Health & Medicine

The two organizations will expand leading community initiatives including the existing Penn Medicine Assist program, Nurse of the Game initiative, Gritty 5K sponsorship, and create opportunities for critical care training for employees, players, and people across Philadelphia and beyond.

To treat stimulant use disorder more like other chronic diseases, researchers at Penn Medicine have created a prediction tool to identify who may be at risk and what they have in common.

Six researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine have been recognized for their creative research through the National Institutes of Health Director’s awards from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program for their unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

Brady, the 2026 recipient of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science, shares her approach to creating opportunities for all.

The Accessing Urban Nature Initiative is gathering data on how urban wildlife is using the Philadelphia region’s ecosystem with motion-triggered cameras around Philadelphia parks, cemeteries, forest preserves, and private land.

Penn virologist Beatrice Hahn recalls her research partnership with Jane Goodall and their work to uncover the origins of HIV.

César de la Fuente leverages machine learning to accelerate the discovery of lifesaving drugs and help reduce antibiotic resistance, a rising global health problem.

Penn Medicine researchers offer new insights into psilocybin’s ability to break the pain-depression cycle.

Pediatric data shows that the increase in long COVID risk is also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions, according to new research at Penn Medicine.

The fourth cohort of the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program are beginning the year’s full-time nursing program which will provide clinical skills necessary to address complex challenges in their communities and make a lasting impact on health care.