In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
New research out of the Perelman School of Medicine shows that bundled Medicare payments effectively reduced costs and improved the quality of health care. It may be key to slowing or even reversing the rise of health care costs in the country.
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The Journal of Clinical Orthodontics (JCO) recently announced the selection of Dr. Samaneh Mojarrad (GD’18), a Penn Dental Medicine orthodontics resident and Master of Science in Oral Biology (MSOB) candidate, as the winner of the 2018 Eugene L. Gottlieb JCO Student of the Year Award. Dr. Mojarrad was chosen over 21 other students from schools around the United States in a two-stage competition judged by members of the JCO editorial board.
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Dr. Ali Naji, the J. William White Professor of Surgical Research at the Perelman School of Medicine wins one of the highest honors for a transplant surgeon-scientist as an esteemed kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon, immunologist, and researcher.
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Experts at Wharton and Drexel analyze whether lowered prescription drug costs will be damaging to future drug research and manufacturing, and what is more important in the short and long-term for patients.
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A Wharton management professional finds that despite individual big-ticket taxpayer items like a royal wedding, the long-term effects of monarchies are good for economies.
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A new resource launched by the Penn Institute for Urban Research aggregates news, data, and analyses by expert researchers on state and local public finance.
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The Annenberg Public Policy Center has partnered with iCivics, the education nonprofit founded by Sandra Day O’Connor, to create a free online game that teaches students and adults to recognize “fake news.”
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The history and progress of Penn's largest building project, the Pavilion hospital, already serving as a site for quality healthcare for its construction crew.
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Facing a growing caregiver problem, the CARE act will address the needs of vulnerable older adults in diverse communities for their benefit and their caregivers.
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Wharton professor Valentina Assenova discusses which innovations spread throughout social media, despite their unproven value.
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