Temple University Social & Behavioral Sciences

What a great turnout at our annual SBS Awards Ceremony! Thanks to all who attended to celebrate community health partners, students, faculty & staff! Photo 3: Dean Jennifer Ibrahim welcomes everyone; Photo 4: Dr. Slashinski receives her Teaching Award from SBS chair, Dr. Lepore.

The other paper published in @JAMAOnc focuses specially on the sexual rehabilitation needs of gay/bisexual men with cancer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… #Pride2024 #HealthEquity #CancerResearch

This Pride Month, Dr. Wheldon @TempleSBS calls for cancer care equity for LGBTQ populations in two commentaries. The first published in @JCOOP_ASCO focuses on how asking about a patients sexual orientation/gender identity can be used to improve care. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…

Dr. Christopher Wheldon & recent Temple graduate publish research letter in @AJPMJournal which highlights the need for LGBTQ-specific smoking cessation services. Essential read for health advocates! #LGBTQ #PublicHealth #SmokingCessation #TempleUniversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As Mental Health Awareness Month nears end, see Drs. @BradleyNCollins & Eugene Dunne’s issue of articles highlighting efforts in behavioral medicine to address the rising tide of mental health & substance use disorders in Translational Behavioral Medicine academic.oup.com/tbm/pages/ment…

...disease & cancer. GI diseases & treatments can adversely affect sexual function so it’s important to counsel patients on sexual health impacts.

Out for #DDW2024 Dr. Christopher Wheldon collaborated with a team led by @DanielDickste on a paper published in Nature Reviews GI that does a comprehensive review of pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse in #gastrointestinal ... nature.com/articles/s4157…

...peer-led, evidence-based, and interactive program that included six months of health education sessions, policy adjustments, and a rewards program. Congratulations to Angelina and to all of the 2024 awards recipients!

...Angelina Calomino for her paper, "Sunflower Care Campaign," which discusses a multi-dimensional intervention designed to address infection prevention strategies related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA). Angelina helped design a....

The final awards announcement of the season is our Undergraduate Public Health Outstanding Capstone Project Award, recognizing an undergraduate with an exceptional capstone paper based on a 2-semester project in the Community-Based Program Planning course. The 2024 Recipient is..

...informed decision about pursuing lung transplantation. Keya interviewed patients that either received lung transplants or were on a waitlist to receive one & created an informational codebook summarizing Patient-Centered Decision-Making factors in transplants. Congratulations!

The 2024 Public Health Distinguished Undergraduate Internship Award recipient is Keya Goswami. Her project, "TransLung Compass: Navigating Patient-Centered Transplant Decisions," aimed to highlight healthcare and quality-of-life factors which patients can use to make an...

"My time at Temple University has been an incredible journey of growth, discovery, and unwavering support from this incredible faculty," Danielle said. "Thank you to everyone at Temple who has guided me to this point and made this journey unforgettable."

...and infant health. Danielle administered a novel, cross-sectional survey to 92 physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, midwives, and nursing technicians to learn the effect of a clinical role on attitudes about doulas. Congratulations Danielle!

The 2024 Distinguished MPH in SBS Fieldwork Award recipient is Danielle Brown. Her project, From Crisis to Care: Exploring Doula Integration to Reduce Maternal Mortality, focused on supporting the integration and access to doula care to address racial disparities in maternal...

Dr. Wheldon's latest collaboration, w/ UT Austin doctoral students Oscar Y. Franco-Rocha and Katie Trainum, identifies key insights on the unique psychosocial impacts of anal & colorectal cancers among LGBTQ+ individuals. #SGMHealth #CancerCare #analcancer link.springer.com/article/10.100…

to assess patient readiness and confidence in quitting smoking at the baseline, 1-month, and 6-month appointments. The results of the project showed an increased readiness to quit and improved confidence in quitting to indicate the efficacy of the program.

Congratulations to Alexandra Reyes, our 2024 recipient of the SBS Undergraduate CPH Research Day Award! Her poster, titled "Evaluating Patient Readiness and Confidence in Quitting within a Clinical Tobacco Treatment Program" was based on work she did with the @FoxChaseCancer...

...births, two issues faced by residents of the city due to systemic inequity. Thank you, Diana, for your hard work on this important and impactful project!

...Delivery Program for Pregnant Philadelphians to Decrease Preterm Birth," set the groundwork for the Philadelphia Community Action Network (CAN) organization's pilot Collective Impact program, called We CAN Cook. This project addresses both food insecurity and preterm...

Congratulations to Diana Spalding for winning a second award this year, the CPH Research Day SBS Graduate Award. This award celebrates a student in an SBS graduate program with the best poster presentation. Diana's project, "Implementation of a Community-Driven Free Food...