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Two alumni show how public health can help pharmaceuticals

Matt Phillips spends a lot of time researching infectious diseases and the impact that vaccines can have on patient outcomes. “Who is getting sick? How long are they out of work when they get sick? How much does it cost to care for them?,” asks Phillips, who earned his undergraduate and masters degrees in public health at Temple. He sets up studies to investigate. “It’s finding the value of a vaccine that we could introduce into society to help these patients.”   ...
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Kristie Patten

Alumna Patten recognized with AOTA's highest honor

Kristie Patten, a two-time Temple alumna who earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy and a PhD in educational psychology from Temple, has been recognized with the highest academic honor in her profession. The American Occupational Therapy Association has named Patten recipient of the 2021 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award, which honors an individual who has “creatively contributed to the development of the body of knowledge of the profession through research, education, and/or clinical practice.” Patten is currently vice dean for academic affairs at New...
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mohammed alhajji

Doctoral research on sickle cell in Saudi Arabia earns national recognition

Mohammed Alhajji’s doctoral research has won him two national awards, returned him to his native Saudi Arabia to continue his work, and led him to become, he thinks, “the first PhD student ever to defend their dissertation in a hallway in an empty building.” Alhajji, who graduated in spring 2020 with a PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences, studied pre-med in the United States before switching to public health, and his PhD research combines his biomedical training with interests in policy and behavioral health. It presents an intervention to prevent the spread of sickle c...
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tamar Klaiman

Asking questions—in the community and in the research lab

Tamar Klaiman, who earned her master of public health from the College of Public Health in 2006 and her PhD in 2009, has built a career asking questions. It’s part of what motivated her to run for (and win) a spot on the school board of Abington Township, a suburb outside of Philadelphia, in November. Klaiman has children in the Abington school system, and when the district accepted a $25 million private donation to renovate Abington Senior High School in 2018, without publicly disclosing the stipulations of the gift, she had found her call to action. The donation, from an A...
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Tim Gallagher plays a board game with his students

VIDEO: With CASA, social work alumnus empowers Camden's youth

Licensed social worker Tim Gallagher, a graduate of the master of social work program, founded and co-directs the Camden Adolescents Striving for Achievement (CASA) youth development program at Guadalupe Family Services. In the video, Gallagher discusses his work to empower the youth of North Camden at CASA, where students play games, do homework and interact with their peers in a safe place. Watch the video on YouTube....
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College of Public Health alumni honored in Gallery of Success, Entrepreneurial Women's Hall of Fame

College of Public Health alumni Jose Benitez and Joanne M. Stanton were inducted into the 2018 Gallery of Success during Homecoming weekend. The gallery, located in the lower level of Mitten Hall, honors alumni who have used their experience at Temple to make an impact in their field. In a separate ceremony on Oct. 16, alumna Tina Sloan Green was inducted into the League for Entrepreneurial Women Hall of Fame, which recognizes recognizes alumnae who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and made outstanding achievements as innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders. Benitez...
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