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Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering
Ruby Washington holds a bioengineered cast in the shape of a human leg.

Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering

The senior in Penn Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering weds biomedicine and her pursuit in addressing healthcare disparities in the Black community.

From Penn Engineering Today

How can cities become healthier, greener, and more equitable in the future?
View of Philadelphia skyline from the Schuylkill River at dusk.

How can cities become healthier, greener, and more equitable in the future?

In a year marked by COVID-19, renewed calls for racial justice, a contentious presidential election, and an active wildfire and hurricane season, Penn experts share what’s needed to make urban areas more resilient to future crises.

Erica K. Brockmeier

A new vision for the Population Aging Research Center
Two older adults walking outside, wearing cold-weather gear, walking arm in arm across a bridge, trees in the background.

A new vision for the Population Aging Research Center

For more than 25 years, PARC has been a hub for work on disparities in aging and mortality. Co-directors Hans-Peter Kohler and Norma Coe, who took over in July, want to expand its reach.

Michele W. Berger

Latino voters and lessons from the 2020 election
A young child smiles at the camera standing in green grass holding a small American flag next to his head as a pickup truck passes on the street behind him with a passenger waving an American flag.

One of the narratives emerging from Election Night 2020 was how Latinos around the country voted.

Latino voters and lessons from the 2020 election

Political scientist Michael Jones-Correa, historian Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, and demographer Emilio Parrado share their thoughts on the election results and what both parties might take away from looking at how Latinos voted.

Kristen de Groot

Closing the racial disparity gap in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest
African American person lying on a hospital bed asleep.

Closing the racial disparity gap in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Despite investments to improve the quality of resuscitation efforts, fewer than 25% of all patients that experience cardiac arrests in hospitals survive to discharge, and survival varies significantly across hospitals and by race.

From Penn Nursing News

Racial disparities in pediatric diabetes treatment
Adolescent child holding a teddy bear having their blood pressure taken by a nurse.

Racial disparities in pediatric diabetes treatment

Despite similar outpatient appointment attendance rates, significant disparities in continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump use were observed in non-Hispanic Black children over 20 years.

From Penn Nursing News

Researchers find link between food insecurity and cardiovascular death risk
Two people wearing face coverings unload boxes of food for a food bank.

Volunteers at the Food Bank for Monterey County’s drive-through food distribution in June 2020.

Researchers find link between food insecurity and cardiovascular death risk

Increasing rates of food insecurity in counties across the United States are independently associated with an increase in cardiovascular death rates among adults between the ages of 20 and 64.