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Colombian students visit college, learn about changing global health issues
Stempel College recently welcomed 23 students from Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogota, Colombia, for an educational inbound seminar about global public health and health services. The students learned about changing global health issues as well as about...
Dietetics and Nutrition students help fight hunger, kick-start healthy habits
Currently, more than enough food is produced worldwide to feed everyone globally. Yet, 11 percent of the world’s population, roughly 815 million people, suffer from food insecurity or hunger, according to the U.N. Closer to home, 17.6 percent, or nearly...
Upon immigration to U.S., Latinos found to drink less
Latino immigrant men have been found to consume less alcohol upon moving to the United States, compared to their pre-immigration drinking patterns, according to a study by researchers at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work....
Prof. Trepka receives five year grant to study women-centered HIV care practices
Implementing women-centered HIV care has been proposed nationally and internationally as a way to address women’s health needs. However, this idea has not been well operationalized for HIV care nor has it been examined in the context of the United States...
My stethoscope is the box of tissues in my pocket
When disaster strikes, many stare at images of the destruction helpless. Mark Macgowan packs his bags and heads out to help. Recovery after a natural disaster is a process, one that begins with tending to wounds and picking up debris. Macgowan focuses on...
New research finds that children are particularly vulnerable to environmental tobacco smoke
A study performed by Dr. Marcus S. Cooke, professor in Stempel College’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences, along with visiting scholars Dr. Chiung-Wen Hu, Dr. Mu-Rong Chao and Dr. Yuan-Jhe Chang, from Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan,...