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African American person kisses the head of their newborn baby.

New research eyes closer integration of doulas and hospital maternity care

Projects from Penn’s new Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity help determine how non-medical birth support workers can be more a part of maternal care teams.

Symposium at Penn aimed at improving healthcare for LGBTQ community

A weeklong symposium at Penn organized by José Bauermeister of the School of Nursing will brainstorm ways to educate medical providers about special needs in the LGBTQ community.

Ann Seaton seated in the back of an ambulance.

Helping first responders avoid on-the-job injuries

A collaboration with an athletic trainer who encourages stretches and preventative measures is keeping emergency responders safer on the job.

Applications for L.A. County’s guaranteed income program open to foster youth

Amy Beth Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice and colleagues are studying the longer-term impacts of a guaranteed income program in Los Angeles.

Business for good: Wharton WORKS

Damon Phillips of the Wharton School has partnered with nonprofit Resilience Education for the program Wharton WORKS, which helps formerly incarcerated people start businesses and get career-track, living-wage jobs.

A group of people in a small urban park in West Philadelphia.

Design and build, but first, collaborate

The Weitzman School’s spring design-build studio was a collaboration between students, community leaders, and residents to develop a key site as a visible distillation of the New Freedom District in West Philadelphia.

A medical worker gives a person a Covid vaccine.

Putting biomedical research advances within reach

Treatments and vaccines are only useful in the hands of the people who need them, and Penn Medicine is working toward better access and equity for biomedical innovations.

Four older Latinx people with Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez at a community health center.

Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community

Penn Nursing’s Adriana Perez engages the Latino community in fitness classes through Tiempo Juntos Por Nuestra Salud.

Remote blood pressure monitoring may stave off postpartum health issues for those with preeclampsia

Penn Medicine’s remote heart-monitoring program, Heart Safe Motherhood, is likely to drive down total health care costs for the new mothers.

Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library.

The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration

Co-founded by Penn Carey Law alumni Felicia Lin and Miriam Nemeth, PLEP supports incarcerated individuals in leading their own successful legal advocacy.

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