Location: Penn State Cancer Institute

Glenna and J. David Brensinger lean against the side of a bridge. In the background are trees and, at a distance, a large waterfall.

Lancaster man gifts real estate to honor his late wife, support lifesaving cancer research

Oct 19, 2020

J. David Brensinger has always been the type of person to reach out and help others. Now, a planned gift in memory of his wife, Glenna, will help cancer patients for generations to come.

Dr. Melissa Tribuzio, wearing glasses and a mask, holds a stethoscope to 2-year-old Matthew Fitzpatrick’s chest as he sits on his mother’s lap. He wears a diaper and has a pacifier in his mouth. Samantha Fitzpatrick, who is wearing a sweater and a mask, places her hand behind his back. His little brother, Ben, is in the background and wears a mask.

You’ve got a friend: Penn State Health earns highest marks in patient loyalty nationwide

Oct 13, 2020

Pediatrician Dr. Melissa Tribuzio dances with the 7-year-olds and pokes fun at the teenager’s eye rolls – all to put patients at ease. Gestures like these make Penn State Health a national leader in patient loyalty.

Kristen Clements, a graduate assistant in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Penn State University, is seen in a departmental lab. She is pictured using equipment to move liquid into a test tube. Her hands are gloved.

Third annual Cancer Research Day taking place Oct. 31, 2020, as remote conference

Oct 5, 2020

All Penn State faculty, staff, trainees and students interested in cancer research careers are invited to attend the third annual Cancer Research Day online conference, taking place 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 31, 2020, via Zoom.

A man wearing a suit smiles for a photo

Machtay named Penn State Cancer Institute associate director for clinical research

Sep 29, 2020

Dr. Mitchell Machtay has joined Penn State Cancer Institute as associate director for clinical research.

Members of the Penn State Project ECHO are sitting under a large vinyl banner that says Project ECHO. They are sitting at a reflective conference table.

College of Medicine study aims to increase HPV knowledge, vaccination rates in rural Pennsylvania

Sep 23, 2020

The National Cancer Institute has awarded William Calo, PhD, JD, MPH, assistant professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, nearly $2 million over five years to improve communication about the human papillomavirus virus vaccine in rural areas and increase vaccination rates among adolescent patients in Pennsylvania.

A woman holds a hand weight and smiles while standing next to a rack of weights.

Schmitz elected to National Academy of Kinesiology; serves as editor of new book on exercise oncology

Sep 10, 2020

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, professor of public health sciences and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Penn State College of Medicine, was recently elected to the National Academy of Kinesiology and edited her first book.

Melanie Potiaumpai, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar with The ONE Group, works with cancer patient Curt Chambers in the exercise room at Penn State Cancer Institute in 2018. Both are smiling and Chambers is pulling on a resistance band.

New website offers cancer patients a different kind of medicine – exercise

Jun 29, 2020

A group of Penn State College of Medicine faculty are bringing a different kind of medicine to cancer patients and survivors – exercise.

A plane flies in the sky above Hershey Medical Center, trailing a banner.

Grateful patient sends thank you via airmail

Jun 26, 2020

When they want to show their appreciation to a doctor, most patients send a thank you card – Lynda and Don Donagher sent an airplane.

An aerial view of the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Professors, postdocs receive funds for cancer research, other projects

Jun 19, 2020

From the beginning of January to the end of April 2020, researchers at Penn State College of Medicine received 172 awards totaling nearly $30 million to support their studies.

a close up of two hands holding one another

Family/support persons are now permitted to accompany patients during their care

Jun 2, 2020

Penn State Health has revised its patient visitation guideline to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of patients, while also continuing to protect staff, patients and visitors.

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