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Who, What, Why: David Clark and the Peer Wellness Coaching program
David Clark sits at a curved desk at Wellness at Penn

David Clark, a Penn Nursing student, works in Wellness at Penn’s new Peer Wellness Coaching program.

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Who, What, Why: David Clark and the Peer Wellness Coaching program

David Clark, a student in the School of Nursing, works in Peer Wellness Coaching. The program from Wellness at Penn is designed to help student well-being in a nonclinical setting.

Kristina García

Op-ed: A key to healthier children is right around us
Metro (Philadelphia)

Op-ed: A key to healthier children is right around us

In an opinion essay, nurse practitioner student Ruth T. Lee in the School of Nursing writes that Pennsylvania’s Keystone Fresh Act could improve school meal nutrition, support local farmers, and lower greenhouse gases produced from food transport.

Bill Conway’s $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortage
Chronicle of Philanthropy

Bill Conway’s $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortage

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that many nurses are underpaid and experience a higher rate of burnout than other medical professionals. Leonard A. Lauder has donated $125 million to the School of Nursing to recruit students from underrepresented backgrounds and train more nurse practitioners as frontline workers.

COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures
A nurse pushing a gurney in a hospital.

Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka

COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures

A new study from Penn Nursing found that rates of falls, infections, and injuries increased significantly during the pandemic, and have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.

From Penn Nursing News

Two Penn leaders named to new national science and technology task force
Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Antonia Villarruel.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Antonia M. Villarruel 

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Two Penn leaders named to new national science and technology task force

Antonia M. Villarruel and Kathleen Hall Jamieson are among 60 people named to a task force to produce a Vision for American Science and Technology.

Penn Today Staff

The dangers of handheld cellphone use among teen drivers
A teenager looking at a cellphone while driving.

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The dangers of handheld cellphone use among teen drivers

A new study by researchers at Penn Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine links newly licensed teen drivers to risky driving behaviors, and recommends teens and their parents develop strategies to avoid using cellphones while driving.

From Penn Nursing News

Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine
Top row, left to right: Zoltan Pierre Aramy, Kathryn H. Bowles, and Scott D. Halpern. Bottom row left to right: Eugenia South, Alexis A. Thompson, and E. John Wherry III.

Top row, left to right: Zoltan Pierre Aramy, Kathryn H. Bowles, and Scott D. Halpern. Bottom row, left to right: Eugenia South, Alexis A. Thompson, and E. John Wherry III.

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Six Penn experts elected to National Academy of Medicine

The honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

From Penn Medicine News, Eric Horvath