We all know that about 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water. That’s something you learn in elementary school. Now, imagine that 80 percent of the Earth was covered in water — but […]
Author: Frank Otto
Frank is a news officer for health and science at Drexel. Formerly, he was a reporter at the Pottstown Mercury where he covered car crashes, murders, and goat races. He also interviewed Tom Wolf, Carly Rae Jepsen and almost Ke$ha once. He's still not a coffee-drinker and remains a lifelong Phillies fan, even now, because their ineptitude just feels nostalgic to when he first started watching them. Follow Frank at @DrexelFrank. Contact him at 215.571.4244 or fmo26@drexel.edu.
Media Watch: Masks Created by Military Service Members are Unifiers
“To see the masks is to ‘see’ the very real impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and understand how it impacts the military service members’ personal life, relationships and perceptions […]
Quick-Take: Bringing the Public Health Perspective to Automated Cars
“The projected reductions in morbidity and mortality from autonomous vehicles not only assume a near-ideal implementation — with few, if any, mechanical and software failures — but they also assume that forced decisions are being […]
5 Tips for Surviving Valentine’s Day in a Politically Split Relationship
The 2016 election was one of the most contentious and polarizing in memory. Unfortunately for some, that polarizing effect came home to roost, with some couples sitting on opposite sides of the political spectrum. […]
Q+A: Can We Stop Both Urban Violence and Mass Shootings With a Public Health Approach?
Is the national focus on mass shootings minimizing the effects of exposure to gun violence in urban communities of color, where it’s most pervasive? Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public […]
Talking It Out: Constant Trauma and Its Effect on Young Men of Color
In a brief he wrote this fall for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Drexel University’s John Rich related the story of Andre, a black 19-year-old who, while walking home from work, was shot by an […]
Report on Autism to Congress Utilizes Drexel Autism Institute Report’s Findings
The landmark report of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s Life Course Outcomes research program served as the statistical basis for many of the findings in a recent Government Accountability Office report to Congress. Using information […]
Journey to the Bottom of the World: Academy Researcher to Dig for Fossils in Antarctica
On his latest adventure, Ted Daeschler won’t have to keep an eye out for wolves or polar bears. That’s a welcome change. “That’ll be very comforting,” he laughed. For the first time, Daeschler, a PhD […]
6 Things to Remember for Running the Philadelphia Marathon
Running a marathon is a tall order. Not only are you racing others looking for their best times, but you’re battling your own body’s fatigue the whole way. But marathons go far beyond the race-day […]
Quick Take: Your Neighborhood Factors Into Your Stroke Risk
“Where we live influences our health in a lot of ways: Whether a neighborhood is walkable, the availability of health foods, the levels of security and stress we feel in our neighborhood and many other […]