In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
LDI senior fellow and Penn Nursing School associate professor Adriana Perez addressed the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference this summer and addressed how Hispanic/Latino populations are dramatically underrepresented in clinical trials testing potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
COVID‐19 created novel patient care circumstances that may have increased nurses’ moral distress, including transmission risk and end-of-life care without family present. Moral distress is a growing concern in health care with implications for both provider and patient outcomes. However, until now, established moral distress instruments do not capture these novel aspects of pandemic nursing care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
A recent study co-authored by LDI Fellows Judith A. Long and Nandita Mitra provides new evidence about hospitalizations from immigration detention facilities, finding higher rates of intensive care unit admissions than expected but lower overall rates of hospitalization. Data reveals infection and psychiatric diagnoses drive the majority of hospitalizations.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Anew study in JAMA Network Open uses geospatial mapping and initial rates of firearm deaths to predict rates of firearm deaths in each U.S. county a few decades later.
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The Fund for Health has invested in Fabric Health and Stimulus to expand its investment portfolio of companies with the potential to make change in communities’ social determinants of health, its fifth and sixth investment since the fund started 11 months ago as a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Re-designated for another four years under the directorship of Penn Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel; co-director Eileen Lake, PhD; and with Nancy Biller as associate director, Penn Nursing will work to increase workforce capacity to improve maternal health in Latin America and the Caribbean.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
A roundup featuring recent books by Penn LDI senior fellows covering political economy of health and wealth, the connection between urban planning and health, and evidence-based approaches to health care management innovation.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Using the pediatric setting as a touch point to support the health of parents is a promising new avenue to combat tobacco use. Research from Penn LDI focuses on overcoming barriers to tap into the potential of pediatric office visits to address parental smoking, with the goal of offering evidence-based treatment to all parents who smoke.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
A Penn Medicine study finds medication therapy based on the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1) may help regulate natural insulin production in cystic fibrosis, potentially offering a better way to prevent and ultimately manage diabetes than daily insulin injections.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Penn Vet has awarded five projects for supporting research investigators to overcome challenges associated with zoonotic infectious diseases of wildlife, domestic animals, and humans.
FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →
