In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Misinformation causing public health challenges is not a new phenomenon. A study by Anish Agarwal, assistant professor of emergency medicine and the deputy director of the Center for Digital Health in the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sharath Chandra Guntuku, assistant professor in computer and information science in Penn Engineering will use machine learning to analyze social media posts will uncover actionable commonalities across different racial groups and across urban vs. rural environments.
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In a recent study, Austin S. Kilaru, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of emergency medicine found that recommended follow-up care is disturbingly rare for chronically ill heart failure patients following discharge from the emergency department.
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The new study from Penn Medicine shows apixaban is superior to rivaroxaban against stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease.
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The Penn Memory Center’s Weekly Smile Program and its Time Together Program fill a social interaction need for the elderly, while the Lancaster Science Factory provides science, technology, engineering, and math after-school programs. Both of these initiatives are supported by Penn Medicine CAREs grants, along with an additional 28 programs from Penn Medicine employees.
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A telemedicine-driven program at Penn Medicine cut the time from an initial new patient visit to fertility treatment from more than two months to 41 days.
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The Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine selected Huda Zoghbi as the second winner of the award recognizing discoveries with impacts on biomedicine for her work pinpointing the underlying, genetic causes of a pair of neurological diseases.
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