College of Public Health

Tooles to become president of APTA PA

Jazmine Tooles, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has been voted president-elect of the American Physical Therapy Association Pennsylvania (APTA PA). In January 2025 she will begin a three-year term as president of APTA PA, a chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association that represents more than 5,700 physical therapy professionals and students across the state. “I'm shadowing the current president, getting up to speed on the issues,” she says. Tooles earned her bachelor of science in kinesiology a...

Physical Therapy

Taylor recognized as trailblazer in creating county health department

Monica Taylor, associate professor and graduate program director in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has been named to City and State Pennsylvania's 2024 “Above & Beyond” list, which recognizes 50 women “blazing new trails across the Commonwealth.” The list includes leaders in government, academia, business, cultural organizations and nonprofits who are shaping state and local politics and policies. Taylor’s recognition stems primarily from her impact in creating a health department in Pennsylvania’s Delaware County, after being swor...

Kinesiology

Awards

Mansell, Porter receive teaching excellence awards

Two College of Public Health instructors have been named recipients of Temple University’s teaching excellence awards. Jamie Mansell, associate dean for undergraduate studies, has received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and Heather Porter, professor of instruction in recreational therapy, will receive a Great Teacher Award. They joined CPH faculty members Sue Dickey and Lisa Ferretti in being honored at the university’s Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 10....

Awards

College faculty among country’s—and university’s—leading scholars

Twelve faculty members from the College of Public Health were recognized as being among the top 50,000 scholars in the country, according to recent calculations from the AD Scientific Index. The Index measures both research productivity and the degree to which an individual’s scholarship is used by other researchers. The faculty members are also among the top 150 scholars at Temple University. “We have an incredibly talented and successful group of faculty and staff who are engaging in transformational interdisciplinary research,” said Jennifer Ibrahim, dean of the Colleg...

Research

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Communication Sciences and Disorders

CORE

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...

College of Public Health

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health Services Administration and Policy

Nursing

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Collaborative on Community Inclusion receives $10.55 million in new funding

Investigators with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion have received more than $10 million in new federal funding, confirming the Collaborative as a major national center for research and interventions to support participation of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) in activities in their communities to improve their health. The new funding includes $4.375 million to continue for five more years as a research and training center focusing on independent living and community participation of individuals with SMI. This marks the fifth such five-yea...

Collaborative on Community Inclusion

Research

Change the World

Celebrating CPH transfer students for National Transfer Student Week

Every October, National Transfer Student Week recognizes the efforts, challenges, and triumphs of transfer students across the country. This year, we asked a few College of Public Health transfer students about their experience transferring to Temple and their plans for the future. ...

Students

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Social and Behavioral Sciences

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...

Research

Change the World

EMT program introduces non-credit Temple Ambler course open to the public

There is an old saying: While most people run away from danger, first responders run toward it, selflessly providing help to others when it is needed most. In the case of medical emergencies, there are those who call for help and there are Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) who provide that help, using their expertise and training to keep people safe and alive. "Emergency medical services (EMS) are an essential community resource. EMS professionals, such as EMTs, respond without hesitation, be it day or night, rain or shine, to render aid to the sick and injured," said Cath...

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