Global Health Research
Dornsife's faculty and students engage in collaborative research that continues to inspire change in global health policy and practice. Partnership with our global colleagues is central to the Office of Global Health's mission.
Learn more about our work through interviews and current project summaries:
Global Health Interviews
Global Health Projects
Faculty Working in Global Health Research at Dornsife
Faculty at the Dornsife School of Public Health engage in a wide range of research projects globally. Research spans across countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Recent faculty members’ research examined the impact of urban environments on mortality and health, cross-border migration on health status, and assessing progress for human rights programming on access to health services. COVID-19 has been a topic addressed in faculty research, along with climate change.
Our experts working on global health issues are listed below. You can also filter faculty by research interest in the Research section.
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Clinical Teaching Professor and Director of the Office of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6227
jja88@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global health or International health
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Infectious Disease
- Mixed Methods
- Public Health Ethics
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology,Director of The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
smb483@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities in Cardiovascular Disease
- Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities in Cardiovascular Disease
- Community-Engaged Research
- Geography and Health
- Multilevel Analysis
- Spatial Analysis and GIS
- Global Health
- Urban Health
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
267.359.6378
ubilal@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health Disparities
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
- Urban Health
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Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
267.359.6070
avd37@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Social determinants of health
- Neighborhoods and health
- Race and ethnic health disparities
- Psychosocial factors and cardiovascular disease
- Air pollution epidemiology
- Urban health
- Multilevel methods
- Complex systems approaches to population health
- Health in Latin America
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Dornsife Professor of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6137
ace86@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global/International Health
- Urban Health
- Longitudinal Research Designs and Methods
- Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Population Change and Its Drivers
- Health Systems Research
- Research Capacity Strengthening
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Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health
267.359.6048
alf26@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer
- Environmental Exposures
- Global or International Health
- History of Public Health
- Occupational Health
- Agricultural Safety and Health
- Toxicology
- Environmental Justice
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Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6274
aligroves@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Reproductive or Sexual Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health Disparities
- Community Engaged Research
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
267.359.6049
ll85@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes
- Environmental Exposures
- Global health or International health
- Health Disparities
- Infectious Disease
- Neurodevelopment and Neurologic disorders
- Nutrition
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
- Urban Health
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Air Quality and Urban Health in China
- Health Failure Epidemiology
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Interim Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
646.761.1362
gsl45@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Health Disparities
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
- Urban Health
- Urban Trees and Greenspace
- Local Retail and Urban Design
- Transportation, Infrastructure and Policies
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Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6124
martinez-donate@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Engaged Research
- Immigrant Health
- Health Disparities
- HIV Prevention
- Health Care Access
- Latino Health
- Syndemics
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Associate Research Professor
Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
267.359.6297
daq26@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Data Analysis Methods
- Global Health
- Health and Place
- Health Disparities
- Spatial Analysis
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Urban Health
- Intentional/Violent Injury and Trauma
- Unintentional Injury and Trauma
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
267.359.6359
ais63@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global health or International health
- Infectious Disease
- Substance Use
- Community Based Participatory Reseach
- Social Epidemiology
- Survey Research Methods
- HIV/AIDS
- LGBT Health
Visiting Global Health Scholars
As part of the Jonathan Mann Global Health and Human Rights Initiative, global health scholars support initiative activities and engage with global health and human rights work at Drexel University.
Learn more about our visiting global health scholars.
International Training Opportunities
For information on international training opportunities visit Global Health Training Opportunities or contact Joe Amon to find out how you can develop your own international research experience.