In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A new study by LDI senior fellow Norma B. Coe and colleagues finds that long-term care insurance coverage could increase the economic opportunities for adult children of aging parents by increasing the likelihood that they work full-time.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
The Penn-CHOP ECHO program will enroll patients at Penn Medicine during pregnancy and follow the infants into childhood at CHOP.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics September 29 conference, “Methods Matter: Understanding and Measuring Race and Racism in Health Research,” addressed the question of whether the U.S. scientific community is using inadequate methods to measure and address racism in health care.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges which typically require prescription writing, discharge summary creation, and team consultations for home care entail more complex coordination and planning.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
In a new study, LDI senior fellow Atheendar Venkataramani unpacks the use of measures of race in clinical prediction models and provide a useful framework to focus ongoing debates.
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At the 3600 Civic Center Boulevard parking garage, entrance greeter Thomas “Tommy” Barbieri provides a friendly, helpful, and calming presence for the many patients and employees who pass through each day.
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Penn’s School of Nursing has received a $1 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation, and will support a total of 40 high-merit, high-need students over a four-year period who are enrolled in Penn Nursing’s Master of Professional Nursing degree program.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Orkin received the third Elaine Redding Brinster Prize in Science or Medicine from Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine for his work discovering the basis for hemoglobin gene switching and developing a therapy for sickle cell disease and other blood diseases.
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Penn Medicine and Penn Engineering are expanding their presence in Wexford’s uCity Square Knowledge Community with a new laboratory space dedicated to novel vaccine, therapeutics, and engineered diagnostics.
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LDI senior fellow Jaya Aysola addresses how to implement an efficient and stable city-wide medical food resource by developing a centralized digital platform designed to reinvent the communication and logistics of medical food delivery.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
