Research

A report released by Movember in partnership with Penn Nursing’s Program for Men’s Health Equity highlights a critical, preventable health crisis: The majority of male deaths in the U.S. occur prematurely, before age 75.

Nicola Mason develops cancer immunotherapies for dogs that also accelerate novel clinical treatments for human patients.

Cash assistance drastically reduces tenants’ likelihood of eviction and homelessness, according to an ongoing study of the PHLHousing+ program from Weitzman’s Vincent Reina and Arts & Sciences’ Sara Jaffee.

Yong Chen, Leonard Davis Institute senior fellow and professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine, has been selected by the National Institute on Aging initiative to establish a collaborative network and data ecosystem to accelerate discovery and improve prevention, detection, and treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

In the shadowy layers of the Pacific, microbes decide how much nitrous oxide—a potent greenhouse gas—rises skyward. New research from Penn’s Xin Sun offers an improved understanding of microbial ecology and geochemistry—key to forecasting global emissions in response to natural and man-made climate change.

Criminology researchers Aaron Chalfin and John MacDonald, and data scientist Brian Wade of Penn’s Crime and Justice Policy Lab, evaluate the effect of improved street lighting on crime rates.

Penn Nursing researchers and collaborators found that caregivers for family members with dementia who receive one or two consultations saw improvements in their ability to manage stress, and that people requesting more than one call reported lower baseline confidence in their ability to manage their emotions than those requesting only one call.

Penn researchers have found that smokers report higher levels of craving and smoked more cigarettes on days when their exposure to tobacco retail is higher.

The Comparative Immunotherapy Program led by Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason is redefining how therapies are developed and tested—uniting human and veterinary medicine to move promising immunotherapies forward.

Faculty and staff, high school and Penn students, and community members are working together to collect and analyze the most detailed water quality data to date at the West Philadelphia stream.