Winner of 2106 PIUR-CPHI Public Health & the Urban Environment Photo Contest

Mar 3, 2016

The Penn Institute for Urban Research, in collaboration with the Center for Public Health Initiatives, announced the winner of its 2016 photo contest. The theme of the contest was “public health and the urban environmental landscape.” The announcement was made at the “Shaping the Urban Health and Environmental Landscape” symposium, held on February 25th in the Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania. The entries were judged by the symposium’s panel of experts, who looked for compelling images that emphasize ways that urban design has succeeded or failed to promote public health and well-being.  The winning photograph,  “Summer’s Day at John Kelly Pool, Fairmount Park, Pa.,” was taken by Ben Chrisinger.

Runners-Up

“Schuylkill River Trail” by Rob Lybeck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teng Teng’s “Spruce Street Harbor Park, Philadelphia.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6th Annual Community-Driven Research Day@ Penn. Wed. Feb 3, 2016

Feb 2, 2016

Bringing Together Community Based Organizations and Local Researchers in the Philadelphia area

2016 THEME:      “Health and Safety Across the Lifespan”

COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH DAY encouraged collaborations between researchers and community based organizations (CBOs) and community groups with interest in the topics around health and safety across the lifespan.Through an interactive poster session, CBOs and community groups highlighted their questions to CDRD participants, who included area non-profits, community groups, public sector partners, and researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Drexel University, and Jefferson University. CBOs, community groups, academic researchers, and students met and discuss potential, mutually-beneficial collaborations.

WHEN:  Wednesday, February 3, 2016 : 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
WHERE:  University of Pennsylvania, Biomedical Research Building, Auditorium & Lobby:  421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA

 

UPenn PRC Community Advisory Board member Glenn Bryan made the opening remarks to the Community-Driven Research Day audience.

Mr. Bryan is also the Assistant Vice President of Community Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPenn PRC Community Advisory Board member Cheryl Bettigole, MD, delivered the keynote address.

Dr. Bettigole is the Director of Get Healthy Philly, the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A poster session allowed community groups to share their topics and goals with academic researchers from major Philadelphia-area universities with teaching hospitals, such as Penn, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Drexel, Jefferson, and Temple.