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Eri Maeda: Investigating barriers to menopause care
Eri Maeda standing outdoors against a brick wall and smiling, facing forward.

Eri Maeda, a rising third-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent her summer in the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program (PURM) studying the impact of insurance status on menopause care access in the U.S. A neuroscience major pursuing a pre-medicine path, Maeda has gained new insights and research skills throughout her PURM experience.

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Eri Maeda: Investigating barriers to menopause care

Rising third-year Eri Maeda dedicated her summer to a Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program project exploring how insurance status may shape access to menopause care in the U.S.

4 min. read

How Henry Daniell weds dental research with global health and sustainability
Researcher in lab coat standing in lab.

Henry Daniell, faculty fellow of Penn’s Environmental Innovations Initiative and the W.D. Miller Professor and vice chair in the Department of Basic & Translational Services at Penn’s School of Dental Medicine.

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How Henry Daniell weds dental research with global health and sustainability

Daniell, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiativ and the W.D. Miller Professor and vice chair in the Department of Basic & Translational Sciences at Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, explains his research and its connections to sustainability and the environment.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

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What words in online reviews tell us about hospital visits

What words in online reviews tell us about hospital visits

Online reviews can provide insight into what influences whether patients have a “good” or “bad” health care experience, a Penn Medicine analysis shows.

Frank Otto

2 min. read

A Penn Medicine nurse who donated her uterus helps another family’s dream come true
Emma Dolezal holding infant Emma Dolezal and Sara Leister.

Emma Dolezal (left) and her infant daughter Emma met Sara Leister, who donated her uterus through Penn Medicine’s Uterus Transplant Program.

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A Penn Medicine nurse who donated her uterus helps another family’s dream come true

A Lancaster General Health nurse’s uterus donation transformed a woman’s dream of motherhood.

From Penn Medicine News

1 min. read

Study finds children’s health broadly declining in the U.S.
Four teens looking unhappy on a couch.

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Study finds children’s health broadly declining in the U.S.

Using data from 2007 to 2023, researchers from Penn Medicine and CHOP found measures like mental health and obesity, as well as infant and child mortality rose. They urge policy interventions and improved societal infrastructure to prioritize health of the country’s youngest generation.

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AI-driven discovery of hundreds of potential antibiotics
Venom on the Fang of a Diamondback Rattlesnake

Research from the lab of César de la Fuente on an AI-powered screen of global venom libraries uncovers dozens of promising drug candidates.

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AI-driven discovery of hundreds of potential antibiotics

Research from the lab of César de la Fuente on an AI-powered screen of global venom libraries uncovers dozens of promising drug candidates.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

How discoveries become cures
Two doctors in white lab coats in a lab.

Image: Margo Reed

How discoveries become cures

Public investments in biomedical research have an outsized effect, driving new scientific insights, economic growth, and ultimately treatments and cures.

3 min. read

Genetic testing beneficial in critically ill adults
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Genetic testing beneficial in critically ill adults

Penn Medicine researchers have identified genetic conditions in a large percent of adults admitted to the intensive care unit, dispelling the belief that genetic testing only benefits a pediatric population.

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