In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Alzheimer’s disease-relevant genetic data will be available for all investigators in order to promote more research on the disease. Data from the National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site will be processed by the Genomic Center for Alzheimer’s Disease at the Perelman School of Medicine.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
In the only nation in the world to fund unlimited IVF, rising senior Alisa Feldman investigates how providers in Israel communicate with patients regarding infertility.
FULL STORY AT OMNIA →
Cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapies who develop lesions, eczema, psoriasis, or other forms of auto-immune diseases affecting the skin may experience those adverse reactions on a delay—sometimes even after treatment has concluded, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine published in JAMA Dermatology.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
On July 1, Dr. Mark Wolff began his tenure as the Morton Amsterdam Dean of Dental Medicine, on the heels of the expansion of Penn Dental Medicine's Schattner Pavilion, a 2,100-square-foot addition to the school’s campus.
FULL STORY AT Power of Penn →
Penn Wissahickon Hospice and Caring Way received the Circle of Life award from the American Hospital Association for expanding the reach of innovative palliative and end-of-life care to the community. Penn was among three programs nationwide to receive this honor.
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The School of Nursing has been re-designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership for an additional four-year term.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
In order to address “narrow network” plans available on ACA, federal and state policymakers are setting standards for network adequacy in the wake of high-cost providers being excluded from plans, or additional costs to patients from in-network providers.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Adam Shiroff, director of the Penn Center for Chest Trauma, addresses a rare chest injury that started with a patient's sneeze, and uncovered a deteriorating chest wall.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
After a fall fractured the eight-year-old gelding’s neck, Senior Senator traveled to New Bolton Center, where the School’s robotics-controlled computed tomography (CT) system analyzed the break, underwent surgery, and recovered at Penn Vet’s landmark recovery pool, part of New Bolton Center’s surgical suite in the
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Anew study finds multiple proteinopathies present in most neurodegenerative diseases, and expanding treatment to target more of them may prove successful.
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