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Safeguarding health for animals and people
Felicia Divito with an iPad at New Bolton Center.

Felicia Divito, New Bolton Center’s biosecurity administrative coordinator, remotely operates Tru-D, the center’s UV-C-emitting robot.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Vet)

Safeguarding health for animals and people

Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center’s Infection Prevention and Biosecurity Programs are focusing on infection prevention, control measures, and biosecurity strategies to protect the animals, people, and communities served by its hospitals and facilities. 

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RTW Foundation donates $8M to reimagine physician training in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine 
Kevin Mahoney, Jennifer Kogan, J. Larry Jameson, Rod and Marti Speranza Wong, Lisa Bellini, and Jonathan Epstein.

(From left) Kevin Mahoney, chief executive officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS); Jennifer Kogan, vice dean for Undergraduate Medical Education; Penn President J. Larry Jameson; Rod Wong and Marti Speranza Wong; Lisa Bellini, executive vice dean of the Perelman School of Medicine and senior vice president of academic affairs for UPHS; Jonathan Epstein, dean of the Perelman School of Medicine and Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for UPHS.

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RTW Foundation donates $8M to reimagine physician training in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine 

The gift sparks curriculum transformation, new lectureship, and names Entrepreneurship Pathway in honor of alumnus Rod Wong.

Carmen Lennon

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Can aging be treated at the cellular level?
A microscope with a slide.

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Can aging be treated at the cellular level?

Penn researchers Shelley Berger and Esra Sahingur explain senescence, the process of cellular aging, and discuss the complexities of developing anti-aging therapies that target these cells.

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From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show
Andrew Hoffman shaking hands with Gavi Burton alongside her dad at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman chats with undergraduate Gavi Burton and her father Dan at the School’s booth at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Burton hopes to become a large animal veterinarian.

(Image: Ashley Hinton)

From calves to canines, Penn Vet shines at Pennsylvania Farm Show

At the nation’s biggest indoor agricultural exposition, Penn Vet faculty, staff and leadership met with young people interested in becoming veterinarians, staffed the “Calving Corner“ exhibit, and showed off the expertise of the animals at Penn Vet’s Working Dog Center.

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Health in Philly, past and present
Students standing listening to a person speaking.

Students in Andi Johnson’s course Health in Philly: Past and Present visited the nonprofit organization Bebashi in December to present their findings from interviews with staff.

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Health in Philly, past and present

This fall, in Andi Johnson’s course Health in Philly: Past and Present, students worked closely with leadership of the health-focused nonprofit Bebashi to identify ways they could better support staff, while visiting other local health organizations to learn more about how they address issues facing city residents.

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Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent
A black lab smelling an odor in an olfactometer.

Dalton at the olfactometer lineup.

(Image: Shelby Wise)

Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent

Penn Vet’s Cynthia M. Otto and Clara Wilson and colleagues show that trained dogs can identify the odor of hemangiosarcoma, a devastating canine cancer, offering the hope of a better screening tool and more effective treatments.

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Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia
Five Penn veterinary surgeons performing surgery.

Members of Penn Vet’s orthopedic team perform surgery in the Total Hip Replacement Program, including (second from the left) Anna Massie, assistant professor of small animal orthopedic surgery, Jason Syrcle, section chief and professor of clinical small animal orthopedic surgery, and Kimberly Agnello, professor of small animal orthopedic surgery.

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Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program helps heal dogs with hip dysplasia

Total hip replacement surgery outcomes at Penn Vet have been greatly improved through state-of-the-art technological advances and synergistic programming.

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Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief
Scan of human amygdala.

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Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief

In a preclinical study, Penn Medicine researchers have uncovered a new gene therapy that targets only pain signals while leaving the rest of the brain untouched.

Eric Horvath

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