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American Academy of Oral Medicine’s highest award
Eric Stoopler, professor of oral medicine in Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, has been recognized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine as this year’s recipient of its Craig S. Miller Diamond Pin Award.
Center for Integrative Global Oral Health brings together global leaders to advance health advocacy
Penn Dental Medicine convened its “Global Oral Health Forum II: Evidence to Advocacy,” bringing together global leaders in health policy and economics, research, and education, and public health and advocacy for discussions around the theme of health advocacy.
Mitchell A. Lazar honored with prestigious George M. Kober Medal for pioneering contributions to diabetes and metabolic research
The Rhoda and Willard Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Disease, and director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism in the Perelman School of Medicine is the 2025 recipient of the George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians for his fundamental discoveries uncovering connections between hormone receptors, circadian rhythms, and the regulation of gene expression in normal physiology as well as metabolic diseases including diabetes and obesity.
Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry welcomes new cohort of postdoctoral fellows
Penn’s Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry has selected a new class of fellows for its NIDCR T90/R90 Postdoctoral Training Program, the second group of trainees in the program, which was established in 2021.
Kyle Vining earns Hartwell Foundation award to study childhood leukemia
The assistant professor in preventive and restorative sciences in Penn Dental Medicine and in materials science and engineering in Penn Engineering has received an Individual Biomedical Research Award to explore a novel approach to improving treatment for childhood leukemia
Video educates and connects men to prostate cancer screening options
Piloted by Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Community Outreach and Engagement team, the effort aims to reach diverse populations and address prostate cancer screening disparities.
Transportation remains a big barrier to health care
LDI senior fellow Marina Serper studied how transportation affects Americans with chronic liver disease in the U.S. and the relationship between care-related transportation insecurity and financial security, self-reported health status, work productivity, outpatient and acute health care utilization, and mortality.
Doctors, nurses, and managers received wage hikes after Medicaid expansion while lower-paid workers did not
In a recent study, Penn LDI fellows find that financial benefits from Medicaid expansion in health systems failed to reach the lowest earners, after reviewing data from 46 states.