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Educate to Empower aims to break down barriers to breast cancer screenings
Penn fourth-years Simran Rajpal on the left and Gauthami Moorkanatst on the right pose outside Fisher-Bennett Hall on Penn campus.

“In Philadelphia, in particular West Philly, there’s a lot of communities that don’t have the access to health care that they need, even though Penn is right here,” says Moorkanat (right). “Our thinking behind this was that if we can deliver the resources to them, instead of making them come to Penn, maybe we can start to bridge that gap.”

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Educate to Empower aims to break down barriers to breast cancer screenings

With the President’s Engagement Prize, fourth-years Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat plan to deliver education and resources directly to community centers in Philadelphia, tackling medical mistrust, health literacy, and more.

Kristen de Groot

Collaborating to advance health communication
Mary Andrews (center)(L to R): Andy Tan, David Lydon-Staley, Emily Falk, and John B. Jemmott III.

Mary Andrews (center) successfully defended her dissertation in December. Her dissertation committee members included four health communication faculty (L to R): Andy Tan, David Lydon-Staley, Emily Falk, and John B. Jemmott III.

(Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

Collaborating to advance health communication

As a generation of pioneering scholars retired, several new hires are working together to continue Annenberg’s legacy as a leader in Health Communication.

Hailey Reissman

Mayor Parker’s plan to ‘remove the presence of drug users’ from Kensington raises new questions

Mayor Parker’s plan to ‘remove the presence of drug users’ from Kensington raises new questions

Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing and Ashish Thakrar of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the lack of specificity in Philadelphia’s plan to remove drug users from Kensington and on the current state of drug treatment in the city.

Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
Taussia Boadi stands on the mezzaine of the Wharton Academic Research building, with the lobby seen below and a floor to ceiling piece of art in various shades of green behind her.

Sociology fourth-year Taussia Boadi’s research looks at looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women. 

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    • Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health

    The fourth-year sociology major’s research looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women.

    Kristen de Groot

    Killings of unarmed Black people and racial disparities in sleep health
    An African American person in bed, unable to sleep.

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    Killings of unarmed Black people and racial disparities in sleep health

    Penn Medicine research finds that Black adults across the U.S. suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters.

    Eric Horvath