Health Sciences

In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia examined the factors influencing the likelihood of missed nu

More than three years ago, Penn Dental Medicine Dean Denis Kinane took leaders from the school on a retreat to ask a challenging question: How would the school rebuild and rethink

The University of Pennsylvania will establish the Calvin Bland Faculty Fellowships for the Penn Futures Project.

Despite numerous studies debunking the belief that race is biologically determined, scientists continue to use race as a tool for genetic classification.

Many people report deep feelings of connection and self-loss while listening to music, meditating or during intense experiences of awe, an experience captured by the phrase, “I felt at one with all things” or “I was lost in the music.”

When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting ourselves in a friend’s shoes, imagining how we would feel if we were the one suffering, may have detrimental effects on our own health, according to a new study led by the University of Pennsylvania’s Anneke E. K. Buffone.

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced today it has awarded a $9.25 million grant to Penn researchers to study the underlying mechanisms of concussion and help uncover potential clinical interventions that could improve recovery.

How can physicians and engineers help design athletic equipment and diagnostic tools to better protect teenaged athletes from concussions?

Girls who go through puberty and develop physically earlier than their peers are at risk of low self-esteem as well as emotional and behavioral problems. Research has also indicated that they are at a heightened risk of experiencing physical or sexual violence.

Konrad Kording has been named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.