In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
With a $17.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine will collaborate with 11 research centers to determine more precise diagnostic biomarkers and drug targets for the disease.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Undergraduate Data Science Hangout connects students and faculty across seemingly disparate disciplines.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
Junhyong Kim, Chair and Patricia M. Williams Professor of Biology, and Kate O'Neill, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Perelman School of Medicine, have been awarded a Human BioMolecular Atlas Program grant to lead a multidisciplinary team in documenting the molecular characteristics of individual cells in the female reproductive system.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
Andy Tan’s newly-formed Health Communication & Equity Lab seeks to advance communication science to achieve health equity, focusing on examining inequalities in marketing, media, and message effects across diverse populations and designing culturally responsive communication interventions to advance the health and well-being of health disparity populations.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →
This prestigious award was given “for the seminal use of physical principles in understanding living transport networks.”
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Adding an “active choice” nudge to the electronic health record increased statin prescribing for patients with heart disease, but not for those “at-risk.”
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The grant, “Beyond the Pedestal: Tracing and Transforming America’s Monuments,” will support the production of a definitive audit of the nation’s monuments, the opening of ten Monument Lab field research offices through $1 million of subgrants in 2021; and allow for Monument Lab to hire its first full-time staff and develop significant art and justice initiatives.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
The NIH has selected two researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine to receive its Director’s Awards, part of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. Brian Litt, a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and bioengineering, was honored with a Pioneer Award for $5.6 million, supporting novel neurodevice research. Gregory Corder, an assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience, was selected as a New Innovator Award winner, receiving $2.4 million for research investigating the mechanisms of chronic pain.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A collaborative team, awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, will utilize automated intelligence to determine likelihood of acceptance or rejection of donor hearts.
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Each year, hundreds of students travel to Philadelphia to participate in summer high school programs through Wharton’s Global Youth Program. This year, the program revamped its high school offerings this summer by combining online learning with community support.
FULL STORY AT Wharton →
