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Past plagues, current pandemics, and public hygiene messaging
Woman leans against a tree with her arms crossed, looking into the camera, with other trees in fall colors behind her on a sunny day

History Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Xia Yu’s research looks at public health and hygiene in Republican China.

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    • Past plagues, current pandemics, and public hygiene messaging

    History Ph.D. candidate Sarah Xia Yu discusses her research on public hygiene in China and what the past might tell us about how governments could better communicate public health messages.

    Kristen de Groot

    Clinician peer networks remove race and gender bias
    An illustration of six faces with different skin tones, ranging from dark to light. Above the faces are connected lines that look like jacks, to indicate social networks.

    Image: Somalee Banerjee

    Somalee Banerjee

    Clinician peer networks remove race and gender bias

    Research from Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication shows that structured health care networks significantly reduce health care inequities and disparities in patient treatment.

    Alina Ladyzhensky

    ‘Encrypted’ peptides could be wellspring of natural antibiotics
    Microscopic view of an amino acid chain.

    ‘Encrypted’ peptides could be wellspring of natural antibiotics

    An interdisciplinary team of Penn researchers have used a carefully designed algorithm to discover a new suite of antimicrobial peptides, or naturally occurring antibiotics, in the human genome.

    From Penn Engineering Today

    Historic move ushers in new era of care
    exterior of penn patient pavilion

    The opening of the Pavilion marks the completion of the University’s largest capital building project, and culmination of a planning and design process years in the making. (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    Historic move ushers in new era of care

    Over eight hours, 310 patients moved to the Pavilion, a 17-story, 1.5-million-square-foot addition to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania campus.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

    A hub for zoonotic disease research
    Cryptosporidium A Penn Vet-led team was the first to sequence, study, and manipulate a naturally occurring mouse Cryptosporidium, a parasite responsible for life-threatening illness in people, as well as livestock, pets, and wildlife worldwide. (Image: Muthugapatti Kandasamy, Adam Sateriale, and Boris Striepen)

    A hub for zoonotic disease research

    The new Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases, launched by the School of Veterinary Medicine, leans on Penn’s strengths in immunology and infectious disease to prepare for emerging threats to animal and human health.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Novel gene therapy platform speeds search for ways to cure blindness
    diagram of gene therapy for the eye showing injection into vitreous

    Novel gene therapy platform speeds search for ways to cure blindness

    A newly developed single-cell RNA sequencing technique enables researchers to quickly identify an optimal vector for delivering therapeutic genetic material to treat vision disorders, and perhaps other genetic conditions.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards
    Photos of eight winners of NIH Directors Awards for 2021

    The Penn winners of the 2021 NIH Director’s Awards are (from top left): Amber Alhadeff, Ben Black, Peter S. Choi, Erica Korb, Michael Lampson, Mustafa Mir, Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, and Lilang Wan.

    Eight Penn researchers receive 2021 NIH Director’s Awards

    The National Institutes of Health grants, totaling more than $8 million, will support seven high-risk, high-reward research projects.

    Katherine Unger Baillie , Lauren Ingeno

    Sports psychologist talks athletes and mental health
    On a wooden bench outside of the Palestra, Andrea Wieland sits while wearing a blue vest with the works Penn on it.

    Sports psychologist talks athletes and mental health

    Andrea Wieland, the associate athletic director for sports performance at Penn Athletics, discusses athletes and mental health, Simone Biles, Ben Simmons, the yips, and the importance of seeing athletes as whole people.