Four senior medical students from Tokyo Women’s Medical University got a unique perspective on the similarities and differences between medical education and health care systems in Japan and the U.S during a month-long visit to Penn State College of Medicine.
Nearly 100 people attended the first University Park Medical Campus Research symposium on May 2.
Highmark Health and Penn State Health are making progress in addressing opioid misuse and addiction in central Pennsylvania, responding to the region’s needs with an approach that emphasizes primary prevention, safe prescribing, high-quality and accessible treatment for substance use disorder, innovative research and medical education, and community supports.
Babies exposed to opioids while their mothers were pregnant with them may need special care even before they start to experience withdrawal symptoms, according to Penn State research.
The National Cancer Institute’s Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award equips predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars with skills to conduct independent cancer research at Penn State College of Medicine.
Dr. James Ballard, professor of humanities, medicine and pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, is featured for May in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.
The 2018–19 Institutes of Energy and the Environment seed grant recipients have been awarded to 18 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State.
On May 3, Penn State Trustees approved a resolution to allow Penn State Health, the University’s health care enterprise, to establish separate credit and borrowing capacity independent of the University. The measure enables Penn State Health to more quickly secure funding for capital projects that are essential to its continued growth and success in a highly competitive health care environment and do so with greater autonomy.
More than 200 researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers gathered recently for the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse Conference, held on the University Park campus.
With assistance from a strategic plan seed grant, Penn State Mont Alto, in partnership with Penn State LionPulse, has made significant strides in improving health and wellness initiatives for students, staff and faculty at the campus.
The St. Baldrick's Foundation will give researcher Dr. Sinisa Dovat $5,000 to mentor a young investigator in pediatric cancer research this summer. The foundation’s Summer Fellow grant provides funding for a medical school or college student to work in a pediatric oncology research lab for one summer.
Penn State College of Medicine educators celebrated teaching and learning at EdVenture on April 18. The event featured workshops, a lecture from an influential educator and an awards ceremony.
Penn State College of Medicine honored faculty and physicians who contribute to the University Park Curriculum, at a joint reception on April 10 at University Park.
The next generation of neurologists and researchers learned how to treat brain diseases at the USA National Brain Bee Championship, hosted by Penn State College of Medicine from April 12-14.
Penn State's Institute for CyberScience has awarded $367,632 in seed funding for projects designed to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to assist the public good. The grants support projects in 20 different departments and units, 10 colleges and three institutes.
