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Derek Griffith appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Griffith is an innovator in the study of health equity, and will teach in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine.

2024 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn

The seven Fellows come from six schools at Penn, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.

Hanzhong Luo has his body heat scanned in a cooling shelter prototype.

Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia

Researchers from three University of Pennsylvania schools collaborated with a Hunting Park nonprofit to design, build, and test a prototype of a cooling shelter to place at a bus stop.

Members of the first cohort of the Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program by Johnson & Johnson in a classroom.

A wrap for the first cohort of the Nurse Innovation Fellowship Program

For the past year, 10 teams of two senior nurse leaders from across the country had the opportunity to focus on a problem unique to their health care system through the joint program between Penn Nursing and The Wharton School.

Ellie Mayers and Gladys Smith in front of a sign reading Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Maternal Fetal Medicine Reproductive Genetics at Penn Medicine.

Questioning restrictions on physical activity for those at risk of preterm birth

Undergraduates Ellie Mayers and Gladys Smith worked as research assistants this summer gathering data from pregnant patients for a study by Penn Medicine physician Beth Leong Pineles, researching bed rest orders and physical activity restrictions for those at risk of preterm birth.

Unveiling the brain’s reward circuitry

A new study from Penn Nursing identifies 34 subtypes of neurons in the brain that play potential roles in substance use disorders.

Four doctors and nurses having a discussion in a hospital hallway.

Uncovering the extent and drivers of burnout among Hispanic nurses

School of Nursing researchers found higher rates of burnout among Hispanic nurses, driven by a younger average age and poorer work environments.

Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship

William Xi’s eight-week CASE Summer Internship with Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System involves data management, artificial intelligence, and social media engagement.

Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing

A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic.

Replacing registered nurses in high stakes hospital care is dangerous to patients

A new Penn Nursing study shows that substituting registered nurses with lower-wage staff in hospital care is linked with more deaths, readmissions, longer hospital stays, poorer patient satisfaction, and higher costs of care.

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