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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. ...
College of Public Health
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
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Scholarly activities and accolades: October 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for the month of October 2022. 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. Presentations and Speaking Engagements Amy K. Lynch delivered the keynote address for the 2022 Barbara A. Rider Colloquium, whic...
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Activities and Accolades
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Scholarly activities and accolades: September 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for the month of September 2022. 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. Leadership Activities and Fellowships Mark Salzer has been appointed by the director of the NIH as the first chair of a new N...
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Activities and Accolades
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Scholarly Activities and Accolades: June–August 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for the months of June through August 2022. 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. Leadership Activities and Fellowships Robin Taylor Wilson was recently invited to serve as a member of CDC and Agen...
Activities and Accolades
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Occupational therapy
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Faculty
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$8.7 million CDC-funded study will explore post COVID-19 conditions using hospitalization and testing data

The College of Public Health has been awarded $8.7 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor post COVID-19 conditions (PCCs), the new or persisting health effects that COVID-19 patients experience months or years after infection. Post COVID-19 conditions, also called long COVID, can include difficulty with thinking and concentration (“brain fog”), depression, muscle pain, headache, heart palpitations, and serious complications such as inflammation of the heart muscle, lung function abnormalities, and psychiatric issues. A recent study found one in...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Coronavirus
Research
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New collaboration unites epidemiology and biostatistics faculty from across Philadelphia

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has co-founded a new collaboration bringing together epidemiologists and biostatisticians from multiple universities to partner on research and pursue opportunities to aid the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health. The Philadelphia Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research and Practice Collaborative, formed in the wake of COVID-19, includes epidemiology and biostatistics faculty at the College of Public Health, Drexel University, Thomas Jefferson University, and the University of Pennsylvania. “We want to think abo...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research
Community
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Scholarly activities and accolades: May 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for the month of May 2022. 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 Linda Bomboka Wilson received the 2022 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Diversity, Inclusion an...
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Faculty
Awards
Activities and Accolades
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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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Three COVID studies receive 'Catalytic Collaborative' seed funding

Three College of Public Health studies focusing on COVID-19 have been awarded funding under a universitywide program designed to spark innovative interdisciplinary research. The Catalytic Collaborative Funding Initiative, administered by Temple’s Office of the Vice President for Research, provides seed funding to studies that allow researchers from different parts of the university to combine their expertise in investigating cutting-edge areas of technology, energy, biology and health. The internal funding serves as a kick-starter for promising investigations, allowing Temple...
Research
Coronavirus
School of Social Work
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Jingwei Wu selected for NIH-funded Biostatistics Faculty Program

Jingwei Wu, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is one of four researchers nationwide to be asked to join the 2022 Mentored Biostatistics Faculty Program in Aging and Mental Health at the Advanced Research Institute (ARI). Through online meetings and a multiday live event in April, Wu will receive training and guidance from senior biostatisticians and ARI fellows who have experience applying their skills to the field of gerontology. ARI is a national program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that provides career mentoring and gra...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Faculty

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