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New book reveals systems that create health gaps

New book reveals systems that create health gaps

Antonia M. Villarruel, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Penn Nursing, has co-authored a new book, “Systems That Impact Population Health: Past and Present,” which serves as a critical examination of how foundational U.S. systems, including law, education, housing, and health care, have historically shaped and continue to dictate health outcomes across diverse communities.

From Penn Nursing News

Understanding the climate record through objects
Melissa Charenko stands in front of art in her office.

In her office, Melissa Charenko has paintings by artist Jill Pelto that depict the kind of climate proxies Charenko writes about in her new book, such as sediment cores containing pollen grains.

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Understanding the climate record through objects

Melissa Charenko’s new book shares the history of how 20th-century scientists used climate “proxies”—such as tree rings and fossil pollen—to understand past climates, which has implications for future climate action.

3 min. read

Processing grief through goats and accessibility
Grace Freund with a goat from the Philly Goat Project.

Grace Freund, an oncology nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, with a goat from the Philly Goat Project.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News)

Processing grief through goats and accessibility

A new Penn Medicine CAREs grant will make accessibility updates to a grief garden at the Philly Goat Project.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto smiling at fellow panelists.

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward working group for Graduate and Professional Training. 

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    • Kelly Jordan-Sciutto on advancing graduate education through Penn Forward

    Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, vice provost for graduate education and chair of the Penn Forward Graduate and Professional Training working group, says, ‘I don’t want students to walk uphill both ways in the snow just because I had to.’

    7 min. read

    Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

    Brain activity reveals what makes persuasive messages stick

    A new study by the Communication Neuroscience Lab at the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues reveals that activity in brain regions associated with reward and social processing can predict the effectiveness of messages.

    From Annenberg School for Communication

    2 min. read

    Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
    Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

    Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

    (Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

    4 min. read

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity
    An ambulance in Peru.

    Image: Artur Widak via AP Images

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

    A Penn Medicine analysis shows that surveillance of dog rabies in Arequipa, Peru, is lacking in areas with lower socioeconomic status and could spell problems for infectious disease worldwide.

    Frank Otto

    2 min. read

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia
    Candace Adams holds cat.

    Candace Adams with Black Pearl, one of her foster cats.

    (Image: Courtesy of Candace Adams)

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia

    Outside of her day job at Penn’s Institutional Review Board, Candace Adams works with different organizations in Philadelphia to give temporary shelter and care to cats and dogs.

    2 min. read