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  • American Society for Clinical Investigation elects six new members from Penn, CHOP

    Angela Bradbury, Scott M. Damrauer, Elizabeth Foglia, Jonathan Miner, Elizabeth Lowenthal, and William Peranteau are among 100 active members across 50 institutions elected in 2024.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Divining the future of artificial intelligence in clinical decision support

    Four experts in the field of medical artificial intelligence convened by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics discussed the legal, ethical, regulatory, and procedural challenges involved in the design and implementation of clinical AI systems that directly support patient care.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • How racism ‘gets under the skin’ and prematurely ages Black people

    LDI fellow and assistant professor of sociology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences Courtney Boen shows the health harms of a racialized society and how they could be overcome.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute

  • University of Pennsylvania Health System and Doylestown Health sign letter of intent for integration plans

    The partnership aims to bring expanded access to advanced healthcare to the patients and families in Bucks County.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Intriguing insights uncovered for two rare heart muscle diseases

    Research to better understand protein behavior in two rare heart conditions—peripartum cardiomyopathy, and dilated cardiomyopathy—could better inform therapies for these conditions.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Penn Dental Medicine expands community care with new site in West Philadelphia

    Penn Dental Medicine has expanded its community care locations, opening a new site in West Philadelphia within the PHMC Public Health Campus on Cedar.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Coordinated care, education program has potential for identifying and managing risk of cardiovascular disease in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients

    Researchers at Penn Medicine say closely monitoring and managing risk factors will likely curb the development of cardiovascular disease, but that care coordination is key.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News

  • Penn Dental Medicine joins with the WHO to address oral health in Africa

    Penn Dental’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa brought together oral health educators, chief dental officers, and representatives from Ministries of Health from throughout Africa at the Exploring Global Strategies To Promote Oral Health In The WHO African Region conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Penn Dental Medicine expanding care for cancer patients

    Penn Dental Medicine has launched a new outreach effort to serve cancer patients undergoing treatment who may not have a dental care home.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine

  • Penn Medicine researchers uncover unexpected molecular pattern in fragile X syndrome

    Penn Medicine researchers have found that severe DNA misfolding and the silencing of genes are related to synaptic and connective tissue tied to fragile X syndrome.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News