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New dissertation grants expand global research support

The newly established Penn Global Dissertation Grants program provides as much as $8,000 in funding to each of 11 Ph.D. candidates to enhance global components in their research.

Opinion: Native Americans face huge healthcare disparities. Here’s a way to help close the gaps

Lauren Eberly of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine used a proactive telehealth program to improve access to care for Native American communities.

AI-pocalypse and the world without accountants: What will happen?

A team of researchers from Penn and OpenAI found that accountants and auditors are among the occupations with the highest exposure to AI.

Gwynedd Mercy University cuts staff, restructures academics amid higher ed financial turmoil

While obtaining her doctoral degree at the Graduate School of Education, Julee Gard developed a Financial Viability Index designed for smaller, private, nonprofit colleges.

Antibiotics created from extinct species could fight infections

César de la Fuente of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues are using AI algorithms to find antibiotics in extinct animal species.

Study: Subbing lower-paid staff for RNs could cause patient deaths

A study led by Karen Lasater of the School of Nursing suggests that patients may suffer if hospitals substitute lower-wage staff for registered nurses.

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Identifying connections between adverse childhood events and substance use disorders

New research from Penn Medicine finds that people with anxiety and substance use disorders reported experiencing more adverse childhood experiences and lacking protective factors, such as close family connections, that can mitigate their harms.

A quarter of all Americans still believe the biggest vaccine lie

A survey by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that a quarter of U.S. adults believe in or are unsure about a false link between autism and the MMR vaccine, which treats measles.

Do you know the symptoms of syphilis? Survey finds many Americans don’t

A survey by Sean Patterson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that many Americans don’t know the symptoms of syphilis.

First study of civilian space crew charts course for research as commercial flight heats up

Penn Medicine researchers have investigated physiological and mental changes in the Inspiration4 crew, the first all-civilian mission operated by SpaceX.

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