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CDC-funded project to strengthen public health decision making with legal epidemiology

Researchers from the College of Public Health and the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law (CPHLR) are among the recipients of a $3.89 million grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. College of Public Health researchers Pricila Mullachery, Recai Yucel, and Lindsay Cloud join collaborators from CPHLR, Stony Brook University, and Drexel University to begin the first part of this two-component, five-year project to strengthen the ability of decision...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Services Administration and Policy
Research
interim dean jennifer ibrahim stands on the stage in the liacouras center facing graduating students in the Class of 2023.

At graduation, Class of 2023 commended on their passion for serving others

On Thursday, May 11, more than 1,400 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 57th College of Public Health graduation ceremony, following the university Commencement earlier that day, which officially conferred degrees on the nearly 10,000 students in Temple’s Class of 2023.  In her opening remarks, College of Public Health Interim Dean Jennifer Ibrahim reminded students of their resilience and perseveranc...
College of Public Health
Graduation
a young student carries a tray of food in a school cafeteria

Study will help schools maximize student meal programs

Federal nutrition policies that provide free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch to low-income students can reduce child hunger and food insecurity. The nutrition-rich meals can help counter risks for childhood overweight and obesity. School meals are a truly frontline public health program, and they’re well funded at a national level. But some schoolchildren aren’t accessing food they’re entitled to. Some schools face key barriers to successful implementation, and public schools often don’t have resources to get a big picture view of what’s working and what isn’t....
Nutrition
Kinesiology
Research
peter mccann stands in front of a car while holding a jaws of life tool

Health professions student puts EMT certification to work

In January 2023, health professions student Peter McCann tested to earn his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification. After demonstrating his ability to provide life-saving medical services in both written and skills-based exams, he left with the expectation that he wouldn’t know his score for a few days. Three hours later he learned that he had earned a coveted perfect score. As one of the first graduates of Temple’s EMT training program, McCann credits the course with preparing him for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Exam. Temple’s...
Students
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Theresa Tellez, public health and epidemiology student, to deliver graduation student address

Theresa Tellez, Class of 2023 student speaker at the College of Public Health graduation ceremony on May 11, came to Temple to learn how to make a difference in less advantaged communities, like the one where she grew up in Pennsylvania.  “People where I'm from experience inequities in finances, education, health,” she says. “As a child of an immigrant, the ball was never in my court. In high school, there were times I felt my needs were invisible and that I was invisible. I was drawn to Temple because they saw me when no one else did. They understood the complexities t...
Students
Graduation
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Pfeiffer, Wilbanks named to 2023 Gallery of Success

The Temple University Gallery of Success, which honors esteemed alumni, has named College of Public Health and School of Social Work graduates Alyse D. Wilbanks and Beth A. Pfeiffer to its 2023 list of honorees. Now in its 25th year, the Gallery of Success celebrates outstanding professional achievement by graduates of Temple’s 17 schools and colleges.  Alyse D. Wilbanks, who earned her BSW from the School of Social Work in 2008, is a child advocate at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, which represents dependent youth in Philadelphia Family Court. Wilbanks had begun...
Awards
Alumni
Faculty
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Five CPH students earn prestigious Diamond Award

Five College of Public Health undergraduate students have been named recipients of the university’s 2023 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 as especially deserving of this u...
Students
Awards
Nursing
Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Social Work
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Health Services Administration and Policy
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Dr. Kendra McDow, school system medical officer for the School District of Philadelphia, to speak at 2023 graduation

Dr. Kendra McDow, school system medical officer for the School District of Philadelphia, will address students in the Class of 2023 at the College of Public Health graduation ceremony on May 11. McDow oversees student health at non-charter schools in the nation’s eighth largest school system, nearly 200,000 students in 217 schools. Previously, she was chief medical officer for the City of Baltimore, where she was operations lead for the health department’s COVID-19 response and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service fellow and medical epidemiologist with the Centers for D...
College of Public Health
Graduation
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College of Public Health jumps to No. 36 in US News rankings

Temple University’s College of Public Health has jumped to No. 36 among the nation’s schools and programs of public health in the 2023–24 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. Two hundred and forty-eight public health institutions were included in this nationwide ranking.  “This ranking is a testament to our incredible faculty and the amazing work of our alumni, who are the foundation of our reputation,” says Interim Dean Jennifer Ibrahim. “We are committed to providing access to high-quality education, and it is wonderful for those e...
College of Public Health
Awards
Lisa Ferretti

Ferretti named recipient of Faculty Senate Service Award

Lisa Ferretti, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, has been named a recipient of Temple University’s Faculty Senate Service Award. In her time at Temple, Ferretti has engaged in meritorious service to the School of Social Work, the College of Public Health, the university, and the community. She has served on committees including the Faculty, Staff and Student Recognition & Management Committee, Student Awards Committee, Student Scholarships Committee, Faculty Research and Study Leave Committee, and the SSW PIRC Search Committee, among others. Ferretti joi...
Faculty
Awards
School of Social Work

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