Ensuring a safe learning, research, and working environment on campus Alongside COVID-19 vaccination requirements, Gateway testing, and other public health guidelines, Penn has been working to ensure that its public health guidance and facilities are ready as students, faculty, and staff reconvene on campus. Ensuring a safe learning, research, and working environment on campus Penn Today provides information on current public health guidelines and measures in place around ventilation, filtration, and housekeeping to promote a safe and healthy fall semester.
Coding the emotions that anti-tobacco ads evoke Junior Gabriela Montes de Oca from Houston has a background working on public health issues and supporting marginalized populations as part of Penn’s United Minorities Council, as a member of the First-Generation, Low-Income Dean’s Advisory Board, and through her role as a Penn Civic Scholar. This summer, in addition to interning in the lab of Andy Tan, she worked on Covid-19 testing and vaccinations at Sayre Health Center. Coding the emotions that anti-tobacco ads evoke Sophomore Oulaya Louaddi and junior Gabriela Montes de Oca interned this summer with Annenberg’s Andy Tan, helping the research team design and test culturally appropriate anti-smoking campaigns for young women who identify as sexual minorities.
Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick Penn In the News The Washington Post Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on how vaccine skepticism and defiance of public health mandates in talk radio may have started in the early 1990s. In-person requirements decreased WIC participation during the pandemic In-person requirements decreased WIC participation during the pandemic Prior to the pandemic, only about half of all eligible families received WIC benefits. In a recent study in JAMA, Penn Medicine researchers examined one way in which these burdens may have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. How to connect communities to colorectal cancer screening A FIT Kit comes in an envelope and includes instructions, a prepaid return mailing envelope, and a small tube to contain a probe that the user will insert into a stool sample to capture a tiny particle. In the lab, the small sample is tested for signs of blood in the stool, which may not be visible. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action) How to connect communities to colorectal cancer screening Penn Medicine has been on a multiyear journey to both raise the rates of screening for colorectal cancer and increase uptake of follow up care, with the goal of driving down colorectal cancer death rates and addressing inequities Philly ‘eliminated’ veteran homelessness in 2015. Why are there still vets on the street? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Philly ‘eliminated’ veteran homelessness in 2015. Why are there still vets on the street? David Oslin of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why mental health perils for veterans are higher due to their service. HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress Anita Allen argues that while HIPAA has delivered meaningful benefits to consumers, it still needs updating to address new and emerging privacy challenges. Long-term COVID and the ADA Q&A Long-term COVID and the ADA Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career. Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one. Relief for dry eyes Relief for dry eyes Dry eye is a common condition, affecting nearly half of U.S. adults at some point during their lives, but it is often overlooked as a serious ailment, and the classic symptom of dry eyes isn’t always present. Load More
In-person requirements decreased WIC participation during the pandemic In-person requirements decreased WIC participation during the pandemic Prior to the pandemic, only about half of all eligible families received WIC benefits. In a recent study in JAMA, Penn Medicine researchers examined one way in which these burdens may have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How to connect communities to colorectal cancer screening A FIT Kit comes in an envelope and includes instructions, a prepaid return mailing envelope, and a small tube to contain a probe that the user will insert into a stool sample to capture a tiny particle. In the lab, the small sample is tested for signs of blood in the stool, which may not be visible. (Image: Penn Medicine Service in Action) How to connect communities to colorectal cancer screening Penn Medicine has been on a multiyear journey to both raise the rates of screening for colorectal cancer and increase uptake of follow up care, with the goal of driving down colorectal cancer death rates and addressing inequities
Philly ‘eliminated’ veteran homelessness in 2015. Why are there still vets on the street? Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Philly ‘eliminated’ veteran homelessness in 2015. Why are there still vets on the street? David Oslin of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why mental health perils for veterans are higher due to their service. HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress Anita Allen argues that while HIPAA has delivered meaningful benefits to consumers, it still needs updating to address new and emerging privacy challenges. Long-term COVID and the ADA Q&A Long-term COVID and the ADA Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career. Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one. Relief for dry eyes Relief for dry eyes Dry eye is a common condition, affecting nearly half of U.S. adults at some point during their lives, but it is often overlooked as a serious ailment, and the classic symptom of dry eyes isn’t always present.
HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress Anita Allen argues that while HIPAA has delivered meaningful benefits to consumers, it still needs updating to address new and emerging privacy challenges.
Long-term COVID and the ADA Q&A Long-term COVID and the ADA Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act
Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career. Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one.
Relief for dry eyes Relief for dry eyes Dry eye is a common condition, affecting nearly half of U.S. adults at some point during their lives, but it is often overlooked as a serious ailment, and the classic symptom of dry eyes isn’t always present.