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Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception
Sociologist Wendy Roth Wendy Roth is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences and a research associate in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Who, What, Why: Sociologist Wendy Roth on genetic ancestry tests and race perception

With funding from the National Institutes of Health, Roth plans to explore how people view others who change their racial identity based on results from at-home DNA kits.

Michele W. Berger

Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury
Person with a goatee and moustache wearing a tee-shirt and vest, the hand wrapped up in gauze as if it was injured. The person has a pained expression.

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Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury

Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.

Michele W. Berger

An unexpected tale of friendship amid paired organ donation
(Left) Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon in hospital gowns at HUP; right: Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon standing on a soccer field sideline.

Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon both recovered from transplant surgery a few rooms apart at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as part of a program called paired kidney donation. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

An unexpected tale of friendship amid paired organ donation

Molly Gray and Dan Napoleon are just two of a growing number donors and recipients who are increasing access to live organ transfers for minority community members.

Meredith Mann

Researching depression in low-income women
A depressed African American woman looks out a window.

Researching depression in low-income women

The importance of addressing depression among low-income women in multiple contexts is a theme of recent research by April Ivey, Jacqueline Corcoran, and others at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Where and when violent crime rates fall, heart disease deaths fall, too
Chicago city skyline.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine evaluated 15 years of data gathered from the city of Chicago for their study.

Where and when violent crime rates fall, heart disease deaths fall, too

A study of data from Chicago by Perelman School of Medicine researchers revealed that, as violent crime decreases, so does the area’s death rate from heart disease.

From Penn Medicine News

Dan Treglia on the caregivers lost to COVID
Young child looking out a window onto a city street.

Dan Treglia on the caregivers lost to COVID

The associate professor of practice in the School of Arts & Sciences identifies the number of children who have lost parents and caregivers to COVID-19 and how to support them.

From Omnia