In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The American Academy of Nursing has named Martha A.Q. Curley, professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing Science at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a Living Legend for her significant contributions to nursing and health care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Nancy Hodgson, chair of the department of biobehavioral sciences at Penn’s School of Nursing, and her team her were asked to evaluate the Alzheimer’s Association’s free, 24/7 Helpline and answer whether the Alzheimer’s Association Helpline is helpful. Hodgson found that 80% of caregivers who called benefited from the Helpline in some way.
FULL STORY AT Penn Memory Center →
Therapists at Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health Inpatient Service are among the first in the region to use virtual reality to help patients cope with general anxiety. Patients are provided with VR headsets through a program called Coping with Anxiety Through Virtual Reality.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Andrew J. Modzelewski, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Penn Vet, studies the role of retrotransposon reactivation in development and the epigenetic breakdown that occur in aging, disease, and cancer, where retrotransposons frequently reemerge and potentially contribute to the success of the malignancy.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
A research team from the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center in the Perelman School of Medicine will lead a randomized clinical trial to examine how to effectively and equitably scale and deliver inpatient palliative care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Penn Nursing’s new Master of Professional Nursing degree offers students with a bachelor’s degree in another field an alternative path to a career in nursing.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
To evaluate whether the The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act’s requirements improved the patient experience, LDI fellows Courtney R. Lee, Norma B. Coe, and Paula Chatterjee used data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which measures patient experiences with discharges and other facets of hospital care.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The professor of clinical restorative dentistry and director of Student Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives has been recognized for her service to students and academics as the 2023 recipient of the National Dental Association Foundation (NDAF)/Colgate-Palmolive Faculty Recognition Award.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean has been recognized for his leadership in improving access to oral health care for individuals with disabilities.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
The grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease study across the United States and Canada, representing a major milestone toward health equity for underrepresented populations in Alzheimer’s disease research.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
