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How incentives could better treat stimulant use disorder
A doctor with a patient.

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How incentives could better treat stimulant use disorder

Researchers at Penn Medicine are working to update contingency management protocols and dissemination practices that focus on incentivizing behavior for patients.

Eric Horvath

Gene editing restores some sight in pair of children treated for blindness
A teenager having their eyesight examined.

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Gene editing restores some sight in pair of children treated for blindness

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has been found to be safe and largely effective in addressing a form of inherited blindness in a group of patients that, for the first time, included children

Frank Otto

Intervention in Navajo Nation boosts uptake for heart failure drugs by 53%
A sign that reads Welcome to the Navajo Nation.

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Intervention in Navajo Nation boosts uptake for heart failure drugs by 53%

LDI senior fellow Lauren Eberly details her latest study on the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico, highlighting the increased uptake of guideline-directed heart failure therapy drugs.

Hoag Levins

The Penn doctor leading the way in heart health with TAVR innovation
Howard Hermann.

Howard Herrmann is the John Winthrop Bryfogle Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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The Penn doctor leading the way in heart health with TAVR innovation

Howard Herrmann, the John Winthrop Bryfogle Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine and Health System director for Interventional Cardiology, is a lead researcher in the TAVR field.

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Addressing declining fertility
Artist rendering of fertility decline. Depopulation, demographic crisis. Baby bottles in the form of graph and down arrow.

In a recent paper, PIK Professor Michael Platt and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Sterling posit that the underlying mechanism of the looming concern of human fertility declines is the epidemic of despair.

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    • Addressing declining fertility

    In a Q&A with Penn Today, Michael Platt talks about the socioeconomic and emotional factors leading to plummeting fertility rates.
    Educate to Empower aims to break down barriers to breast cancer screenings
    Penn fourth-years Simran Rajpal on the left and Gauthami Moorkanatst on the right pose outside Fisher-Bennett Hall on Penn campus.

    “In Philadelphia, in particular West Philly, there’s a lot of communities that don’t have the access to health care that they need, even though Penn is right here,” says Moorkanat (right). “Our thinking behind this was that if we can deliver the resources to them, instead of making them come to Penn, maybe we can start to bridge that gap.”

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    Educate to Empower aims to break down barriers to breast cancer screenings

    With the President’s Engagement Prize, fourth-years Simran Rajpal and Gauthami Moorkanat plan to deliver education and resources directly to community centers in Philadelphia, tackling medical mistrust, health literacy, and more.

    Kristen de Groot

    2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching celebrated
    People huddled together in front of bright window in the Graduate Center.

    Karen Detlefsen, left, pictured with the winners of the 2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.

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    2024 Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Teaching celebrated

    Ten winners received the Prize, which takes nominations from undergraduates and recognizes master's students and Ph.D. candidates.