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Awards and honors for Penn faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences
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Awards and honors for Penn faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences

A roundup of the latest awards and accolades for Arts & Sciences faculty in criminology, sociology, political science, Africana studies, English, and history.

Penn Today Staff

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Philly VA hospital to take psychedelic mushrooms to clinical trials

Philly VA hospital to take psychedelic mushrooms to clinical trials

Successful early psilocybin trials have “...generated quite a lot of excitement for the treatment-resistant depression field,” says Anna Childress of the Perelman School of Medicine. “But also for things like trauma, post-traumatic stress… obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders and substance use disorders, which all have their own version of being stuck.”

Semaglutide sustains lower calorie intake for more than a year
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Semaglutide sustains lower calorie intake for more than a year

New research from Penn Medicine finds that semaglutide impacts remain, even as feelings of hunger gradually return.

Matt Toal

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A specialized approach to mental health crisis care at HUP–Cedar
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Stephanie Hollister (right) is the assistant vice president of behavioral health for the Cedar Avenue Crisis Response Center.

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A specialized approach to mental health crisis care at HUP–Cedar

Penn’s Southwest Philadelphia crisis response center has expanded access, eased emergency department crowding, and connected more patients to ongoing mental health support.

Eric Horvath

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Uncovering predictors for post-surgical chronic opioid use

Uncovering predictors for post-surgical chronic opioid use

Penn Nursing researchers have identified several key predictors of whether patient will continue using opioids long after the typical recovery period from surgical procedures.

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Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality
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Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality

Penn Medicine researchers find that earplugs work better in protecting sleep from traffic noise, challenging the widespread use of ambient sound machines and apps marketed as sleep aids.

Eric Horvath

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