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How Penn Medicine is going green for good health Penn Today

WEBThe health care sector has an outsized impact on the Earth’s changing climate, responsible for an estimated 8.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the …

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Penn Medicine to open new crisis response center at …

WEBPenn Medicine is launching a new community mental health hub at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania—Cedar Avenue (HUP Cedar), co-locating inpatient and outpatient psychiatric …

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Dismantling health disparities in Philadelphia and beyond

WEBDismantling health disparities in Philadelphia and beyond. Community health workers can help patients in ways others can’t—but these programs haven’t always been successful. …

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A closer look at the role of health care algorithms in racial and

WEBThe new paper, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, paints a nuanced picture of algorithms in health care—a ubiquitous, but often unseen, force in …

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Penn undergrads and Decision 2024 Penn Today

WEBPORES, founded in 2014 by John Lapinski, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science and Elections Unit Director at NBC News, offers students …

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A first-of-its-kind academic social entrepreneurship lab

WEBSpecifically, the Eidos LGBT+ Health Initiative—a first-of-its-kind academic social entrepreneurship lab—has four goals: to propose innovative research that …

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Helping Black families to grow and thrive Penn Today

WEBTo reverse the nationwide trend of serious harm and death before, during, and after childbirth for Black and other parents from marginalized groups, Penn Medicine is taking …

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Going head-to-head with the new health care AI revolution

WEBThe newly-launched Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab ’s aim is to focus on algorithmic improvements in four areas: resource allocation, workforce well-being, …

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Researchers breathe new life into lung repair Penn Today

WEBLulu Xue, a postdoctoral researcher in the Mitchell Lab and a co-first author of the paper, explains that they engineered the LNP to have an affinity for lung …

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How a year in space affects the brain Penn Today

WEBPenn Medicine’s Mathias Basner discusses the NASA Twins Study, which analyzed astronaut Scott Kelly’s physical and mental health after he spent 340 days in …

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Health capabilities, explained Penn Today

WEBThe internal capabilities include state of health, health knowledge, health-seeking skills and beliefs, health values and goals, self-governance, and effective …

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Climate, public health crises, and fertility Penn Today

WEBMarteleto published two papers this summer, “Climate and fertility amid a public health crisis” —Zika being the public health crisis under study—and “Scars from …

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Penn establishes the Center for Precision Engineering for Health …

WEBThe University of Pennsylvania announced today that it has made a $100 million commitment in its School of Engineering and Applied Science to establish the …

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A humanities pathway to pre-med Penn Today

WEBLast year, Penn’s rate of applicants who matriculated into medical school was 79% compared to 44% nationwide, and Hagan says humanities majors do just as …

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Helping the brain to heal the gut Penn Today

WEBOn its surface, the subreddit for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a den of tongue-in-cheek humor; its logo reimagines the classic Reddit alien gripping its gut in …

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Providing care from a distance Penn Today

WEBProviding care from a distance. Telemedicine is a critical tool in the COVID-19 epidemic. Clinicians at the medical, dental, and veterinary schools are making use of …

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Penn students, staff work the polls on primary day Penn Today

WEBLucy Rupertus is a first-year political science major from Philadelphia who spent her inaugural primary day as a poll worker on Tuesday. Her voter-registration …

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Gearing up for research on aging Penn Today

WEBYet studying or researching population aging is not part of the curriculum available to most college undergraduates, says Kohler. He and colleagues Norma B. …

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Study reveals inequities in access to transformative CAR T cell …

WEBPatients being treated for B-cell non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) who are part of minority populations may not have equal access to cutting-edge CAR T cell …

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How these Penn researchers are using AI to make health care …

WEBHow these Penn researchers are using AI to make health care better. The future of medicine can successfully incorporate artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT …

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Science of Laughter Penn Today

WEBAs part of the ongoing PennAITech Collaboratory for Healthy Aging Webinar Series, Sophie Scott of University College London discusses science and laughter at the intersection of …

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Six from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows Penn Today

WEBThis is a campuswide week of events, lectures, and volunteer opportunities designed to educate and inspire action related to environmental justice, climate, and …

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Improving maternal care for new moms in the Hispanic community

WEBThe Maternal Child Health team at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital (CCH) was evaluating postpartum complication rates from July 2020 through June 2021, …

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Sports psychologist talks athletes and mental health

WEBProfessional and elite athletes have been speaking out about their mental health in ways that would have been unheard of only a decade ago. Olympic gymnast …

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2024 tropical cyclone prediction Penn Today

WEBFor more than a decade, climate scientist Michael Mann of School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues have annually combed …

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Humanizing the hospital experience for people with substance use

WEBThe project is a recipient of a 2024 President’s Engagement Prize, a competitive award that empowers Penn undergraduates to design and undertake post …

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Social media use increases depression and loneliness

WEBThe link between the social-media use, depression, and loneliness has been talked about for years, but a causal connection had never been proven. For the first time, Penn …

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