A success story from Southern Africa (Homepage image) Medical trainees and members of the BUP team, including CHOP pediatrician Henry Welch (second from left), review a chest X-ray. (Image: Ryan Littman-Quinn) A success story from Southern Africa The Botswana-UPenn Partnership celebrates 20 years of medical, scholarly, and educational progress.
Personalized immunotherapy shows promise beyond cancer Penn In the News ScienceFriday.com Personalized immunotherapy shows promise beyond cancer Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed on the use of customized immunotherapy to treat new blood cancers, as well as its potential for treating solid state cancers and autoimmune diseases. Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history Penn In the News USA Today Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that today’s Black maternal health disparities are a reverberation of slavery, an echo of the federally funded health care and welfare programs which led to sterilization abuse. An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care Q&A An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care In a Q&A, Penn Nursing’s Linda Aiken describes how a hospital earning Magnet designation creates a better, safer experience for patients and clinicians, plus the push to expand such credentialing beyond the U.S. Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center believes that the high number of people unsure about monkeypox represents an opportunity for persuasive public health messaging. Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Nursing student Aman Uppal (standing) with one of the students at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, where she did a clinical rotation this summer. (Image: Courtesy of HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy) Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant Garcia Bolton, a lifelong Philadelphian, received Penn Medicine’s 1500th lung transplant. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant The milestone transplant helped give new life to Garcia Bolton, a father, truck driver, poet, and lifelong Philadelphian. How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Penn In the News CNBC How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people should avoid working while sitting or lying in bed, to preserve the bed’s association with sleep. Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials When researchers get highly favorable results, it’s imperative to capitalize on them. Applying the lessons learned to future work can expand the positive impact achieved. Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness A multi-institutional effort led by researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine is taking steps to develop an effective technique to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with vision disorders. Load More
Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history Penn In the News USA Today Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that today’s Black maternal health disparities are a reverberation of slavery, an echo of the federally funded health care and welfare programs which led to sterilization abuse. An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care Q&A An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care In a Q&A, Penn Nursing’s Linda Aiken describes how a hospital earning Magnet designation creates a better, safer experience for patients and clinicians, plus the push to expand such credentialing beyond the U.S. Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center believes that the high number of people unsure about monkeypox represents an opportunity for persuasive public health messaging. Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Nursing student Aman Uppal (standing) with one of the students at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, where she did a clinical rotation this summer. (Image: Courtesy of HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy) Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant Garcia Bolton, a lifelong Philadelphian, received Penn Medicine’s 1500th lung transplant. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant The milestone transplant helped give new life to Garcia Bolton, a father, truck driver, poet, and lifelong Philadelphian. How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Penn In the News CNBC How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people should avoid working while sitting or lying in bed, to preserve the bed’s association with sleep. Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials When researchers get highly favorable results, it’s imperative to capitalize on them. Applying the lessons learned to future work can expand the positive impact achieved. Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness A multi-institutional effort led by researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine is taking steps to develop an effective technique to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with vision disorders. Load More
An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care Q&A An international effort to curb provider burnout and improve patient care In a Q&A, Penn Nursing’s Linda Aiken describes how a hospital earning Magnet designation creates a better, safer experience for patients and clinicians, plus the push to expand such credentialing beyond the U.S.
Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer Many people don’t know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center believes that the high number of people unsure about monkeypox represents an opportunity for persuasive public health messaging. Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Nursing student Aman Uppal (standing) with one of the students at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, where she did a clinical rotation this summer. (Image: Courtesy of HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy) Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant Garcia Bolton, a lifelong Philadelphian, received Penn Medicine’s 1500th lung transplant. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant The milestone transplant helped give new life to Garcia Bolton, a father, truck driver, poet, and lifelong Philadelphian. How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Penn In the News CNBC How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people should avoid working while sitting or lying in bed, to preserve the bed’s association with sleep. Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials When researchers get highly favorable results, it’s imperative to capitalize on them. Applying the lessons learned to future work can expand the positive impact achieved. Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness A multi-institutional effort led by researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine is taking steps to develop an effective technique to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with vision disorders. Load More
Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Nursing student Aman Uppal (standing) with one of the students at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, where she did a clinical rotation this summer. (Image: Courtesy of HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy) Learning nursing care in a different type of classroom Penn Nursing students Aman Uppal and Michelle Tran spent the summer before their final semesters in a clinical rotation at the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant Garcia Bolton, a lifelong Philadelphian, received Penn Medicine’s 1500th lung transplant. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant The milestone transplant helped give new life to Garcia Bolton, a father, truck driver, poet, and lifelong Philadelphian.
How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Penn In the News CNBC How to work from your bedroom without ruining your sleep, according to experts Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people should avoid working while sitting or lying in bed, to preserve the bed’s association with sleep. Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials When researchers get highly favorable results, it’s imperative to capitalize on them. Applying the lessons learned to future work can expand the positive impact achieved. Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness A multi-institutional effort led by researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine is taking steps to develop an effective technique to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with vision disorders.
Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials Low effort, high reward: How making choices easy pays off in clinical trials When researchers get highly favorable results, it’s imperative to capitalize on them. Applying the lessons learned to future work can expand the positive impact achieved.
Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness Progress toward a stem cell–based therapy for blindness A multi-institutional effort led by researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine is taking steps to develop an effective technique to regenerate photoreceptors cells and restore sight in people with vision disorders.