In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A Penn study finds that toxic proteins from mutated genes stimulate TDP-43 clumping, which can result in diseases like Lou Gehrig’s disease. Researchers also show that treatment with a pipeline drug known as an antisense oligonucleotide reduces the levels of such clumps, and the neurodegeneration that goes along with it.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Wilcox is the first faculty research appointment at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, based at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. Her professorial appointment is in the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her research focuses on innovative ways to avoid new CO2 emissions from entering the air as well as the removal of old emissions in order to mitigate the accumulating effects of fossil fuels on our planet.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
After noticing—and experiencing—the stark differences in socioeconomic status between medical students and the populations they serve, three Perelman School of Medicine students created The UpLIFT Project to explore the barriers preventing first generation and/or low-income (FGLI) students from successfully applying to medical school. They created an all-inclusive guide to pursuing a career in medicine, with a focus on aiding FGLI applicants.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Penn Medicine is participating in an online voter registration initiative called VotER ahead of the November election to help patients, visitors, faculty, staff, and trainees become more civically engaged. VotER, a national, nonpartisan organization seeking to bring voter registration to health systems, helps patients and visitors easily register to vote and sign up for a mail-in ballot. The organization also provides automated reminders so that individuals are prepared to vote.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
The Population Aging Research Center launches its next five years of research with new leadership, activities, and research themes both domestic and global.
FULL STORY AT Population Aging Research Center →
Penn Medicine ’s COVID Watch team has received a $2.5 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study the program’s impact, particularly among Black and Latinx patients whose communities have endured significant disparities during the pandemic.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
The American Academy of Nursing has named Linda Aiken the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, professor of sociology in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, and Senior Fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, a Living Legend. This honor is bestowed upon a person who has made significant contributions to nursing and health care over the course of their career.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Shortly after campus was depopulated in mid-March, University archivist J.M Duffin and colleagues created the Penn COVID-19 Community Archiving Project. The goal, is to collect diverse voices and experiences for future historians, educators, and health experts to learn from.
FULL STORY AT The Pennsylvania Gazette →
Associate dean and executive director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice John Hollway has been named to the Prosecutor Wellbeing Task Force of the National District Attorneys Association. The task force is designed to develop and disseminate resources, training, and peer-to-peer exchanges for prosecutors across the country to promote their health and wellbeing.
FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →
Tyshawn Sorey, who recently joined Penn as Assistant Professor of Music, has been named Presidential Assistant Professor of Music. The Presidential Professorships are five-year term chairs, awarded by Penn President Amy Gutmann to outstanding scholars.
FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →
