In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
LDI senior fellow Paula Chatterjee says the flaws of the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Programs are its failure to effectively target federal safety-net funding for hospitals, lowering the quality of care and outcomes for safety-net patients, particularly for those of color.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
A collaboration among Penn Medicine, Temple Health, and Jefferson Health aims to identify community members most likely to have lung cancer and those least likely to undergo screening.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Support Group for Black Patients with Parkinson’s disease, launched last winter, serves as a space where patients in an underserved community can connect with those with shared experiences.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The TRUSSES Project: Temporarily, Robots Unite to Surmount Sandy Entrapments, then Separate at Penn Engineering aims to develop innovative methods for teams of robots to overcome environmental hazards on the Moon.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
The Mind on Mental Health podcast is produced by Penn Medicine Princeton Health, the series features host Andrew Dean, senior community relations specialist at Princeton House Behavioral Health, who interviews his colleagues about mental health and self-care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
On Nov. 2, the PCI Ventures at Pennovation Works Showcase took place in celebration of its 13 years of service to the Penn community.
FULL STORY AT Pennovation Works →
In a report by the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, findings from the Ulster County, NY, pilot program show connections between the receipt of unconditional cash and improved financial security and quality of life in a rural context.
FULL STORY AT School of Social Policy & Practice →
Wood’s fellowship project aims to improve patient outcomes and decrease lengths of stay by treating patients with similar medical conditions in the same unit.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
This year, the Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity (NEMO) Prize has been awarded to Penn Engineering’s Daeyeon Lee in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sergei Vinogradov in the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences. Together, they are developing a new therapy that improves the survival and success of soft-tissue grafts used in reconstructive surgery.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
Digital media artist Paul Pfeiffer has been named the Keith L. and Katherine S. Sachs Visiting Professor in the Department of Fine Arts for the 2023–2024 academic year.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
