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Students present during the mHealth Challenge

Cross-college teams pitch health-focused mobile apps in mHealth Challenge

11/19/18

Ten intercollege teams of enterprising students recently pitched ideas for innovative mobile health applications during Penn State’s mHealth Challenge. The challenge tasked student teams with developing a mobile application prototype that addresses a societal health need associated with a specific target audience.

Community leader receives Rural Health Hero of the Year Award

11/16/18

Stacie Huber, director of child and adolescent and adult partial hospitalization programs at the Community Guidance Center, received the 2018 Rural Health Hero of the Year Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) at a Nov. 15 ceremony at the Community Guidance Center in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Award established to recognize rural hospital innovation and transformation

11/13/18

The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) has established the Baronner Rural Innovation and Transformation (BRIT) Award to recognize rural hospitals and health systems that have implemented a robust and sustainable initiative to significantly impact the health status of the communities they serve.

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Mobile technologies may help researchers crack the mysteries of aging

11/12/18

A National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will allow Penn State’s Martin Sliwinski and team to learn more about how small changes in the brain can develop into neurological conditions later in life by developing new standardized mobile technologies for researchers across the U.S.

Youth Development Task Force presented with Rural Health Program award

11/10/18

Leadership of the Youth Development Task Force (YDTF) of the Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition (LCHIC) received the 2018 Rural Health Program of the Year Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) at a ceremony on Nov. 9 at the Lycoming County Courthouse in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Gov. Tom Wolf proclaims Nov. 12-16 Rural Health Week in Pennsylvania

11/10/18

In an effort to draw attention to the wide range of issues that impact rural health, Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Nov. 12-16 as Rural Health in Pennsylvania week at the request of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health and the Pennsylvania Rural Health Association.

An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields.

Inaugural research symposium offers chance for undergraduates to showcase skills

11/8/18

An inaugural University-wide undergraduate research symposium will showcase work being conducted by women, minorities and first-year students in STEM fields. The event features research from more than 30 participants through Penn State’s WISER/MURE/FURP program. The symposium will be held from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the atrium of the Steidle Building on the University Park campus.

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