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How does fat leave the body? Experts explain the weight loss process
Women’s Health

How does fat leave the body? Experts explain the weight loss process

Colleen Tewksbury of the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine says that waist circumference is a more accessible and potentially more helpful measure for fat loss than stepping on a scale.

UPenn hosts free online panel for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion
Philadelphia Gay News

UPenn hosts free online panel for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion

The Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative, led by José Bauermeister and Jessica Halem of the School of Nursing, will host a free online panel in April on the integration of LGBTQ+ people in the workforce.

‘Can Technology Spark Joy and Imagination?’
A stage with three chairs, two tables, and a blank screen; Bauermeister and Patton look on as Cogburn speaks.

Bauermeister (left) and Patton (right) look on as Cogburn speaks at the recent lecture “Can Technology Spark Joy and Imagination?”

(Image: Michael Fisher)

‘Can Technology Spark Joy and Imagination?’

In the 2024 Albert M. Greenfield Memorial lecture hosted by Penn Nursing, Desmond Upton Patton and Courtney D. Cogburn discussed how social media and AI might foster well-being.

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Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color
Group photo at SHINE Invitational.

The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing invited nursing researchers and practitioners from Philadelphia and around the country to its Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.

(Image: Kelvin Amenyedor/CHOPR)

Finding solutions for burnout among nurses of color

The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the School of Nursing brought together nurses and researchers for the Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.
Penn Medicine nurse wins IRONMAN World Championship
Ava Warfel running the IRONMAN race in Hawaii.

Ava Warfel running the IRONMAN race in Kona, Hawaii in 2023.

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Penn Medicine nurse wins IRONMAN World Championship

Ava Warfel, a nurse supervisor at the Penn Medicine HealthWorks Alvernia University practice, recently won her age group at the championship in Kona, Hawaii.

From Penn Medicine News