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The role of data in a world reshaped by COVID-19
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The role of data in a world reshaped by COVID-19

Experts across Penn share their insights on how data and data science affect their fields in the context of an ongoing pandemic.

Katherine Unger Baillie, Michele W. Berger, Erica K. Brockmeier

Penn Nursing’s innovation ecosystem
marion leary shows off a nursing prototype This is the fifth time Marion Leary, Penn Nursing’s first director of innovation, has taught Innovation in Health: Foundations in Design Thinking. Each semester, students use the design-thinking methodology to solve a real-world challenge. They start by empathizing with those facing the struggle and end by creating a prototype, like the one here meant to protect young, active people with irritable bowel syndrome against accidental bowel movements.

Penn Nursing’s innovation ecosystem

In the past five years, the school has been intentional about creating an atmosphere that rewards risk-taking and supports failures. It’s led to story slams and accelerators and a shift to an innovation-centric mindset.

Michele W. Berger

How have new social norms emerged as COVID-19 has spread?
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How have new social norms emerged as COVID-19 has spread?

In a study of nine countries, researcher Cristina Bicchieri found that motivating people to modify behavior requires changing their expectations about the actions and thoughts of those who matter to them.

Michele W. Berger

Taking on HIV and oral health
Temitope Omolehinwa in an exam room Temitope Omolehinwa came to Penn in 2013 as a trainee, seeking to improve her skills in clinical practice. Now as a faculty member she’s leading an NIH-funded research project on HIV and oral health with both basic science and clinical components.

Taking on HIV and oral health

Embarking on a new study of people living with HIV, the School of Dental Medicine’s Temitope Omolehinwa hopes to build data on an understudied issue.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A post-pandemic path to solving the nursing home crisis
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A post-pandemic path to solving the nursing home crisis

A collaboration of experts across Penn schools has created a detailed, long-term policy plan for nursing homes, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

From Penn Carey Law

Penn Dental and SP2 partner to address racism, reconciliation, and engagement
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Penn Dental and SP2 partner to address racism, reconciliation, and engagement

A new, online course for incoming SP2 students entitled “The Penn Experience: Racism, Reconciliation and Engagement” was created in collaboration with Penn’s School of Dental Medicine and launched in July.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses
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The School of Nursing offers a virtual reality simulation to train responders how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug. (Pre-pandemic image)

Virtual reality trains public to reverse opioid overdoses

A group of interdisciplinary researchers from Penn and the Philadelphia Department of Public Heath have developed a virtual reality immersive video training aimed to save lives from opioid overdoses.

Ashton Yount

Long-term effects of COVID-19 and support to cope
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Long-term effects of COVID-19 and support to cope

Millions of people around the world have already survived a bout with COVID-19. Clinicians are learning how cases can trigger lasting consequences for the body.

Katherine Unger Baillie