In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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.
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In joining the White House-backed effort, Penn Medicine is advancing its goal of becoming the country’s most eco-friendly health care organization.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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The funding from Gerstner Philanthropies will study effects of probiotic supplement to prevent methane production in commercial herds.
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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.
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Penn Nursing’s Eileen Lake and Salimah Meghani will both be honored by Sigma Theta Tau International for their contributions to the nursing profession during the organization’s 35th International Nursing Research Congress in Singapore in July.
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