Oct 30, 2017
Feng Yue, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $1.91 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award will help to support his study on how genetic variants contribute to gene regulation and three-dimensional organization of DNA molecules that influence human diseases.
Oct 26, 2017
Penn State physician assistant students won their third consecutive Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistant's State Medical Challenge Bowl at the 18th annual event on Oct. 20 at the Valley Forge Convention Center.
Oct 18, 2017
Christine Bruce, program director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Penn State College of Medicine, was recently recognized by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
A rare cancer in patients with breast implants may be on the rise, but not all patients and physicians may be aware of the risks associated with the procedure, according to a group of Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Oct 12, 2017
Advancement of genomic research and expanded use of genetic testing has raised ethical questions and concerns. Learn more in this interview with Jennifer B. McCormick, associate professor of humanities at Penn State College of Medicine.
Few people may want to spend a Saturday night planning their end-of-life care, but playing a game designed to spur conversation about advance care planning may be a more enjoyable way to ease into the process, according to researchers.
Oct 6, 2017
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have reported the first-ever quantitative whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons in the mouse brain.
Sep 27, 2017
The seventh annual Penn State College of Medicine Innovation Awards ceremony will be 5 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, and will recognizes individuals who have had innovative ideas move forward through the execution of a license agreement, received a patent or formed a start-up company based on Penn State technology.
Sep 22, 2017
Dr. Thomas Y. Ma, chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of New Mexico – Health Sciences Center (UNM-HSC), has been named chair of the Department of Medicine for Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Two cancer researchers at Penn State Health Children's Hospital have been awarded grants through the Hyundai Hope On Wheels program.
