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Tomorrow at 12pm EST! Join Penn Public Health, PA State Representative Morgan Cephas of the 192nd Legislative District, and Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier of the 3rd District for a conversation about the upcoming election, the importance of voting, and how structural racism has impacted voting rights. RSVP @ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/structural-racism-the-ultimate-social-determinant-of-health-tickets-124699634965

Our February 13th Seminar registration is open! Join us at 12pm with Dr. Lyle Ungar, Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, to talk about “Understanding Health Behaviors Using Social Media Language Data"
Registration Required: https://drungar.eventbrite.com

Our December 16th Seminar registration is open! Join us at 12pm with Dr. Anand Parekh, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Chief Medical Advisor, to talk about “A Prevention First Approach to Data-Informed Health Policy”

Registration Required: https://drparekh.eventbrite.com

Start your Monday off right and join Penn Public Health and for our Weekly Wellness Walk on October 14th!

Register here: http://bit.ly/311y6HB

Are you concerned about Va**ng? Please join us on Wednesday, October 30th for a Penn Public Health Seminar entitled "Piecing Together the Data on Va**ng: What is the Current State?” Our distinguished speakers will discuss the varying research and data on va**ng as a ni****ne replacement, health implications of e-cigarette use, and what local health departments are doing to address this epidemic through surveillance and policy.

RSVP at: https://va**ngseminar.eventbrite.com

The first Wellness Walk of October is almost here! Join us this Friday at 12:00pm to walk and talk about health literacy with Aman Kaur!

Register here: http://bit.ly/2mljLY4

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Be sure to register for the upcoming Community Scholars Symposium: "The Intersection of Community, Academia, and Grantmaking" on April 26th!

Register Here: http://bit.ly/2IcRMDt

The Intersection of Community, Academia, and Grantmaking This Community Scholars symposium offers exposure to developing, pitching, and sustaining innovative project ideas that utilize community-academic partnerships. Participants will: 1. Gain insights into the approaches of developing and sustaining successful community academic partnerships. 2. Learn f...

Be sure to register for the next seminar event: “What's public health got to do with it? The impact of diet and the microbiome on health and disease” with Gary Wu, MD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology on March 28th!

Register Here: https://bit.ly/2uds1d1

CPHI Seminar: Gary Wu, MD What's public health got to do with it? The impact of diet and the microbiome on health and disease. The rapidly increasing incidence of inflammatory and metabolic diseases has had many wondering whether this is being driven by changes in our environment, including the industrialization of our food....

Be sure to register for the next seminar event: “Crisis at the Border: The Effects of Trauma and Stress on Migrant Children and Families” with Colleen Kraft, the immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics on February 21st!

Register here: https://bit.ly/2Tg2Gdc

CPHI Seminar - Colleen Kraft, AAP President Crisis at the Border: The effects of trauma and stress on migrant children and families Thousands of migrant children have been separated from their families at the US-Mexico border, creating a public health emergency with both immediate and long-term ramifications. Join the Center for Public Health...

Penn MPH alum, Sydney Axson, along with other researchers at Penn Nursing and the Annenberg School found that an immersive Narcan training video is as effective as in-person simulation trainings. Learn more at bit.ly/2LdJYje

Snow before Thanksgiving? What a day to talk about and health with former Senior Director for Resilience, Alice Hill and our panelists from Wharton, Penn Design, and Penn Vet at our . Climate change is not just a threat for tomorrow; it’s a major threat to our health and society as a whole today. How will you combat climate change? What should we do to better address this issue? Comment⬇️ @ Amado Recital Hall

RSVP today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-health-vs-the-viruses-a-matchup-for-the-century-tickets-50864943415

RSVP for our kickoff seminar that's happening on 9/20 at noon! https://cphiseminar.eventbrite.com

We are so proud of our Public Health Pipeline Plus interns for doing such an amazing job at their final presentations today! Our interns educated their peers about water quality, to***co, driving under the influence, and healthy food availability at local corner stores. We cannot wait to see this group continue to grow into public health advocates!

Don't miss out on this documentary screening and discussion tomorrow, March 29th from 5-8p in the Van Pelt library!

We want to give a big shout out to MPH student Akudo Ijeoma Ejelonu who was honored at the Women of Color at Penn 31st Annual Awards Luncheon for community service to tackle social justice issues https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/honoring-women-color-penn

Honoring Women of Color at Penn | Penn Today

One of our Penn Community Scholars, Chiwishi Joy Abney, of Five Loaves & Two Fish Unlimited-HERO Inc, is serving tonight’s dinner and we cannot get enough! So good! 😋 Not to mention that the program supports Philly youth! Be sure to check them out! www.herophillyunlimited.org

The Intersection of Community, Academia, and Grantmaking This Community Scholars symposium offers exposure to developing, pitching, and sustaining innovative project ideas that utilize community-academic partnerships. Participants will: 1. Gain insights into the approaches of developing and sustaining successful community academic partnerships. 2. Learn f...

Happy from our strong CPHI/MPH team of ! (Missing Sara Solomon)

APHA opens public access to fi****ms research published in American Journal of Public Health Free access to published, peer-reviewed fi****ms research will enhance public knowledge, encourage action and promote evidence-based conversations about firearm violence prevention policy

Cleaning vacant lots leads to safer and healthier neighborhoods, new study finds Cleaning up a vacant lot leads to less crime, more socializing outdoors and increased perceptions of safety in the surrounding neighborhood, according to a…

Always a pleasure to hear from about their opportunities and challenges with community-academic partnerships

Don't miss out on this opportunity to hear from Dr. Raina Merchant at our next CPHI Seminar Feb 15. RSVP today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-and-digital-health-tickets-42570293895 …

Innovation and Digital Health Dr. Raina Merchant is an Associate Vice President at Penn Medicine and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She has secondary appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care. She is the Director of the Cent...

‪Great FOCUS seminar with CPHI Senior Fellow Brian Work today on harm reduction approaches to combatting the and

We are so grateful to our panel of speakers for taking time out of their busy schedules for tonight’s Community Scholars session: Stephen Kimmel, Mark Neuman, Joan Gluch, Terri Lipman. Read more about the program: http://www.cphi.upenn.edu/Community-Scholars.html