It’s not every day you meet someone who changed the way the world understood the development of HIV and hepatitis C or any other infectious disease. But that is precisely the accomplishment of Dr. Elaine Eyster, distinguished professor of medicine and pathology at Penn State College of Medicine.
One visit to the Hershey campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine is all it takes to recognize the organization is undergoing transformational change.
Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which treatment may be most effective. Finding these mutations can be difficult, but a new method may offer more complete, comprehensive results. A team of researchers has developed a new framework that can combine three existing methods of finding these large mutations — or structural variants — into a single, more complete picture.
Penn State has launched its first cancer-related Story Map, “The Story of Cancer in Central Pennsylvania.” The interactive geospatial map illustrates the extent of the cancer problem in the region.
In an upcoming project, a team of Penn State researchers will use mice as a model for creating high-resolution, 3D maps of the blood vessels in both young and aging brains. The researchers hope learning more about healthy brains will help them learn more about how problems — like strokes or Alzheimer’s Disease — develop over time.
Students and faculty from the College of Information Sciences and Technology and the University Park Curriculum of Penn State College of Medicine joined together to develop an introductory exercise for incoming medical students. The exercise, titled EpiCentre, is a multi-part tabletop activity designed to introduce new medical students to the local community and to provide a platform for their early clinical reasoning development.
Drag queens, doctors, administrators, students and children converged on the Biomedical Research Center Courtyard on Aug. 22 for Penn State College of Medicine’s LGBTQ and Allies Affinity Group’s annual Pride Celebration.
Following the successful launch of the updated Undergraduate Bulletin, new Bulletin websites are now live for the Graduate School, Dickinson Law, Penn State Law and the College of Medicine as well. The web-based bulletins — built on the CourseLeaf Catalog software — provide an improved interface that also performs better on mobile devices.
Heartbeat irregularities connected to brain activity abnormalities may lead to the ability to predict eventual epileptic seizures in subjects who suffered physical or infectious brain insults, according to Penn State researchers who studied mouse models of cerebral malaria, which often causes epilepsy in those who survive.
Business, language, deep learning, networks, health and cybersecurity — the 2018-19 CyberScience Seminar Series, which launches on Sept. 11, will feature researchers who use high-performance computing methods, including big data analysis, big simulations and complex modeling, to push the envelope and make advances in their fields.
A 3D heart model printing program for patients with congenital heart disease at Penn State Children’s Hospital has received support from a gift of $280,000 to Children’s Miracle Network from Giant Food Stores in honor of Giant's 95th anniversary celebration.
From iPhone blood tests to pet-proof trashcans, the 2018 Summer Founders launched varied startups. The program gives student teams $10,000 each to work on their startup, social good or non-profit idea for the summer.
Seventy incoming graduate students pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in the public health or biomedical sciences at Penn State College of Medicine took part in the annual Graduate Student Oath Ceremony on Aug. 17.
Effective Aug. 20, the Penn State Employee Health and Wellness Center will resume regular clinic hours, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in 109 Nursing Sciences Building on the University Park campus.
The National Institutes of Health - National Institute of General Medical Sciences’ has awarded the Penn State Medical Scientist Training Program supplemental funding to provide professional development training for MD/PhD students.
