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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students
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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty and graduate students

A roundup of the latest awards for various faculty members and graduate students at Annenberg, Wharton, Penn Nursing, SP2, and Penn Engineering.

Penn Today Staff

2 min. read

Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies
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Understanding GLP-1 signaling: A path to better therapies

A collaborative study led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn’s School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine found that a novel GLP-1 drug shows promise for reducing nausea and vomiting while maintaining blood sugar.

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How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

New research from Penn Nursing finds that most registered nurses who recently left hospital employment are motivated to return to health care work, and safe nurse staffing levels is the top factor that would bring them back.

From Penn Nursing News

2 min. read

Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
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Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion

Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.

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A look at Revolutionary War nursing
Meg Roberts and Jessica Martucci looking at the Nursing the Revolution exhibition wall.

Curator Jessica Martucci, left, and guest curator Meg Roberts discuss the “Nursing the Revolution” exhibit at the Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.

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A look at Revolutionary War nursing

A new exhibit at Penn’s Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing documents the long trajectory of nursing in America, going back to the Revolutionary War.

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Uncovering predictors for post-surgical chronic opioid use

Uncovering predictors for post-surgical chronic opioid use

Penn Nursing researchers have identified several key predictors of whether patient will continue using opioids long after the typical recovery period from surgical procedures.

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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty
Ben Franklin statue in front of Penn’s College Hall.

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Awards and accolades for Penn faculty

A roundup of the latest appointments and awards for various faculty members in Penn Engineering, Penn Nursing, and Penn Dental Medicine.

2 min. read

Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief
Scan of human amygdala.

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Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief

In a preclinical study, Penn Medicine researchers have uncovered a new gene therapy that targets only pain signals while leaving the rest of the brain untouched.

Eric Horvath

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