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Penn staff make the Philadelphia area a better place through side gigs
Mary Kinney dropping off knitwear for donation.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Penn staff make the Philadelphia area a better place through side gigs

The 12th piece in Penn Today’s Side Gigs for Good series highlights staff who mentor and empower Latino professionals, lead Girl Scout troops, donate hand-knitted items to people in need, and connect Philadelphia children with music opportunities.
Climate crisis meets nursing know-how
Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture.

Roxana Chicas speaking at Penn Nursing about her research focused on heat stress among migrant workers.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News)

Climate crisis meets nursing know-how

How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.

Christina Hernandez-Sherwood

Who, What, Why: David Clark and the Peer Wellness Coaching program
David Clark sits at a curved desk at Wellness at Penn

David Clark, a Penn Nursing student, works in Wellness at Penn’s new Peer Wellness Coaching program.

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  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: David Clark and the Peer Wellness Coaching program

    David Clark, a student in the School of Nursing, works in Peer Wellness Coaching. The program from Wellness at Penn is designed to help student well-being in a nonclinical setting.

    Kristina Linnea García

    A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
    Four people in front of National AIDS Memorial Quilt.

    Penn researchers affiliated with the Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) attended AIDS Walk Philly in October 2024. Pictured with the National AIDS Memorial Quilt are Deratu Ahmed, a first-year epidemiology doctoral student studying pharmacogenetics related to HIV and tuberculosis in Botswana; Dominique Medaglio, a fourth-year epidemiology doctoral student studying ways to encourage smoking cessation for people with HIV in the United States; CFAR co-director Robert Gross, professor of medicine and epidemiology in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Penn Medicine; and CFAR director Ronald Collman, professor of medicine and microbiology.

    (Image: Courtesy of Ronald G. Collman)

  • Q&A

    • A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research

    Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.
    COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures
    A nurse pushing a gurney in a hospital.

    Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka

    COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures

    A new study from Penn Nursing found that rates of falls, infections, and injuries increased significantly during the pandemic, and have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.

    From Penn Nursing News

    Two Penn leaders named to new national science and technology task force
    Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Antonia Villarruel.

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Antonia M. Villarruel 

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    Two Penn leaders named to new national science and technology task force

    Antonia M. Villarruel and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are among 60 people named to a task force to produce a Vision for American Science and Technology.

    Penn Today Staff

    The dangers of handheld cellphone use among teen drivers
    A teenager looking at a cellphone while driving.

    Image: iStock/Antonio_Diaz

    The dangers of handheld cellphone use among teen drivers

    A new study by researchers at Penn Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine links newly licensed teen drivers to risky driving behaviors, and recommends teens and their parents develop strategies to avoid using cellphones while driving.

    From Penn Nursing News

    Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine
    Top row, left to right: Zoltan Pierre Aramy, Kathryn H. Bowles, and Scott D. Halpern. Bottom row left to right: Eugenia South, Alexis A. Thompson, and E. John Wherry III.

    Top row, left to right: Zoltan Pierre Aramy, Kathryn H. Bowles, and Scott D. Halpern. Bottom row, left to right: Eugenia South, Alexis A. Thompson, and E. John Wherry III.

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    Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine

    The honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

    From Penn Medicine News , Eric Horvath