Inkyu Han works at a computer in his office

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...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Environment
Change the World
Dean Jennifer Ibrahim stands at a podium and addresses an audience at the groundbreaking ceremony for Paley Hall.

Jennifer Ibrahim named dean of the College of Public Health and School of Social Work

Jennifer Ibrahim is the new dean of the College of Public Health and School of Social Work, following a national search. She will assume her duties on Aug. 1, Temple University Provost Gregory N. Mandel announced Thursday.  “I am thrilled to announce the appointment of Jenn Ibrahim as dean. She has prioritized Temple’s mission of providing an excellent and accessible education for our students through her robust expertise, visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to public health,” Mandel said. “This is an incredibly important and transformative time for the colle...
College of Public Health
A daughter hugs her mother, while both smile.

Protecting children from tobacco smoke exposure could help mothers quit smoking, study suggests

In 2022, College of Public Health researchers Bradley Collins and Stephen Lepore published results of a groundbreaking clinical trial establishing the efficacy of a program they designed to help low-income mothers quit smoking. An innovative element of their intervention was counseling to help mothers learn how to protect their children from tobacco smoke. Mothers who participated in the program, called Babies Living Safe and Smokefree (BLiSS), were 9.55 times more likely to be abstaining from smoking 12 months following the start of the intervention than a control group. Even...
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Research
Smoking cessation

SSW assistant professor contributes to Board of Visitors member’s new book on preventing child sexual abuse

Paul DiLorenzo, a member of the College of Public Health’s Board of Visitors and Temple master of social work graduate, has co-edited a new book, Child Sexual Abuse: Practical Approaches to Prevention and Intervention, intended as a resource for therapists, pediatricians, caseworkers, victim advocates, and law enforcement professionals. DiLorenzo, a child welfare expert who has served as part-time faculty member in the School of Social Work, collaborated on the book with Teresa Huizar, chief executive officer of Washington, D.C.-based National Children’s Alliance. Julia Kobu...
School of Social Work
Faculty
Alumni
a child sits at a breakfast table, reaching for a slice of melon

New study will explore how children choose food

What are the cognitive processes that guide young children’s ability to develop healthy eating habits? Are they the same “executive functions” that help children plan, focus their attention, and regulate their behavior in other domains, such as in social interactions and at school? Or does eating engage a unique set of cognitive processes?  Jennifer Orlet Fisher, professor in the College of Public Health’s Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will explore this question with new funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a uni...
CORE
Obesity
Research
Social and Behavioral Sciences
amanda picozzi

Picozzi’s passion for kinesiology research thrives despite COVID-19 setbacks

Graduate student Amanda Picozzi displays an impressive commitment to her research, despite facing years of Covid-related setbacks. In May, she finished collecting data for her master of science in kinesiology thesis, "Effects of Feedback Type on Trap Bar Deadlift Performance in Female ROTC Cadets," a project she began working on in 2020 and has been planning for even longer.   “I’ve known that I wanted to research this since my senior year,” she explains. Her research explores methods of improving the performance of female ROTC cadets on the trap bar deadlift, a requ...
Kinesiology
Students
Phil McCallion leads a panel discussion aimed at Ukraine health officials

Temple co-hosts Philadelphia study tour for Ukraine health officials

Fourteen senior health officials from Ukraine visited Philadelphia from June 11 to 17, gathering strategies for addressing a quietly emerging crisis amid Russia’s devastating attacks: their country’s rising need for mental healthcare. Over five days, leaders of Ukrainian national and regional agencies visited facilities across the city and heard presentations from public health officials, providers and experts.  “The current mental health system in Ukraine is not adequate to really address the challenges that will be occurring in the next years,” said William Aaronson,...
Global health
School of Social Work
Health Services Administration and Policy
Community
jingwei wu points to a projected screen in a classroom

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...
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Awards
Faculty
samantha padilla

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...
Students
Alumni
Awards
Change the World
Students walk on the sidewalk near the student center

Scholarly activities and accolades: April-May 2023

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 April and May 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 and Speaking Engagements Brad Collins and Stephen Lepore presented “Eliminating children's tobacco smoke...
Activities and Accolades

Pages