Drexel University Events Calendar

American Heart Association (AHA) Classes (2/2/2024 - 12/31/2025)

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	2/2/2024	All Day
End Date:	12/31/2025

American Heart Association (AHA) Classes - BLS, ACLS, PALS, Plus More!
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CNHP Continuing Education (2/2/2024 - 12/31/2025)

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	2/2/2024	Start Time:	8:00 AM
End Date:	12/31/2025	End Time:	5:00 PM

CNHP Continuing Education Programs

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50 Years of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel (4/2/2024 - 5/25/2024)

Tue, 2 Apr 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	4/2/2024	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	5/25/2024	End Time:	6:00 PM

50 Years of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel
April 2-May 25, 2024
Pearlstein Gallery
3401 Filbert Street

Materials Spring Seminar Series with Prof. Yuanwen Jiang, University of Pennsylvania (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024
End Date:	5/8/2024

Materials Spring Seminar Sereies

"Rational Design of Materials and Devices for Multimodal Bioelectronic Interfaces"

Yuanwen Jiang
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania

Spring Seminar 2024- Jiang.pdf

UHC Weekly Forum: Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH and Andrea Jaffee (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 15:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	11:00 AM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	12:00 PM

Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH and Andrea Jaffee will present “Climate change and temperature-related mortality in Latin American cities.”

Characterizing Aware & Unaware Vehicle Occupant Responses During Sled-Simulated Evasive Swerving (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 15:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	11:30 AM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	1:30 PM

BIOMED Master's Thesis Defense

Title:
Characterizing Aware and Unaware Vehicle Occupant Responses During Sled-Simulated Evasive Swerving: The Effect of Age and Maneuver Duration

Speaker:
Ken Berkery, Master's Candidate
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Drexel University

Advisor:
Valentina Graci, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Drexel University
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Details:
Objective: Previous studies showed that awareness reduced adult occupants’ out-of-position posture, but it is unclear if this finding can be extended to child occupants and time extended pre-crash maneuvers. This is important to be examined as, in highly automated vehicles, reduced awareness of impending maneuvers in all populations of occupants may influence restraint effectiveness. Therefore, we investigated the effect of awareness, age, and pre-crash maneuver duration on the motion and muscle activity of vehicle occupants during sled-simulated pre-crash evasive swerving maneuvers.

Methods: Forty seatbelt restrained subjects (9-40 years old) experienced a sled oscillatory perturbation (4 cycles, peak acceleration 0.7g) mimicking a series of swerving maneuvers under 2 conditions: an aware condition where subjects were instructed to brace before the maneuver onset, and an unaware condition, with no bracing instructions given. A 3D motion capture system, electromyography (EMG), and seatbelt load cells captured head and trunk kinematics, muscle activation, and seat belt reaction forces, respectively. Data were normalized by the subject seated height (Kinematics), the subject maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) (Muscle Activation), and the subject body weight (BW) (Seat Belt Reaction Forces). The effects of awareness, age, cycle, and interactions of those variables on peak lateral head and trunk displacement into and out-of-the belt were examined with a Mixed Effects Model and Tukey’s post-hoc tests (p≤0.05).

Results: In the aware condition, all subjects had reduced peak head and trunk displacements compared to the unaware condition (p<0.05). For the into the belt direction in the unaware condition, children showed the smallest peak head and trunk displacement of all age groups (p<0.01) while teens had the greatest peak head and trunk displacement compared to all other age groups (p<0.02). Similar trends were found in the out of the belt direction in the unaware condition, where children showed the smallest peak head and trunk displacement compared to adolescents and teens (p<0.01) but not adults (p > 0.05). Peak lateral head and trunk displacement was greatest in the first swerve out of the belt (p<0.01) and the smallest in the second swerve, regardless of age and awareness. In the unaware condition, all occupants showed greater shoulder seat belt reaction loads than the aware condition (unaware 1.6-2.7 N/kg, aware 1.0-1.4 N/kg). Children also showed greater neck muscle activation (50-64% MVIC) compared to other muscles and older occupants regardless of awareness condition or direction of motion.

Conclusion: Awareness reduced out-of-position postures in pre-crash vehicle maneuvers across all ages, including pediatric occupants. In the unaware condition, young children move less (normalized by seated height) than older teens and adults. This may be due to children using a different bracing strategy than older occupants as shown by the greater neck muscle activation. On the other hand, in the unaware condition, teens showed the greatest motion, potentially due to their developing neuromotor control transitioning to a more mature stage. Occupant responses changed over the maneuver duration, likely due to becoming more familiar with oscillatory motion throughout the cycles. Across all age groups in the unaware condition, occupants relied more heavily on the seat belt to maintain their position rather than relying on an active bracing strategy, particularly when moving out of the belt, suggesting the importance of good seatbelt-torso interaction in unaware occupants. Further investigation examining occupant awareness in various pre-crash maneuvers and seating configurations is warranted to understand how to protect unaware occupants in future vehicle and crash dynamics.

Climate Cafe (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	1:00 PM

Join Drexel Climate & Sustainability at our first Climate Cafe. Climate Cafe is part of an international movement to provide open, informal, and private space to explore our thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to the climate crisis. This community-building space is an opportunity to unpack and share concerns about climate change. Everyone in the Drexel community is welcome to attend.

climate cafe flyer may 2024.pdf

DANCE AT THE DORNSIFE CENTER(SPRING SESSION) (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	1:00 PM

Join us at the Dornsife Center for our spring dance sessions with various style of dance.

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/Dornsife_Dance

So You're Thinking About a PhD? (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	12:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	1:00 PM

Hosted by UREP and the Steinbright Career Development Center, this session will help applicants demystify the PhD application process. We will explore how to decide whether a PhD is right for you, how to research schools, how the application process differs from applications to other kinds of degree programs, and how to set yourself up for success by planning ahead for the application process.

Steinbright and UREP advisors who specialize in graduate school preparation, application, and funding will be available for questions after the event, so students with specific questions may want to plan to stay longer than 1 pm. Advisors will also be present at UREP's normal drop-in hours, Wednesday 3-5 pm, Bentley Hall 2nd Floor.

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Events with no RSVPs 24 hours in advance will be cancelled.

Pennoni Playground: Sketch Sessions with Dean Paula Marantz Cohen (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	1:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	2:00 PM

Engage in conversation with Dean Paula Marantz Cohen while she skillfully sketches your portrait, capturing your unique likeness on paper.

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Resume Review Day (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	1:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

Join a Steinbright Employer Partner for a 15-minute resume review before A-Round Opens. This event is first come, first seen, and hosted on Zoom. Students of all graduation years are welcome to attend. Register on Handshake!

Study Hours (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 17:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	1:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

Meet with an academic coach, no appointment needed, to discuss academic skills! Study hours is also a space to get work done with extra accountability!

Climate Change and Urban Health (CCUH) Webinar Series: Pablo Sarricolea, PhD (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	2:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

Please join the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) for a webinar featuring Pablo Sarricolea, PhD, who does research in Climatology, Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Chile. The webinar will be presented in Spanish. English and Portuguese interpretation will be available!

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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar Series (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	2:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

At the next Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar Series Peter Chi, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistics, Villanova University, will present "Improved Least Squares Phylogenetic Inference."

A phylogeny is an object that describes the evolutionary relationships between a group of species, and is also more informally known as an evolutionary tree. In addition to studying species, phylogenetics can also be used to study the evolution of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, which can be instrumental in our understanding of how to control the diseases caused by them. In this talk, I will introduce a novel statistical methodology for inferring a phylogeny that is built upon the ordinary least squares framework. Specifically, we propose a new least squares loss function utilizing "robust distances" (O'Brien et al., 2009) in place of conventional genetic distances, and demonstrate gains to both branch length and topology estimation of phylogenies. I will include an example of utilizing this methodology on a dataset of HIV viral sequences extracted from a group of individuals within in one transmission chain, and discuss how the inferred phylogenetic tree compares to the known transmission chain.

Peter Chi completed his M.H.S. in Genetic Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and PhD in Biostatistics at the University of Washington. His research is centered in statistical phylogenetics but he also has research interests in statistics education and the statistics of casino games. He is currently an Associate Professor of Statistics at Villanova University.

EOH Research Seminar (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	2:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

Speaker Jaime Benavides, PhD, will present, "The Humility of Space: From Severed Communities to Open Streets."

Dr. Benavides is an Associate Research Scientist in the Environmental Health Sciences Department at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

This talk will be a reflection about how we make cities through the lens of community severance, which measures the separation imposed by roads and traffic, and through the intended and unintended impacts of the Open Streets program in New York City.

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Professional Development Series: Goal Setting (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 18:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	2:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	3:00 PM

Make your action plan as SMART as your goals. Join Career Services Staff for a Q&A event!

This event compliments the "Goal Setting" workshop in the Professional Development Series.

Drop in to ask a specific question, or listen in for a little extra help.

Open to all DSPH students.

Zoom link

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Gene Therapy Sector Overview and its Impact on Patients and Healthcare (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 18:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	2:30 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	4:00 PM

BIOMED Seminar

Title:
Gene Therapy Sector Overview and its Impact on Patients and Healthcare

Speaker:
Rita Johnson-Green
Chief Operating Officer
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Details:
Gene therapies are rapidly proliferating globally and are addressing the needs of patients with Inherited retinal disease, Hemophilia B, Spinal muscular atrophy, Duchene muscular dystrophy, and other life-threatening or severely debilitating diseases. Between 2017 and 2022, five gene therapies treating rare genetic diseases received FDA approval. In 2023, five more were approved in that single year.

We will discuss the difference between in-vivo and ex-vivo gene therapy and the go-to-market considerations for each. The commercialization of these therapies has highlighted the need for additional patient care considerations such as patient travel benefits, newborn screening, genetic testing, and fertility preservation. We will also explore gene therapy’s impact on patient’s life expectancy and its anticipated financial impact on our healthcare system. We will conclude with the ultimate goal, globalization, because all people, regardless of their individual or country's wealth, deserve access to life-changing and life-saving therapies.

Unless cited or otherwise stated, all opinions shared during this talk are mine and do not represent the sentiments of my current or past employers.

Biosketch:
Rita Johnson-Greene is an accomplished international healthcare executive leader with over 20 years of progressive experience. Rita is currently the Chief Operating Officer at the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), a global non-profit advocacy organization representing the engineered cell therapy and genetic medicines sector. Rita has launched three of the first five rare disease gene therapies currently marketed in the US.

UREP Drop-In Hours (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 19:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	3:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	5:00 PM

Do you have questions about undergraduate research, fellowships, or enrichment programs? Drop-in hours are a chance to chat with staff and UREP ambassadors and get answers to your questions. Virtual drop-ins are available by request - email urep@drexel.edu to schedule.

There will be no drop-in hours on May 22 and June 12.

Drop-in hours are open to all students.

Drexel Writing Festival 2024 – Meet Barbara Jones, Literary Agent (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 19:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	3:30 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	4:30 PM

Barbara Jones is an agent with the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, where she represents writers of upmarket fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on voices from previously underrepresented communities and on durable talents and stories. Jones' clients include Kate Axelrod, Charles Bock, Rafael Frumkin, Danielle Lazarin, Isaac Oliver, and The Swans of Harlem. Previously, she spent several decades as an editor. First, at magazines, including Harper’s Magazine, Vogue and Real Simple, then in book publishing, where she edited award winning and bestselling novels and nonfiction by writers such as Paul Auster, Susan Choi, Sebastian Faulks, Lauren Groff, Katherine Howe, Rachel Khong, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Coretta Scott King, Lillian Li, Julie Lythcott-Haims, Jacqueline Novogratz, Christa Parravani and Carl Safina.

The Drexel Writing Festival is a literary experience for everyone – scheduled events are always free and open to the public. We encourage you to join us for lively discussions and hands-on workshops across genres and topics.

Questions? Email festival director Henry Israeli at hpi22@drexel.edu

Schedule of Events – http://www.drexel.edu/drexel-writing-festival

Shakespeare Read-Aloud: The Comedy of Errors (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 20:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	4:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	5:00 PM

The Pennoni Honors College would like to invite you to another Shakespeare Read-Aloud for all interested students, staff, faculty, parents, and friends of the Pennoni Honors College. We will be reading The Comedy of Errors and discussing the play as we go along.

The Comedy of Errors is a farcical play that revolves around mistaken identity and misunderstandings. The plot follows two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, who unknowingly find themselves in the same town. As they encounter various characters, confusion ensues, leading to a series of hilarious and improbable situations. With its witty dialogue, slapstick humor, and clever wordplay, Shakespeare explores themes of love, family, and the absurdity of human nature.

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Meet the Brewers: Fresh Beginnings with Triple Bottom Brewing (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 21:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	5:00 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	7:00 PM

PHS presents ‘Meet the Brewers,’ a series where you’ll meet and get to know local brewers and taste through a selection of your favorite beer and cider!

Triple Bottom Brewing, located on Spring Garden, is a brewery with a social mission. The brewers will have lots of fresh spring-inspired brews with them, and they will chat about the new ways their business is growing and participating in their community.

Beer will be available for purchase to be enjoyed at the Garden or taken to go. *Must be 21+ to attend.

Communicating Your Research: Preparing for the Week of Undergraduate Excellence (5/8/2024)

Wed, 8 May 2024 21:30:00 GMT

Start Date:	5/8/2024	Start Time:	5:30 PM
End Date:	5/8/2024	End Time:	6:30 PM

This workshop will cover the basics of effective communication, and help prepare students to present their work in both oral and poster presentations. Attendees will practice utilizing a narrative framework to communicate their scholarly work, and learn best practices for effectively creating and using visual aids across different types of presentations.

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Events with no RSVPs 24 hours in advance will be cancelled.