Location: Penn State College of Medicine

Dr. Colin Barnstables is seen in a head-and-shoulders professional portrait. He is smiling, has gray hair and is wearing a shirt, tie and suit jacket. Dr. Sue Grigson is seen in a head-and-shoulders professional portrait. She has glasses and long, blonde hair and is wearing a pinstripe suit jacket with a blouse.

Barnstable steps down as Neural and Behavioral Sciences Department chair

Oct 15, 2018

Dr. Colin Barnstable has stepped down as chair of the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine after serving in that role for 12 years. Dr. Sue Grigson, professor of neural and behavioral sciences, has been appointed interim chair.

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Inaugural Global Health Exhibit provides interactive education

Oct 15, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine Global Health Center hosted its 2018 Global Health Exhibit: An Evening of Global Health Visual Narratives. The interactive photography showcase featured photos from faculty, staff and students and an introduction to visual thinking strategies.

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Newly funded project to focus on health in rural Pennsylvania communities

Oct 12, 2018

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded a $416,000 grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for a pilot program to better understand the issues facing rural communities and address a decline in American life expectancy.

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College of Medicine awarded grant to promote healthy lifestyles and improve nutrition in Lebanon and Berks counties

Oct 11, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine has received a nearly $4 million grant to promote healthy lifestyles and improve nutrition for Hispanic people living in Berks and Lebanon counties.

The Penn State College of Medicine Crescent facade is seen at 500 University Drive in Hershey, PA, framed by grass below and a blue sky with clouds above. In front of the building to the right, two flagpoles can be seen displaying the American and Pennsylvania flags.

New psychiatry fellowship addresses looming shortage of community psychiatrists

Oct 10, 2018

The Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry are partnering to offer a Public and Community Psychiatry Fellowship to address the growing shortage of psychiatrists.

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Fall 2018 Dean’s Lecture by Carl June highlights Car-T cell therapy

Oct 10, 2018

Dr. Carl June from the University of Pennsylvania presented "Car T-cells: Building Smarter Cars" as the Fall 2018 Dean's Lecture at Penn State College of Medicine.

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Penn State College of Medicine leads transformation of medical education

Oct 5, 2018

Being selected to host the American Medical Association’s (AMA) “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” conference both acknowledged Penn State College of Medicine’s hard-won expertise in health systems science and enabled its leaders to share strategies for revolutionizing medical education.

Six medical students sit at a conference room table and listen to a man talk at the American Medical Association’s “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” conference. Behind him Dr. Joshua Davis of Penn College of Medicine, stands and listens.

Penn State College of Medicine leads transformation of medical education

Oct 4, 2018

More than 120 medical students, residents, physicians and educators from 27 schools across the United States attended the student-led Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium Aug. 3 and 4, 2018, in Hershey.

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New predictive models may transform personalized treatment of infectious disease

Oct 2, 2018

A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward grant will allow Penn State’s Dr. Steven Schiff and team to explore a radically changed approach to predicting, preventing and treating infectious disease at the individual level at point-of-care.

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Computer model may help scientists split up, reassemble proteins on command

Oct 2, 2018

Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost impossible. However, a computer-guided algorithm may help scientists find just the right spot to split a protein and then reassemble it to functionality.

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