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  • Health care algorithms can improve or worsen racial and ethnic disparities

    Penn LDI senior fellows Shazia Mehmood Siddique, Jaya Aysola, Michael O. Harhay, Harald Schmidt, Gary E. Weissman, and colleagues have conducted a systematic review of 63 studies published since 2011. They found evidence that health care algorithms can both improve and worsen racial and ethnic disparities for access, quality of care, and health outcomes for patients, regardless of their explicit inclusion of race or ethnicity as a variable.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • American Academy of Oral Medicine’s highest award

    Eric Stoopler, professor of oral medicine in Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, has been recognized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as this year’s recipient of its Craig S. Miller Diamond Pin Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • When studies conflict, how can you know which meds work?

    Ellen Caniglia, an assistant professor of epidemiology, and Enrique Schisterman, a professor and the chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, have received a $1 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop a system that would allow clinicians to weigh the results of two conflicting clinical trials and make an informed choice about how those findings should influence their patients’ treatment.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • As teacher shortages rise, experts share tailored solutions

    Sarah Kavanagh, director of Penn GSE’s Collaboratory for Teaching and Teacher Education presented at a conference dedicated to bolstering teaching ranks, “Elevating the Teaching Profession: A National Conversation on the Future of Teaching.”

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Three Annenberg doctoral candidates awarded 2024 Sachs Program Grants

    Azsaneé Truss, Cienna Davis, and Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera were all awarded funding for creative projects from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Penn Global awards $1.5M in research and engagement awards

    The awards will support 24 new projects involving faculty from nine of Penn’s Schools.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Global →

  • Penn GSE announces LEED Gold certification on Earth Day

    The Graduate School of Education’s building expansion and renovation that opened in August 2023 was recently awarded LEED Gold certification for its sustainable design, construction, and operation.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Penn Medicine marks Earth Day by signing national Health Sector Climate Pledge

    In joining the White House-backed effort, Penn Medicine is advancing its goal of becoming the country’s most eco-friendly health care organization.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • University of Pennsylvania Libraries launches Book Prize in Sustainability

    The new annual award acknowledges contributions to the global discourse on environmental sustainability, with a specific focus on books that have a substantial impact on the public's understanding of these crucial issues.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Libraries →

  • National award for Penn Nursing professor

    Martha A.Q. Curley, professor of nursing at Penn Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will receive the 2024 Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →