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Jun 9, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Margaret Longacre, assistant professor of Public Health, has been appointed chair of the Department of Public Health and assistant dean of research in the College of Health Sciences at Arcadia University. Dr. Longare will succeed current Chair of the Department of Public Health Dr. Katie...
Jan 28, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Katie DiSantis, associate professor of Public Health, co-authored “Long-term Results From the FRESH RCT: Sustained Reduction of Children's Tobacco Smoke Exposure,” for the January 2020 issue in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM). The article, written with Dr. Bradley N. Collins...
Aug 14, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Master of Public Health alumna Marsha Trego ’18 wanted to pursue further research after presenting her thesis, and has now published the continued study in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. Following her graduation, Trego decided to continue researching food insecurity in cancer...
Apr 3, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Arcadia University celebrated academic achievement and scholastic excellence at the 2019 Honors Convocation on March 30. More than 1,000 students earned distinguished honors and honors in the spring and fall 2018, and 59 student and faculty awards were presented. President Ajay Nair addressed...
Sep 19, 2017 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Katie DiSantis, assistant professor of Public Health, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Public Health at Arcadia University. Dr. DiSantis succeeds Dr. Andrea Crivelli-Kovach, professor of Public Health, as Chair. Dr. DiSantis joined the Public Health faculty in 2012 after working...
Nov 2, 2016 • Jen Retter
By Marcella Haddad '17 “It seems like you have a pretty strong history of colon cancer,” said Genetic Counseling student John Lewis, looking through his notes. The patient nodded and looked down at his hands. Fortunately, this was only an exercise; the patient, an actor. But the exercise...
Oct 17, 2016 • Caitlin Burns
Several faculty members from Arcadia’s College of Health Sciences attended the Interprofessional Education Collaboration (IPEC) in Herndon, Va., from Oct. 5 to 7. Dr. Karen Sawyer, assistant professor of Physical Therapy, Dr. Amy Miller, assistant professor of Physical Therapy, Amanda Seymour,...
Feb 25, 2015 • jretter Retter
Dr. Katie DiSantis, assistant professor of community and global public health, published “Buying Food on Sale: A Mixed Methods Study With Shoppers at an Urban Supermarket, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010–2012” in Preventing Chronic Diseases.
obesity prevention, health disparities, healthcare quality improvement
Temple University
PhD, Major in Public Health
Temple University
MPH, Major in Community Health Education
Pennsylvania State University
BS, Major in Biobehavioral Health
Minor in Neuroscience
Author • 2015
Article, Medical Research Archives
Co-Authored with Ulrich V, Hillier A, & DiSantis KI
Author • 2015
Article, American Journal of Preventative Medicine
Co-Authored with Collins BN, Nair US, Hovell MF, DiSantis KI, Jaffe K, Tolley NM, Wileyto EP, Audrain-McGovern J.
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