Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
My brother’s recovery from a car crash became a lesson in how to talk to doctors and nurses Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer My brother’s recovery from a car crash became a lesson in how to talk to doctors and nurses Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine writes that communication is part of healing, as she experienced when her brother was in a car accident and unable to notify family himself. In-hospital strokes like Charlie Manuel’s are common Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer In-hospital strokes like Charlie Manuel’s are common Steven Messé of the Perelman School of Medicine has been working on a solution to a long-standing problem in stroke care and says that for a variety of reasons in-hospital strokes sometimes are not detected until hours after they occur. Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on “game-changer” funding for the nonprofit Every Cure, which he co-founded. Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Gabby Szczepanek) Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria. Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space More than 50 Penn scientists and staff, including the Perelman School of Medicine’s Drew Weissman, are moving into 115,000 square feet of new lab space in the 13-story One uCity Square building. The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Rachel Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School explains why an increase in nursing home staffing levels is sorely needed. Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
In-hospital strokes like Charlie Manuel’s are common Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer In-hospital strokes like Charlie Manuel’s are common Steven Messé of the Perelman School of Medicine has been working on a solution to a long-standing problem in stroke care and says that for a variety of reasons in-hospital strokes sometimes are not detected until hours after they occur. Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on “game-changer” funding for the nonprofit Every Cure, which he co-founded. Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Gabby Szczepanek) Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria. Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space More than 50 Penn scientists and staff, including the Perelman School of Medicine’s Drew Weissman, are moving into 115,000 square feet of new lab space in the 13-story One uCity Square building. The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Rachel Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School explains why an increase in nursing home staffing levels is sorely needed. Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases Penn In the News Philadelphia Business Journal Penn researcher’s Every Cure nonprofit lands ‘game-changing’ support as it works to help patients with uncurable diseases David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on “game-changer” funding for the nonprofit Every Cure, which he co-founded. Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Gabby Szczepanek) Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria. Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space More than 50 Penn scientists and staff, including the Perelman School of Medicine’s Drew Weissman, are moving into 115,000 square feet of new lab space in the 13-story One uCity Square building. The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Rachel Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School explains why an increase in nursing home staffing levels is sorely needed. Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic. (Image: Gabby Szczepanek) Can the COVID playbook help end malaria? In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria.
Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Penn biomedical scientists move into new uCity complex with 115,000 square feet of lab space More than 50 Penn scientists and staff, including the Perelman School of Medicine’s Drew Weissman, are moving into 115,000 square feet of new lab space in the 13-story One uCity Square building. The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Rachel Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School explains why an increase in nursing home staffing levels is sorely needed. Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer The White House proposed staffing requirements for nursing home. What would that mean for Pennsylvania? Rachel Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School explains why an increase in nursing home staffing levels is sorely needed. Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Penn In the News The Washington Post Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the only way to know if incidental MRI findings are benign is to keep getting scanned, which is costly to the individual and to the health system. The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough. Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine. Load More
The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Image: Volodymyr for Adobe Stock The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough.
Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Penn In the News Huffington Post Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine.