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Social work, rehabilitation sciences and engineering researchers converge to aid older adults

On a recent Tuesday, in between Medicare counseling and a low-impact Zumba Gold class, 20 older adults checked in at the Bristol Township Senior Center in nearby Bucks County to begin participating in a novel study aimed at helping seniors avoid harmful falls. Students and researchers from the College of Public Health's School of Social Work and Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences are collaborating with a team from Temple’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to deliver the program, which combines 12 weeks of physical activity programming with electr...
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McLoughlin signs 'Hohenheim Declaration' calling for accessible school lunches worldwide as a public health imperative

Gabriella McLoughlin, assistant professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, has joined nutrition researchers, scientists and policy makers from around the world in signing The Hohenheim Declaration, a statement promoting the need for governments globally to provide school meals to children. The declaration was signed by participants at the 5th Hidden Hunger Congress on September 6 at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. “This was possibly the only conference globally focused almost solely on school meals,” McLoughlin says. “Having research...
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Two MPH students named ASPPH 'This is Public Health' ambassadors

Master of Public Health students Keith Hardaway and Krystin Sinclair were named to The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health's (ASPPH) This is Public Health Ambassador program, making them part of a select group of 82 graduate students from across the globe nominated to this year's cohort. This is Public Health ambassadors lead virtual events relating to public health, take over the program’s social media accounts, and contribute to projects and presentations to assist in the growth of interest in public health education and careers. A student in the MPH in e...
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Han to study microplastics in Philadelphia's air

Cars and trucks have a health impact that greener electric vehicles will not eliminate. Tire wear produces plastic dust that gets into air and water. Plastic particles small enough to enter our lungs can contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals, potentially causing heart, lung, developmental, reproductive, and cancer outcomes. Inkyu Han, an environmental health scientist at the College of Public Health, is about to launch a federally funded study to measure microplastics in the air across Philadelphia neighborhoods. His Characterizing Airborne Microplastics in Philadelphia (CA...
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Padilla awarded for research examining sexual assault against Deaf individuals in the Philippines

For recent College of Public Health graduate Samantha Padilla, CPH '23, what began as her curiosity about American Sign Language (ASL) led to an award-winning research paper about a troubling issue affecting the Deaf community. Padilla’s paper, “Creating Positive Change for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals in the Philippines,” focuses on the prevalence of sexual assault perpetrated on Deaf people in the Philippines.   The paper won Temple’s Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in General Education. It was written as part of an assignment—to create a Wikipedi...
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Groundbreaking ceremony offers first look at the new Paley Hall

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney joined Temple University leaders, supporters and strategic planners in welcoming a new era for Temple’s College of Public Health on April 3 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Paley Hall. The event also marked the launch of Public Health to Change the World, the campaign for the College of Public Health.  Paley Hall, scheduled to open in the fall of 2025 on the site of the former Samuel L. Paley Library, will be a state-of-the-art home for the College of Public Health, its central location on Temple’s campus reflecting the importance of publi...
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Gao Ly Vang standing in front of Temple Center City campus

Gao Ly Vang works for social justice in Philadelphia

Working as an intern in the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Gao Ly Vang, a master of social work student at the College of Public Health, has special insight into her clients’ needs. Vang is an international student, born and raised in Canada, and she’s a child of Hmong refugees from Laos. Whether she is working on policy issues, assisting people without immigration status in communities across the city, or helping Philadelphia welcome migrants who have arrived by bus, Vang is able to combine her education and work skills with understanding that comes...
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DNP students accepted into Digital Innovators program

Doctor of nursing practice students Colleen Seeber-Combs and Deepali Mathur have been accepted into the Graduate Nursing Student Academy’s Digital Innovators Program for 2023. Participants in the program, a collaboration between GNSA and Apple, receive training in developing digital tools such as tablet-based apps for the future of nursing education. ...
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Jennifer Fisher

Fisher selected to help shape 2025 USA dietary guidelines

College of Public Health professor Jennifer Orlet Fisher has been selected to serve on the federal advisory committee helping to develop the next set of nutritional guidelines for Americans, to be issued in 2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, updated every five years, shape federal food programs, consumer education and food labeling.   “The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans are the cornerstone of federal nutrition policy,” says Fisher, professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences and associate director of Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education (COR...
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Martha Grace Armonio-Tan with her husband, Peter

Scholarship honors the memory of alumna Martha Grace Armonio-Tan, an early advocate of recreational therapy

Martha Grace Armonio came to the United States from the Philippines with her mom, Maria Aida, when she was eight years old.  She recalled how interesting it was to see her first snowfall in Philadelphia. She later was joined by her older sister and brother with her father a few years later. Among her initial visits was to Washington, DC, where she visited friends of the family. They included a boy named Peter, whom she would begin dating 10 years later when they were in college. Grace, as she was known to family and friends, graduated from Philadelphia’s Northeast High Schoo...
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