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Medical Ethics
Beyond the pipette and the stethoscope, students explore biology’s societal impacts
Beyond the pipette and the stethoscope, students explore biology’s societal impacts
The new Biology and Society course, supported by SNF Paideia, gave biology majors the chance to explore how scientists must contend with subjects such as health equity and vaccine hesitancy.
Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.
Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
Going beyond the binary in historical explorations of sex and gender
Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.
Five from Penn elected to National Academy of Medicine
Five from Penn elected to National Academy of Medicine
Five Penn experts have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.
Abortion clinic websites may unwittingly aid patient prosecutions
Abortion clinic websites may unwittingly aid patient prosecutions
More than 99% of abortion clinic web pages studied included widely used code that transferred user data to external entities, which could sell the data or provide it to law enforcement, without the clinics knowledge.
Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities
Higher rates of chemical sedation among Black psychiatric patients points to inequities
Penn Medicine researchers also find that white patients are more likely to be chemically sedated in emergency departments at hospitals that treat high proportion Black patients, suggesting that hospital demographics can impact practice patterns.
Heart disease-protective diabetes drug is not used equitably
Heart disease-protective diabetes drug is not used equitably
The medication GLP-1 RA treats diabetes and is linked to positive outcomes for heart disease patients, yet a Penn Medicine study has found inequities in its use along racial, ethnic, and economic lines
Improving diversity in cancer clinical trials
Improving diversity in cancer clinical trials
The Cancer Clinical Trials Community Ambassador Training Program at the Abramson Cancer Center was established in August 2021 to create spokespersons and resources to increase awareness and access to cancer clinical trials in the diverse Philadelphia communities.
Three Penn faculty named Hastings Center Fellows
Three Penn faculty named Hastings Center Fellows
Holly Fernandez Lynch, Quayshawn Spencer, and Connie Ulrich have been named Hastings Center Fellows for deepening public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology.
Learning to listen in troubled times
Learning to listen in troubled times
The SNF Paideia Program and partners featured Ernesto Pujol and Aaron Levy, an artist and an interdisciplinary scholar who have transformed both what it means to listen and what the act of listening can achieve as part of a lecture and workshops.
In the News
The New York Times
Experts see lessons for next pandemic as COVID emergency comes to an end
According to PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, the pandemic has shown that officials should think carefully about school closures and keep them as limited as possible to avoid negative educational impact.
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Axios
ChatGPT might show more empathy than docs, study finds
David Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School says that ChatGPT tries to be chatty and comprehensive.
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Reuters
‘It totally backfired’: The pitfalls of Alzheimer’s genetic testing
Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine says that genetic testing for Alzheimer’s can lead to information about siblings and children as well, causing existential dread.
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Stat
The NIH has poured $1 billion into long COVID research—with little to show for it
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the National Institutes of Health have nothing to show for a billion dollars’ worth of research on long COVID.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Hundreds of workers at a Philly Coca-Cola distributor are on strike. Here’s why
A study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax spurred a 39% reduction in the purchase of sweetened beverages.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Teamsters have voted to strike at Philly area’s largest Coca-Cola distributor
A 2020 study from the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax spurred a 39% reduction in the purchase of sweetened beverages.
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