globe, Judith Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic, will be presented with a university honorary degree at the College of Public Health’s graduation ceremony at the Liacouras Center on May 6. She will also give the keynote address. Jasmine Dantzler, who is graduating with a bachelor of science in health professions and will continue working toward earning her doctor of physical therapy at the College of Public Health,...
Graduation
College of Public Health
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How nurses can benefit from statistical knowledge

Nurses can benefit from continually strengthening their quantitative skills, whether they’re working in clinical settings or performing research, a new article by College Public Health researchers suggests. “When armed with appropriate statistical knowledge, nurses can play a unique role in using data to promote health and prevent disease among individuals, communities and populations,” the commentary, in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, concludes. The article is an interdepartmental collaboration by Krista Schroeder, assistant professor of nursing, Levent Dumenci, profes...
Nursing
Research
sherief ibrahim

MPH alumnus hopes firearm suicide research will shape state law

Sherief Ibrahim, who graduated with his master of public health this May, has compiled research on firearm suicides that he hopes will persuade legislators who oppose gun regulation that, in some cases, it is justified and life-saving. The focus of his research is Extreme Risk Protection Orders, which allow family members or law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily remove firearms from someone at risk of suicide. Gun suicide attempts are almost always fatal; in states that allow them, ERPOs have been shown to cut suicides by up to 13%.  But firearm control in any fo...
Health Services Administration and Policy
Students
Research
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Scholarly activities and accolades: Jan–April 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for Jan. 1, 2022 through April 30, 2022 (Note: Future roundups will be released on a monthly basis.) For news on research publications and grants, please see the college's news feed for in-depth stories and reports. If you are a faculty member and would like your activities included, please contact Lisa Litzinger-Drayton, Director of Communications and Marketing, at lisalitzinger@temple.edu. Honors and Awards Lisa Bedore, chair of the Department of Commu...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Social Work
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty
Awards
Activities and Accolades
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New protocol cuts mothers' smoking to improve child health

A five-year study from the College of Public Health has shown the effectiveness of an intervention designed to reduce cigarette smoking by mothers that can expose children to health risks. Mothers who participated in the program, called Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS), were 9.55 times more likely to abstain from smoking than a control group. Results from the study were published in the March 2022 issue of The American Journal of Public Health, co-authored by Bradley Collins, professor and PhD program director in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Stephen...
Smoking cessation
Research
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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