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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 →
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 →
Zena Harrison joined Mercy Philadelphia Hospital—now HUP Cedar—as a clinical dietitian in 2016. After Mercy became HUP Cedar in the spring of 2021, Harrison and her manager at the time joined discussions with Sofia Carreno, HUP’s nursing professional development specialist for community engagement, about bringing the HUP food pantry to the Cedar community. This planning is still underway.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A new installation of objects from the Penn Museum on the HUP Pavilion’s ground floor are artifacts showing some of the ways humans around the world have addressed healing, nourishment, and protection from illness from the ancient past to the present.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
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 →
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 →
The LDI senior fellow and professor with appointments at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School has been awarded for developing the science of application of behavioral economics to health care settings. Among other contributions, his research found that patients who received a monetary incentive to quit smoking had three times the success rate of patients who did not receive an incentive.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Cary Coglianese, the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, has been named the chair of an ad hoc National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee formed to identify emerging issues that are likely to demand U.S. Coast Guard services over the next decade and consider whether the Service’s existing statutory authorities are sufficient to meet this demand, and, if not, where the Service’s authority could be bolstered.
FULL STORY AT Penn Program on Regulation →
The Emanuel and Robert Hart Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Perelman School of Medicine, who has won the award for for her ability to blend conceptual and legal analysis with rigorous empirical methods to address pressing ethical challenges, including those related to aging, cognitive disability, and research involving human participants.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation (announced $1.5 million in grants to support bold new programs addressing the health of marginalized populations. Two of the grant recipients are from Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, the Tyson Family Endowed Term Chair for Gerontological Research and Associate Professor of Nursing; and Sara Jacoby, the Calvin Bland Fellow and Assistant Professor of Nursing.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
