Hospitals that serve more Black patients have poorer nurse staffing, study shows Image: iStock/AnnaStills Hospitals that serve more Black patients have poorer nurse staffing, study shows University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing researchers and collaborators found that hospitals serving disproportionately Black patients have more patients per nurse.
Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion Aaron Levy, center left, leads a Literature of Care seminar inside the gallery of Public Trust.nocred Through Literature of Care course, a curriculum of compassion Literature of Care, a course offered every fall in the School of Arts & Sciences, explores medical humanities and the role storytelling plays in patient care.
Discovery links cellular structures to kidney cancer treatment outcomes Image: iStock/Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen Discovery links cellular structures to kidney cancer treatment outcomes New research from Penn Medicine finds patterns in cells of tumors may guide personalized therapies for clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
What’s the future of cities? nocred What’s the future of cities? Before COVID-19, major U.S. urban centers were enjoying a resurgence. Now decreased occupancy has downtown economies and municipal budgets feeling the pinch. Wharton faculty research suggests that how cities navigate the next few years could be crucial.
Staff Q&A with Jane Pablos nocred Q&A Staff Q&A with Jane Pablos Jane Pablos, the residential services manager (RSM) at Du Bois College House, has worked at Penn for 30 years.
Brain research could help patients with paralysis move again Iahn Cajigas and researcher Qasim Qureshi review data to identify consistent patterns in brain activity that will enable them to predict a patient’s intention to move in real time.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Brain research could help patients with paralysis move again Penn Medicine researchers are using machine learning to study the areas of the brain that control movement.
How fungi make a key medicinal molecule Image: Bella Ciervo How fungi make a key medicinal molecule New research from Penn Medicine has uncovered the catalyst that creates a compound in fungi whose derivatives are applied to treatments for cancer and inflammation.
Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media At the symposium “Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?” Annenberg School for Communication professor Guobin Yang, left, participated in a panel on the past and present of risks in academia associated with visibility and surveillance. Annenberg doctoral student Anjali DasSarma, right, moderated the panel. Yang’s Center on Digital Culture and Society hosted the event with Annenberg professor Barbie Zelizer’s Center for Media at Risk.(Image: Sharareh Faryadi) Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media The Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Media at Risk and Center for Digital Culture and Society brought together scholars to analyze the interconnected benefits and risks that academics face using social media.
Sourcing early American archives of rebellion Image: iStock/Gorlov Sourcing early American archives of rebellion In her research, Marley Lix-Jones, an Advisory Council Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center, finds histories of rebellion and social connections within enslaved communities.
New tool puts reproductive risk for BRCA carriers into perspective Image: iStock/baona New tool puts reproductive risk for BRCA carriers into perspective A team at Penn Medicine has created a resource to help inform reproductive counseling for cancer gene mutation carriers.