In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Of the eighteen new Senior Fellows to the Leonard Davis Institute, three members are from Penn Nursing: Nancy Hodgson, Ariana Chao, PhD, and Pamela Cacchione.
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A study led by Eric J. Brown, an associate professor of cancer biology in the Perelman School of Medicine, identifies a new approach to the molecular mechanism of cancer drugs could aid in better identifying the best treatments for patients for an array of cancers.
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Trout is an assistant professor of women’s health in the Department of Family and Community Health, and the track lead of the Nurse-Midwifery Graduate Program.
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Experts in nephrology and health policy call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics to better understand what impact these arrangements may have on patient referrals and clinical outcomes.
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During Hurricane Florence last month, Penn Vet’s Sue McDonnell, founding head of the Equine Behavior Program at New Bolton Center, and Carlo Siracusa, clinical assistant professor of behavior medicine at Ryan Hospital, discuss how animals respond to weather emergencies and what owners, caretakers, and concerned citizens can do to keep them safe.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was the keynote speaker at Penn’s “Cost of a Cure" conference on precision medicine, where he announced two new draft guidelines for clinical trial protocols.
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The best practice recommendations related to feeding tube location verification in pediatric patients are now available online as a special report in the journal Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Penn Nursing’s Sharon Y. Irving is the lead author on these recommendations.
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In the wake of two years of often dramatic successes, the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit and its collaborative partners gathered with top level executives from 22 health systems from across the U.S. and Canada gathered for the historic conclave.
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The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics held its sixth annual "Fall Kickoff" to welcome eighteen new Senior Fellows to its ranks. The newly inducted faculty members represent Penn's Perelman School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Engineering as well as Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Crescenz VA Medical Center.
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The biennial award honors a Penn Nursing faculty member who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing scholarship. Bowles is the van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence and a professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.
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