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Explore the fall 2023 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 by working together, with cultural humility and across disciplines and communities, that we can address them. Within this year's Temple Public Health magazine, you'll find numerous examples of how our faculty, students, and alumni are doing just that—and how the college's future home at the heart of Temple's Main Campus is poised to foster even greater collaboration with our colleagues, community members, and peers, transforming the way we deliver p...

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Scholarly activities and accolades: October 2023

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 2023. 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 Chris Sarachilli, assistant director of communications and marketing, at chris.sarachilli@temple.edu. Presentations and Speaking Engagements Christopher Wheldon presented his research, "Feasibility of anal dilator rehabilit...

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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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Wu recognized for excellence in analytics and data science education

Jingwei Wu, associate professor and primary research faculty of the Biostatistics Core in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has been named the 2023 recipient of the SAS Institute’s Emerging Educator Award. The award recognizes educators who have shown exemplary progress in advancing analytics education and preparing students for careers in analytics and data science for five or fewer years. Wu says that he originally had no intention of becoming an educator. After graduating from The Beijing University of Technology with his BS in computational and applied mat...

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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...

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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...

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Julia Stengel helps reduce health disparities through Public Health Beyond Borders

In October of 2022, Julia Stengel arrived in the small town of Enriquillo on the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic. After a long day’s travel that included two flights and a 6-hour bus ride through the Dominican countryside, she retired to a local hotel for some well-deserved rest. The next three days would be busy ones. Stengel, a junior bachelor of science in public health student, traveled to the Dominican Republic as a member of Public Health Beyond Borders (PHBB), a student-led organization dedicated to promoting healthy behaviors and reducing health dispariti...

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Lessons of Three Mile Island accident remain important for public health researchers

The partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear reactor in March 1979 near Harrisburg, Pa., was the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, exposing around two million people to radioactive fallout. A combination of equipment malfunctions and operator errors led to the accident. Workers in the control room as well as plant and government officials were caught off guard by the unprecedented event and forced to make quick decisions. At the time of the accident there were no township evacuation plans, and Pennsylvania’s emergency plan had not been approved by the U...

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Scholarly activities and accolades: February 2023

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 February 2023. 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 Inkyu Han and Heather Gardiner presented on "Climate and Health" at the Community Forum of the New Kensington Co...

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