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  • After early potential, cholesterol medication fenofibrate fails to cut severe symptoms or death in COVID-19 patients

    The drug was initially targeted for COVID-19 research as part of an effort to test older, previously approved drugs for potential benefit against the virus. Compared with a placebo, fenofibrate had no significant effect either on severity scores or death from any cause, among other metrics. Researchers say there could be a number of potential explanations for the drug’s failure to achieve the same results in humans that it did in laboratory cells.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Michael E. Mann honored With Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence

    The Stroud Water Research Center has awarded the 2022 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence to the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science and director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media for being a leading voice for climate change.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Penn Dental Medicine ‘Making the Case for Health Justice for People with Disabilities’

    A 26-member delegation from Penn Dental Medicine including the dean, faculty, administrators, and alumni participated in a two-day conference on the topic of improving oral health care for persons with disabilities at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem last month.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Dennis Sourvanos awarded the 2022 American Society for Photobiology Frederick Urbach Student Travel Award

    The Penn Dental Medicine postdoctoral student was awarded the award, enabling him to present at the ASP Biennial Meeting. His research explores photobiomodulation treatment after dental surgery, with an emphasis on calculating dose and related mechanisms to induce tissue regeneration.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • The new Chester County Hospital Behavioral Health team

    The CCH Behavioral Health team comprises twelve full-time and four part-time staff members, including eleven social workers and four treating behavioral health clinicians.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Peter Reese wins Distinguished Researcher Award from the American Society of Nephrology

    Reese is an NIH-funded transplant nephrologist and epidemiologist and a professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, whose accomplishments include co-leading the first kidney and heart trials of transplanting organs from donors with hepatitis C virus infection into uninfected recipients, followed by treatment with antiviral agents.

    FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →

  • Christina Roberto wins 2022 Thomas A. Wadden Award for Distinguished Mentorship

    Roberto is the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine and associate director with the Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics. She is awarded by the Obesity Society for her dedication to the growth and career development of her mentees.

    FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →

  • Navigating microaggressions at work

    In an episode of her podcast series, “Leading Diversity at Work,” Wharton dean Erika James speaks with Lori Tauber Marcus, a Wharton graduate, corporate board member, and executive coach, and David Rivera, a professor of counselor education at Queens College-City University of New York, whose research focuses on cultural competency development, the effect of discrimination on the well-being of people from underrepresented groups, and microaggressions.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Neighborhoods with more tree cover have fewer shootings

    A new study from LDI senior fellow Eugenia South and colleagues examines whether neighborhoods with greater privilege and more tree cover have less firearm violence across six U.S cities. Researchers believe that tree cover could reduce stress, mitigate intense summer heat, and encourage positive social engagement which collectively could decrease conflict and violence.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • 2022 PCI Ventures at Pennovation Works Showcase

    To celebrate Pennovation Works’ 6th Anniversary and PCI Ventures’ 12 years of service to the Penn community, the Showcase brought together entrepreneurs, faculty members, investors, and industry leaders for an evening of education and networking last month.

    FULL STORY AT Pennovation Works →