In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
On August 13, the 134 students who comprise the Class of 2022, from 25 states and 7 foreign countries, participated in the annual tradition at Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
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Yana Banerjee, a nurse practitioner in the Penn Sleep Center, shares better-sleep tips for hot summer weather, including sleep restriction, stimulus control instructions, and sleep hygiene.
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Penn Medicine hospitals have been ranked among the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, achieving Honor Roll status and top rankings in 12 clinical specialties.
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The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities has awarded Penn Medicine bioethicist and PIK professor, Jonathan D. Moreno, its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. Moreno is being honored for his “innumerable scholarly writings, service to national and international commissions and contributions to public discourse on bioethics.”
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The gift will establish the Blavatnik Family Fellowship in Biomedical Research in the Penn Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) program. Six Penn BGS students for each of the next four academic years will be awarded funds as they begin independent investigations.
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The Penn Medicine postdoc trainees, along with their mentors, will partner with GlaxoSmithKline to conduct pharmaceutical research in their respective fields.
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In collaboration with Merck Animal Health, the School of Veterinary Medicine hosted its latest Swine University this summer, to educate veterinarians on swine health management and production.
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A small percentage of the population—approximately one percent of Americans—suffers from summer seasonal affective disorder, also called reverse SAD. An excess of bright light can slow melatonin production which our body needs to get ready to sleep, and can result in insomnia. A decreased level of melatonin also impacts our mood, and can lead to depressive symptoms.
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A new study, led by psychiatry assistant professor Theodore D. Satterthwaite, utilized machine learning to identify brain-based dimensions of mental health disorders, an advance towards much-needed biomarkers to more accurately diagnose and treat patients.
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Anew scholarship named for Penn Medicine professor and LDI Senior Fellow David Asch awarded Solymar Torres Maldonado and Katharine (Kara) Freeman as the inaugural recipients of the David A. Asch Medical Student Scholars in Health Services Research scholarship.
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