Category: Education

A close-up of a Nittany Lion statue on the Penn State College of Medicine campus. Yellow flowers are in the foreground, slightly out of focus.

College of Medicine part of new textbook to train future physicians on ‘third science'

Nov 4, 2016

An innovative curriculum at Penn State College of Medicine is highlighted in a new textbook designed to help physicians navigate the changing landscape of modern health care.

Ushma Doshi, left, and Varun Prabhu are graduates of the former molecular medicine PhD program at Penn State College of Medicine. The two are pictured wearing graduation caps and gowns, holding a large frame that says We Did It! at the bottom.

Husband-and-wife team exemplify graduate education at College of Medicine

Nov 2, 2016

A husband-and-wife team who recently graduated from Penn State College of Medicine are now working in research outside of academia and offer advice to those pursuing PhDs.

A gloved hand holds a beaker in the foreground. In the background is a periodic table with silhouette images of lab apparatus.

Penn State receives $20 million grant to accelerate medical discoveries

Oct 4, 2016

Penn State, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine will continue the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute through an award from the National Institutes of Health.

An aerial view of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine campus, with the Children's Hospital, Main Entrance and Cancer Institute in the foreground.

Research funding and enhanced safety and quality efforts headline annual board presentation

Sep 13, 2016

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center once again demonstrated strong financial performance in a fiscal year punctuated by record external research funding and strong gains in patient safety, satisfaction and quality care outcomes.

A colorful view of a virus at the molecular level.

First accurate simulation of a virus invading a cell

Sep 12, 2016

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks to an experiment by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

A child's hand gives a sign language motion.

Sign language may be helpful for children with rare speech disorder

Sep 1, 2016

Using sign language with intensive speech therapy may be an effective treatment for children with a rare speech disorder called apraxia of speech, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

New College of Medicine website addresses needs of potential students, investigators

Aug 30, 2016

A new website for Penn State College of Medicine launched to the public in the evening of Aug. 30, 2016.

The five student design partners pose in front of a "Penn State College of Medicine - University Park Regional Campus" sign.

Student design partners at College of Medicine begin work on new curriculum

Aug 30, 2016

Five students at Penn State College of Medicine have deferred the start of medical school for a year to serve as student design partners who are helping to shape the curriculum that will guide their medical education.

A color drawing of a human, focusing on the individual's intestinal tract. The shadow of other organs are seen in the background.

New care plan improves Crohn's disease complication outcomes

Aug 22, 2016

The first published medical and surgical approach care plan for managing septic perianal Crohn's disease, a serious complication that occurs in around 40 percent of Crohn's disease patients, has been developed by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.

Four students in white coats are seen reciting a pledge at the 2016 White Coat Ceremony.

Incoming medical student class receives white coats

Jul 29, 2016

Members of the medical student class of 2020 were presented and "cloaked" with their official white coat on July 29 at the Hershey Lodge.

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