Penn State College of Medicine will host a public forum on Oct. 30 to showcase key initiatives tied to the University’s Strategic Plan and its "Enhancing Health" theme, which focuses on the Penn State’s role in promoting the health of Pennsylvania communities and advancing medical knowledge. The forum will feature remarks by Nick Jones, executive vice president and provost, and Neil Sharkey, vice president for research, and a panel discussion on health research and the importance of community health partners and collaborators.

Graduate students with varied research interests including sudden infant death syndrome, aging, childhood obesity, health disparities and leukemia have started a year of training in clinical and translational sciences. The TL1 Predoctoral Training Program is a year-long opportunity offered by Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute to teach the next generation of scientists the skills to move research out of the laboratory to benefit patients in the health care system.

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded a $416,000 grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for a pilot program to better understand the issues facing rural communities and address a decline in American life expectancy.