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What the Twitter upheaval means to Penn health services researchers
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What the Twitter upheaval means to Penn health services researchers

LDI senior fellows weigh in on Twitter’s current upheaval, and whether they think the situation at the social media company will impact how they disseminate research in the future.

Hoag Levins

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Emily Largent smiles in a chair

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research

Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.

Marilyn Perkins

An evolving animal health emergency
Two chickens in a grassy yard

An outbreak of avian influenza is impacting birds both wild and domestic. Penn Vet researchers are helping track and better understand the disease, which has affected more than 52 million birds in the United States this year.

An evolving animal health emergency

More than 52 million birds in the U.S. have been affected by an outbreak of avian influenza. Researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine are supporting Pennsylvania’s diagnostic work and launching new investigations to better understand the virus.

Katherine Unger Baillie