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Explore the fall 2022 issue of Temple Public Health

In our local neighborhoods and around the globe we face a staggering number of health challenges, and we know that it is only together that we can address them. Within this year's Temple Public Health magazine, you'll find numerous examples of how we're doing just that—collaborating with our colleagues, community members, and peers to ensure that we translate our knowledge and skills into real-world impact in pursuit of building a healthier and more just world. Explore the magazine below. ...
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Communication Sciences and Disorders
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health Services Administration and Policy
Kinesiology
Nursing
Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Social Work

Laura A. Siminoff to step down as dean after eight years of service

Laura A. Siminoff, PhD, whose broader vision of public health transformed the college into an interdisciplinary home for health and social services, will step down as dean of the College of Public Health on July 31. She has served in this role since 2014. When she arrived at the university, public health was a Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited program within the former College of Health Professions and Social Work. Her transformative vision was to elevate public health as the broad umbrella under which many health and social service disciplines would thri...
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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. ...
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Graduation
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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
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Nutrition MPH preps public health-minded dietitians

Chef Lisa Lombo grabs the whole, uncooked chicken with both hands and shows the students in her Food Preparation and Management class how to divide it into parts. Separating the drumsticks is hands-on work.   “Once you hear that snap, it allows the knife to cut right through it,” advises Lombo, who has been an executive chef at trendy Philadelphia restaurants and now plans menus for large institutions. Her students, each with a bird at their test kitchen workstations, put down their knives and imitate the bone-snapping technique.  This class session focuses on proteins,...
Nutrition
College of Public Health
Students
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College researchers among top 2% of scientists worldwide

Seven faculty members from Temple’s College of Public Health rank in the top 2% of scientists worldwide, in a new analysis of research impact from journal publisher Elsevier and Stanford University. The global ranking, which considers research in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields, is based on a composite score that incorporates factors such as the number of research papers published and the count of citations those papers receive.   “This ranking is just one indication of what we’re continuing to build in the College of Public Health: an interdisciplinary hub of re...
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Faculty
Research
the cover of the college of public health 2021 magazine, depicting a nursing student filling a needle with covid-19 vaccine

Explore the Fall 2021 issue of Temple Public Health

Public health crises, from the COVID-19 pandemic to future challenges, call for an interdisciplinary, unified response, and we look to our future public health, healthcare and social service workers to answer this call. Within this year's Temple Public Health magazine, you will find numerous examples of just that—beginning with the story of our vaccine delivery protocol, RapidVax, and how the college partnered with communities across Philadelphia to help the city reach an all-important vaccination threshold. You'll also read stories of impact beyond the pandemic, including th...
College of Public Health
School of Social Work
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kinesiology
Nursing
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health Services Administration and Policy
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College of Public Health and Independence Blue Cross foundation announce nursing pipeline program

Temple’s College of Public Health and the Independence Blue Cross Foundation today introduced a multiyear grant program to create a direct pathway to nursing from high school to college for students from underrepresented communities. The new IBC Foundation Healthcare Scholars Pipeline Program will provide full four-year scholarships to students from select local high schools pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing degree in the College of Public Health. In addition to the grants, which cover tuition and educational expenses, students will receive mentoring, internship plac...
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Nursing
Students