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College of Public Health jumps to No. 36 in US News rankings

Temple University’s College of Public Health has jumped to No. 36 among the nation’s schools and programs of public health in the 2023–24 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools. Two hundred and forty-eight public health institutions were included in this nationwide ranking. “This ranking is a testament to our incredible faculty and the amazing work of our alumni, who are the foundation of our reputation,” says Interim Dean Jennifer Ibrahim. “We are committed to providing access to high-quality education, and it is wonderful for those e...

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Ferretti named recipient of Faculty Senate Service Award

Lisa Ferretti, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, has been named a recipient of Temple University’s Faculty Senate Service Award. In her time at Temple, Ferretti has engaged in meritorious service to the School of Social Work, the College of Public Health, the university, and the community. She has served on committees including the Faculty, Staff and Student Recognition & Management Committee, Student Awards Committee, Student Scholarships Committee, Faculty Research and Study Leave Committee, and the SSW PIRC Search Committee, among others. Ferretti joi...

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Through research and practice, MSW student Lizzie Birmingham addresses impacts of substance use disorder

In the Behavioral Neurophysiology Lab in the College of Liberal Arts, researchers work to understand the effects of cocaine and opiate drug use on the human body, researching topics ranging from the roles of specific scaffolding proteins in drug relapses to examining how adolescent stress alters the brain’s response to cocaine. As the lab’s resident research technician, Lizzie Birmingham, a master of social work student, is responsible for ensuring the lab has everything it needs to function. In addition to organizing the lab’s scheduling, ordering supplies, and managing...

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Bass receives outstanding faculty service award

Sarah Bauerle Bass, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences, has been named a recipient of Temple University's Faculty Senate Outstanding Faculty Service Award. Her 22 years of service to Temple has included mentoring of students at the undergraduate, master's and PhD levels; significant department, college and university service on committees, including chairing the Great Teacher Committee; serving as a national expert on undergraduate public health education for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other national organizations; and serving as an ex...

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Social and Behavioral Sciences

New study looks at strategies for parenting 'highly motivated eaters'

Parents know that some kids are picky eaters and others are more enthusiastic about food, and keeping them all eating healthfully may require different approaches. But most formal guidance aimed at helping parents feed children hasn’t accounted for fundamental differences in children’s behavioral predispositions towards eating. “The research on how to feed kids has pretty much taken a one-size-fits-all approach, even though we've known for decades that kids vary tremendously in their interest and enjoyment of eating,” says Jennifer Orlet Fisher, professor in the Colleg...

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'African Perspectives' class places physical activity and public health in cultural context

Only a very small portion of Lucy Wachira’s kinesiology class on nutrition trends is about alternative proteins. But the subject of edible insects as a valuable food source, and a delicacy in some communities, perks up the undergrad students one afternoon in her “African Perspectives on Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health” class, especially when she shows them a photo from an African food market of trays filled with pre-cooked edible insects for sale. Some students ask for more details. Some squirm a little. “Let me move on from this picture, because I still want yo...

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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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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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Doctoral student recognized for research exploring barriers to PrEP

Kirsten Paulus, a second-year PhD student in social and behavioral sciences, has won the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Health Decision Making SIG Student/Trainee Abstract Award. This national award recognizes exceptional abstracts that lend significant contributions to the fields of health decision-making and behavioral science. Paulus’s research examines how women who inject drugs understand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medicine found to reduce the chances of contracting HIV. She won for her abstract titled "The relationship of PrEP beliefs to perceived personal,...

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