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Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities
Chip Chambers stands on college campus.

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Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities

Fueled by his faith, Chip Chambers, a fifth-year M.D./M.B.A. student in the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School, has always looked for ways to serve.“My faith is a huge motivator of everything that I do. I just believe that I’ve been blessed with a lot of things that I didn’t earn and that I have a responsibility to steward those for the good of other people and not for myself,” Chambers says.
Study suggests parents of preterm infants miss more postpartum care

Study suggests parents of preterm infants miss more postpartum care

Researchers from the Leonard Davis Institute have investigated whether the intensive focus on neonatal care for preterm infants may come at the expense of critical maternal follow-up, and recommend integrating maternal health care into the NICU.

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The reimagineers of Penn Medicine
Raina Merchant and two staffers in an office looking at a computer at Penn Medicine.

Raina Merchant (right) is an emergency physician and Penn Medicine’s chief transformation officer.

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The reimagineers of Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine is harnessing innovation and cutting-edge technology to health care, from developing new treatments to streamlining management and improving leadership.

Christina Hernandez-Sherwood

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Nudge boosts statin-prescribing, means fewer pharmacy trips

Nudge boosts statin-prescribing, means fewer pharmacy trips

Statins are lifesaving to those with high cholesterol, but patients don’t always take them. A nudge that increased long-term prescriptions could be key.

Frank Otto

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Wyss donation creates Penn orthoplastic surgery hub

Wyss donation creates Penn orthoplastic surgery hub

The $4.9 million donation from the Wyss Medical Foundation will create the Wyss Orthoplastic Global Education and Innovation Hub at Penn Medicine. The Hub will conduct research, create fellowships, and establish a conference in the emerging field of orthoplastic surgery, which combines expertise from both plastic and orthopaedic surgery.

Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Shelley Berger honored by AACR for cancer research

Berger, the Daniel S. Och University Professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine department of Cell & Developmental Biology and a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences, is recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.