In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Ruth M. Colket Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing and Professor of Nursing at Penn Nursing will receive the 2022 Asmund S. Laerdal Memorial Lecture Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine during its annual congress.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Mark S. Wolff was recognized by Philadelphia-based Nationalities Service Center (NSC) for the School’s service to refugees and other vulnerable populations as one of the honorees at NSC’s annual benefit. In 2019, Penn Dental Medicine started its Dental Care Center for Vulnerable Populations to provide dental care to refugees and survivors of psychological and physical violence in partnership with NSC, a refugee services organization, which refers its clients there for dental care.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
The cell manufacturing process for CAR T immunotherapy typically takes nine to 14 days. A team in the Perelman School of Medicine abbreviated this process and generated functional CAR T cells with enhanced anti-tumor potency in just 24 hours.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Penn Medicine hospitals are recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for promoting equitable and inclusive care for LGBTQ+ patients and their families.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The Manuel M. Album Award is presented annually to an individual or organization that has made the greatest contribution to the oral health of children with special needs. Beginning in 2021, the School’s Care Center for Persons with Disabilities provides comprehensive restorative and preventive dental care to children and adults with wide-ranging disabilities.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
Jason Karlawish, co-director of the Penn Memory Center, will be collaborating on a project titled “Health and Financial Implications of Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias” with a four-year grant from National Institute on Aging to gather information on money management in patients with cognitive impairment.
FULL STORY AT Penn Memory Center →
Penn Medicine unveiled a new digital art collaboration, #phillyheARTsyou, with five local and national artists—from Philadelphia to Los Angeles—that shows support and gratitude from the community for health care workers and their dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Members of CHIBE are co-leading an initiative to identify structural and institutional causes of health inequities and racism, transform those practices, and significantly improve health equity in Philadelphia. The initiative is called Accelerate Health Equity, and is led by Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
In 2015, an environmental policy group discovered a massive fraud by Volkswagen: A line of “clean diesel” cars including popular Beetle, Golf, and Jetta models were instead excessively dirty—producing up to 150 times the pollutant levels of gasoline-powered models. Penn LDI senior fellow Diane Alexander calculated the excess pollution from the scam and the impact on infant and child health.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing and Chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences will be honored by Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) for her contributions to the nursing profession during the organization’s 33rd International Nursing Research Congress in July.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
