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Disparities persist across levels of surgery department leadership in U.S.

A new Penn Medicine-led study highlights the need for thoughtful leadership planning to increase representation of women and minorities in roles with paths for promotion.

Beyond COVID vaccines: What else could mRNA technology do for our health?

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine are lauded for receiving the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries in mRNA biology.

Learning about resilience to stress

PURM students spent the summer researching the neurobiology of stress resilience in the lab of Seema Bhatnagar, anesthesiology and critical care professor in the Perelman School of Medicine.

Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.

National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn

Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth, Desmond Upton Patton, and Robert H. Vonderheide are among 100 new Academy members elected this year, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

A scan of a human body analyzed by AI tools.

How these Penn researchers are using AI to make health care better

The future of medicine can successfully incorporate artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT through collaborations with physicians and software developers. However, one limitation with AI remains: emotional intelligence.

Five Penn faculty were elected to the National Academy of Medicine

PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth and Robert H. Vonderheide have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

New AI may slash high death rate after hip fractures

A study by researchers at Penn finds that AI tools can help doctors flag high-risk patients by predicting risk of dying after a hip fracture.

Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased rates of liver disease, transplants

Maarouf Hoteit of the Perelman School of Medicine says there has been a nationwide increase in alcohol use since the pandemic, leading to increased hospitalization of patients with liver injury due to alcohol.

Is Windex actually a cure-all? The ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ joke, explained

Brian Capell of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s no evidence that topical applications of Windex work on any skin condition.

Headshots of Jina Ko, Kevin Johnson, and Sheila Shanmugan

Three from Penn receive NIH Director Award

Kevin B. Johnson, Jina Ko, and Sheila Shanmugan awarded NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.

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