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Government cash transfer programs linked to major health gains for women and children

Government cash transfer programs linked to major health gains for women and children

A Penn study finds that more women receive health care early in their pregnancies, more babies are born in health facilities, and more births are attended by trained health workers when governments give money through cash transfer programs.

Eric Horvath

2 min. read

Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
Hannah Yamagata, Research Assistant Professor Kushol Gupta and postdoctoral fellow Marshall Padilla, holding 3D-printed models of nanoparticles in a lab.

(From left) Doctoral student Hannah Yamagata, research assistant professor Kushol Gupta, and postdoctoral fellow Marshall Padilla holding 3D-printed models of nanoparticles.

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Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines

New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.

Ian Scheffler

2 min. read

National Academy of Medicine issues code of conduct to guide health care’s AI revolution

National Academy of Medicine issues code of conduct to guide health care’s AI revolution

LDI senior fellow and Penn professor with appointments in the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Annenberg School for Communication Kevin B. Johnson is one of the authors of the new National Academy of Medicine AI code of conduct guide for Health Care.

A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040
Six people stand on a set of parallel, converging arrows, illustrating the concept of collaboration or moving forward together.

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A road map to reduce firearm harms by 2040

Three Penn faculty members are among more than 40 experts to author a report addressing the persistent challenge of gun violence and proposing solutions stemming from a JAMA Summit convened last spring.

2 min. read

Mapping the links between brain development and mental health
Sheet of a child’s brain scans.

A collaborative team led by Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Golia Shafiei, and Michael P. Milham has developed a large-scale, open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health.

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Mapping the links between brain development and mental health

A new large-scale, open data resource from the Perelman School of Medicine and collaborators helps researchers link brain development with mental health disorders.

3 min. read

Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community
Sherry Caputo in front of the Lenape Tribal Grounds building.

Image: Courtesy of Sherry Caputo

Penn nurse manager brings health resources to her tribal community

Outside of her day job as a nurse manager for Penn Medicine at Home, Sherry “Strong Sun Spirit” Caputo has helped bring mental health education, COVID resources, and nutrition programming to her tribal community, the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey.

2 min. read

After a pulmonary embolism, a runner’s rapid save
Molly Fadden.

Penn Medicine is one of the health systems that has been trialing a new catheter device for embolectomies since 2024. Molly Fadden (pictured) agreed to the use of the trial device in her procedure.  

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After a pulmonary embolism, a runner’s rapid save

A pulmonary embolism is life-threatening—and urgent. For Molly Fadden, Penn Medicine was ready to get her to the right experts, right in time.

Christina Hernandez Sherwood for Penn Medicine Magazine

2 min. read

Clock changes disrupt sleep, health, and well-being
A person turning back a clock superimposed over a profile of a head and day and night icons.

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Clock changes disrupt sleep, health, and well-being

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how seasonal time changes affect the body’s internal clock, and offers tips for an easier transition.

3 min. read