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Health Sciences
A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
A Q&A with the director of the Penn Center for AIDS Research
Ronald G. Collman talks about the current state of AIDS care, work with the City of Philadelphia, and how the Center is supporting collaborations across campus.
‘Deeply Rooted’ community partnerships
‘Deeply Rooted’ community partnerships
Deeply Rooted is a community partnership that plants trees, greens vacant lots, and funds grassroots programs. The goal: health justice in action.
Study highlights inconsistencies of genetic markers for predicting heart disease
Study highlights inconsistencies of genetic markers for predicting heart disease
A new study from Penn Medicine suggests polygenic risk scores may provide conflicting results for detecting a patient’s risk of heart disease.
Report encourages equity in pay for people with disabilities
Report encourages equity in pay for people with disabilities
New research from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine finds no significant negative impact of repealing a Depression-era law allowing companies to pay workers with disabilities below minimum wage.
University of Pennsylvania Health System releases Climate and Sustainability Action Plan
University of Pennsylvania Health System releases Climate and Sustainability Action Plan
The plan outlines a sweeping strategy to become the nation’s most eco-friendly health care organization.
Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar
Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi is a 2025 Rhodes Scholar
Penn fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a 2025 Rhodes Scholarship, which funds tuition and a living stipend for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. He is among 32 American Rhodes Scholars, and an expected 100 worldwide.
A link between liver-brain communication and daily eating patterns
A link between liver-brain communication and daily eating patterns
A new study by researchers at Penn Medicine finds that disconnecting a connection in the vagus nerve corrects overeating and weight gain caused by a defective “liver clock.”
Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership
Vet student’s semester in Malawi is part of new educational partnership
Ashley Vanderbeck spent a semester at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi thanks to a novel program between Penn Vet and LUANAR to foster educational exchange and research opportunities.
Penn’s patriotic mission to train Navy medical staff
Penn’s patriotic mission to train Navy medical staff
A partnership between the U.S. Navy and Penn Medicine’s Trauma Division aims to provide military medical staff with the skills they need for deployment.
Easing patient fears of radiation treatment, via virtual reality
Easing patient fears of radiation treatment, via virtual reality
Before their first dose of radiation, cancer patients can shadow another patient’s treatment and get a private behind-the-scenes tour with the team members via virtual reality.
In the News
6ABC.com
Bird flu suspected in deaths of 200 snow geese in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley
Stephen Cole of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that indoor cats are contracting bird flu through raw pet foods of poultry origin or raw milk products.
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Self
The surgeon general calls for new warning labels on alcohol—here’s the truth about how it impacts your health
Henry Kranzler of the Perelman School of Medicine says that alcohol’s effects on the brain are observed more readily because it’s the organ of behavior.
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NPR
Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
Aaron Richterman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there are large and underappreciated benefits of cash-transfer programs, such as potentially ending a tuberculosis epidemic.
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Newsweek
Cancer breakthrough as ‘speckles’ may reveal best treatment
A paper co-authored by PIK Professor Shelley Berger finds that patterns of “speckles” in the heart of tumor cells could help predict how patients with a common form of kidney cancer will respond to treatment options.
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Time
Scientists are racing to develop a new bird flu vaccine
Drew Weissman and Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine are testing a vaccine to prevent a strain of H5N1 bird flu in chickens and cattle.
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