The mission of Temple University’s Center for Bioethics, Urban Health, and Policy (CBUHP) is to partner with community members, health care providers and policy makers to create model programs and practices aimed at eliminating health care disparities in the urban setting.
News Spotlight
Philadelphia receives $1.5 million OJJDP grant to reduce youth violence
On September 19, 2012, OJJDP Acting Administrator Melodee Hanes announced a $1.5 million Community-Based Violence Prevention award to the city of Philadelphia. "Youth violence is not inevitable," said Hanes. "Among other activities, this funding will allow Philadelphia to expand its CeaseFire program and continue to change the culture of violence "by mobilizing communities, educating the public, and reaching out to youth" with the help of the city’s leadership and law enforcement personnel."
U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Justice Programs, September 19, 2012
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Harvard MD to be Temple's Chief of Surgery
There’s a new head at the helm of Temple University’s Department of Surgery. Effective July 16, Dr. Selwyn O. Rogers Jr. will begin his new post as Temple University Health System’s surgeon-in-chief, professor and chair of surgery at Temple’s School of Medicine. Rogers currently serves as associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Trauma and Burn and Surgical Critical Care at Harvard-affiliate Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass.
Philadelphia Tribune, June 25, 2012
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The CBUHP is pleased to announce the MA in Urban Bioethics!
The MA in Urban Bioethics, offered through the CBUHP, trains students in the ethics and values of health, health care delivery, and health law and policy underlying the urban context of density, diversity, and inequalities. Coursework is practical, methodological, and theoretical. The degree is designed for Temple graduate students and area professionals who face, or will soon face, the complexities and disparities of urban health, and want specialized training in the
ethics, values, and politics of health care in our increasingly multi-dimensionally diverse society.
June 25, 2012
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Project Highlights
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CeaseFire has been proven to decrease instances of gun violence in urban areas.
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The Winter 2012 CBUHP newsletter is out! Click here for the current (and archived) CBUHP newsletters.
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Temple is partnering with several trusted neighbors--called community ambassadors--in the area surrounding Temple to facilitate educatin and research within the community.
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