In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The gift to Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine from alums Josh and Marjorie Harris will bolster efforts to recruit applicants from diverse backgrounds, especially those who live within the Philadelphia region, to Penn’s pathway and fellowship programs in both clinical medicine and biomedical research.
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The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and the Abramson Family Center for Nursing Excellence has announced the inaugural cohort for the new Diversity Nurse Leader Fellowship Program.
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Penn Medicine led the largest global effort to identify and predict glioblastoma tumor boundaries without compromising patient privacy.
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Danielle Cavalcanto, associate director of Interiors with the Perelman School of Medicine, was recognized for instilling sustainable factors in her interior designs, frequently matching inventory in storage to newly configured workspaces.
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The Neuro COVID Clinic at Penn Medicine launched in April of 2021. It is the only one in the region that specifically addresses the neurological symptoms of long COVID; its four clinicians have evaluated over 300 patients, who have been confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 and are at least two to three months in recovery.
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The program is a collaboration between Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and is led by the Penn Urban Health Lab. The grants, awarded with help from community partners, fund initiatives to support vacant lot cleanup, community space creation and programming, and more.
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CareConnect is a partnership between Penn’s 24/7 virtual urgent care, Penn Medicine OnDemand, and a team of substance use navigators. Fifty-five percent of CareConnect’s patients with opioid use disorder had an active prescription for treatment a month after first engaging with the program.
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Researchers at the Biologically Inspired Engineering Systems (BIOLines) Laboratory in the Department of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have recently developed a new variation of the organ-on-a-chip: one that replicates the interface between maternal tissue and the cells of the placenta at the critical moments in early pregnancy when the embryo is implanting in the uterus.
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Penn Radiation Oncology has been working with colleagues in Botswana since 2011, where the cervical cancer mortality rate is 10 times higher than the U.S.
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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.
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