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  • Alison Buttenheim on policy impact and future directions for behavioral economics

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s report explores how behavioral economics has been used in health, retirement benefits, social safety net benefits, climate change, education, and criminal justice, and it considers five core behavioral principles that affect people’s decision-making in these areas. CHIBE’s scientific director and Penn professor of nursing and health policy Alison Buttenheim served as co-chair of this committee.

    FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →

  • Penn Futures Project leaves lasting impact

    Penn’s unique cross-school collaboration, the Penn Futures Project, which ran from 2015 to 2022, launched a collaboration among the University’s Graduate School of Education, the School of Nursing, and School of Social Policy & Practice to leverage interdisciplinary expertise to better support young people and their families. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Penn Nursing Center joins with 50 organizations to curb infodemic of health and science misinformation and disinformation

    The creation of The Coalition for Trust in Health & Science includes Penn Nursing’s NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, and will unite leading organizations from across the entire health ecosystem to advance trust and factual science-based decision-making.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Penn Nursing focuses on achieving equitable primary care

    Data shows that unless the pattern of furnishing primary health care, particularly to underserved groups in both urban and rural areas, is drastically improved, these groups will suffer in inequitable and unnecessary ways. It is clear that the primary care workforce must be expanded and diversified.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Supporting advances in LGBTQ+ health startups

    The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at Penn’s School of Nursing is partnering with Gaingels, an LGBTQIA+/Allies private investment syndicate, to provide their portfolio of companies access to Penn’s academic research to make an impact into the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ communities.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • University award for Penn Nursing professor

    Sharon Irving, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Chair in Nutrition, Associate Professor of Pediatric Nursing, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health, will be honored with the 2023 Women of Color at Penn Award for faculty in March.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Advocating for developmental care for infants with complex congenital heart disease

    Developmental disorders, disabilities, and delays are common outcomes for infants with complex congenital heart disease. Targeting early factors influencing these conditions after birth and during neonatal hospitalization for cardiac surgery remains a critical need. However, significant gaps remain in understanding the best practices to improve neurodevelopmental and psychosocial outcomes for these infants.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Innovative post-discharge support system for patients expands to second Penn hospital

    LDI senior fellow Margo Brooks Carthon discusses her team’s expansion of the hospital post-discharge safety net program that grew out of their research. The original program originated from a 2018 pilot research grant from Penn LDI, Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Innovation, and Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • New dual degree program in nutritional science launched with Penn Nursing

    The new Master of Science in Nutrition Science program is designed to enhance the dentist’s ability to successfully address oral health issues with an eye toward nutrition-focused public heath.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Better staffed hospitals before pandemic had better outcomes during it

    According to a new study published in Nursing Outlook, the journal of the American Academy of Nursing, chronic hospital nurse understaffing and poor hospital work environments that predated the COVID-19 pandemic largely explain the disruptions in nursing care seen during the pandemic and continuing today.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →