Drexel FIRST News and Events

Drexel FIRST Health Equity Seminars

Health Equity seminars are open to the public. Click the link above to learn more about the 2023-2024 schedule.

Faculty Professional Development Seminars

Professional Development programs are open to Drexel Dornsife and College of Nursing and Health Professions faculty.

Faculty Research Development Seminars

Research Development programs are open to Drexel Dornsife and College of Nursing and Health Professions faculty.

Past Events

Social/team-building event for Cohort members

Drexel FIRST Seminar Series featuring Dr. Jonathan Jackson

Engaging with the Media and Social Media; Professional Development program

Drexel FIRST Seminar Series: Spatial and Spatial-Temporal Statistical Methods and Practices Around Assessing Health and Social Inequities – With an Eye Towards Informing Policies

Finding the (W)hole in Your Grant: Asking for Good Feedback on Your Grant Application; Research Development program

Time Management Strategies/Workflow Management; Professional Development program

Drexel FIRST Seminar Series: Inequalities in Life Expectancy in the Americas

DEI Training Module 2 (via Zoom): How Does Social Identity Influence Mentoring? Part of mentoring training

Visual Explorer Picture Cards exercise: Identifying Mentoring Role Schema. Part of mentoring training

Administration of a Grant: From Idea Generation to Closeout; Research Development program

Project Management Strategies; Professional Development program

DEI Training Module 1 (via Zoom): What’s Bias Got to do With Mentoring? Part of mentoring training

Forming your Research Team; Professional Development program

FIRST Health Equity Seminar: Dr. Irene Headen, “Embracing Complexity to Advance Understanding of Neighborhood Context and Racial Inequities in Minority Health”

Study Section: Demystifying the Grant Review Process; Research Development program

Meet the DEI Teams; Professional Development program

FIRST Health Equity Seminar: Dr. Ana Martinez-Donate, “Building Community Capacity to Promote Latino Health in Philadelphia”

“Anatomy of an NIH R Grant”; Research Development Program

“Doing Business at Drexel” Panel Discussion

A panel of Business Managers from DSPH and CNHP, as well as the Associate Dean for Finance and Administration from DSPH, discussed research-related expenses, use of start-up funds, use of P (“purchasing”) cards, etc.; Professional Development Program

FIRST Health Equity Seminar: Dr. Laura Gitlin, FIRST MPI, “The promise and challenges of intervention science in addressing health disparities”

“Prospecting for Gold: Grant Announcements and Mechanisms at NIH and Beyond”

Panel discussion presented by funded researchers and grant administration personnel; Research Development Program

“Mentoring Schemas”

Presented by the Chair of the Mentoring Subcommittee; “FIRST Evaluation Activities”, presented by the FIRST Evaluation Core Co-Leads; Professional Development Program

Establishing Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs)

Professional Development Program

FIRST Health Equity Seminar: Dr. Ana Diez Roux, FIRST MPI, “Challenges and opportunities for health disparities research: A perspective from social epidemiology”

“What I Wish I Knew” Panel Discussion

A panel of tenure-track Assistant Professors and recently tenured Associate Professors discussed what they have learned about being successful in the tenure track); Professional Development Program

FIRST Mentoring Program Description and Discussion; Professional Development Program

FIRST Faculty Orientation

Included a presentation by NIH Project Scientist Dr. Melissa Smarr

Introduction to Drexel Libraries; Professional Development Program

FIRST Faculty Introductions and Discussion of Research Interests and Career Needs

FIRST Faculty Welcome Luncheon