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New leadership coming to human resources, community relations

5/22/13

Lisa Abbott will join Penn State Hershey on June 3 as associate vice president for human resources for health affairs for Penn State and chief human resources officer for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. With Abbott’s arrival, Charles Wilson, who has served as chief human resources officer for the Medical Center since 2002, will move into the new role of chief community relations officer on an interim basis.

Graduate students create new science blog

5/15/13

Penn State College of Medicine graduate students recently launched a new blog called Lions Talk Science. It will feature articles relating to biomedical sciences as well as fascinating scientific experiment findings.

Book offers lessons for couples coping with cancer

5/14/13

Picture a stormy sea, ominous sky, and a small boat being tossed about by threatening waves and gusty winds. Alone in the boat, a couple struggles to keep from going under. This is the metaphor at the heart of Dr. Dan Shapiro’s new book," And in Health: A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together," that was released on May 14.

The changing face of pathology is focus of visiting professor lecture in Hershey

5/8/13

Dr. Brian Smith, chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn., will present the Department of Pathology Visiting Professor Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Pathology Conference Room, C7702, on the Penn State Hershey campus. He will present "Pathology Training and Practice in the 21st Century: Not Your Grandfather’s Pathologist Anymore."

Loughran to deliver Spring Dean’s Lecture on May 14

5/8/13

Dr. Thomas P. Loughran Jr., professor of medicine and director of Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, will present the Spring 2013 Dean’s Lecture at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Junker Auditorium.

New Children's Hospital agreement expands services in Scranton area

5/2/13

Commonwealth Health is creating a Pediatric Center of Excellence at Moses Taylor Hospital to strengthen northeastern Pennsylvania’s medical resources for children. As part of this initiative, infants, children and adolescents admitted as patients to Moses Taylor Hospital will soon have onsite access to care from Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital pediatricians.

College of Medicine supports local science fair

5/1/13

Penn State College of Medicine is an annual educational partner of The Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (CASEF) hosted in March at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.

Dr. Mark Widome (left) and Dr. Alan Nussbaum, president, PA chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (right)

Widome named Pediatrician of the Year

5/1/13

Dr. Mark Widome of Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has been named Pediatrician of the Year by the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

EdVenture 2013 celebrates medical, graduate education

4/24/13

Pratibha Varma-Nelson will be the Woodward Lecturer at EdVenture 2013 at noon Thursday, April 25, in Lecture Room B on the campus of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine.

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Targeting neurotransmitter may help treat gastrointestinal conditions

12/4/12

Selective targeting of the neurotransmitter that differentially affects brain cells that control the two distinct functions of the pancreas may allow for new medication therapies for conditions such as diabetes, dyspepsia and gastro-esophageal reflux, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. "This study differs from what's been reported previously about brain neurons that control the gastrointestinal tract," said R. Alberto Travagli, professor, Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, and lead investigator. "It provides further support to the idea that separate nerve pathways regulate the diverse functions of organs along the upper gastrointestinal tract."

New leadership coming to human resources, community relations

5/22/13

Lisa Abbott will join Penn State Hershey on June 3 as associate vice president for human resources for health affairs for Penn State and chief human resources officer for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. With Abbott’s arrival, Charles Wilson, who has served as chief human resources officer for the Medical Center since 2002, will move into the new role of chief community relations officer on an interim basis.

Graduate students create new science blog

5/15/13

Penn State College of Medicine graduate students recently launched a new blog called Lions Talk Science. It will feature articles relating to biomedical sciences as well as fascinating scientific experiment findings.

Book offers lessons for couples coping with cancer

5/14/13

Picture a stormy sea, ominous sky, and a small boat being tossed about by threatening waves and gusty winds. Alone in the boat, a couple struggles to keep from going under. This is the metaphor at the heart of Dr. Dan Shapiro’s new book," And in Health: A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together," that was released on May 14.

The changing face of pathology is focus of visiting professor lecture in Hershey

5/8/13

Dr. Brian Smith, chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn., will present the Department of Pathology Visiting Professor Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Pathology Conference Room, C7702, on the Penn State Hershey campus. He will present "Pathology Training and Practice in the 21st Century: Not Your Grandfather’s Pathologist Anymore."

Loughran to deliver Spring Dean’s Lecture on May 14

5/8/13

Dr. Thomas P. Loughran Jr., professor of medicine and director of Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, will present the Spring 2013 Dean’s Lecture at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, in the Junker Auditorium.

New Children's Hospital agreement expands services in Scranton area

5/2/13

Commonwealth Health is creating a Pediatric Center of Excellence at Moses Taylor Hospital to strengthen northeastern Pennsylvania’s medical resources for children. As part of this initiative, infants, children and adolescents admitted as patients to Moses Taylor Hospital will soon have onsite access to care from Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital pediatricians.

College of Medicine supports local science fair

5/1/13

Penn State College of Medicine is an annual educational partner of The Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (CASEF) hosted in March at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.