Applications for funding from the Brad Hollinger Eating Disorder Research Endowment, which promotes research into the etiology, assessment and treatment of eating disorders across the lifespan, are open through March 14, 2019.
Click to view article: Funds for eating disorder research available through endowment
During the past 17 months, George Blackall, director of the Office for a Respectful Learning Environment, has collected 758 narratives from College of Medicine students hoping to recognize someone who both challenged and changed them. The program, Blackall says, is helping to make the College of Medicine an even better place for tomorrow’s medical professionals.
Click to view article: Exceptional Moments in Teaching honorees take center stage
Mark Faulkner, Penn State Health’s general counsel, has announced plans to retire. His decision brings to a close a legal career that began in 1972, and included providing legal services to Penn State, The Milton S Hershey Medical Center, and what evolved during his tenure into Penn State Health.
Click to view article: Faulkner to retire as general counsel of Penn State Health
A child with an extremely rare -- and usually fatal -- condition is being discharged after spending the first 13 months of her life in the hospital.
Click to view article: Ramiah’s story: How patient care and medical innovation helped her overcome obstacles
Dr. Deepa Sekhar has been appointed executive director of Penn State PRO Wellness. Sekhar, a pediatrician at Penn State Health and an associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, assumed the post this month.
Click to view article: Sekhar named new leader of Penn State PRO Wellness
Many applicants and reviewers contributed to maintaining the excellence of Penn State College of Medicine’s internal grant program, administered by Research Development, in 2018.
Click to view article: Research Development showcases 2018 internal grant program highlights
Penn State's College of Medicine and College of Engineering are inviting applications for the 2019 Grace Woodward Grants for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine.
Click to view article: Letters of Intent due March 7 for collaborative engineering and medicine grants
Penn State researchers have developed an evidence-based predictive tool physicians can use to help confirm, exclude and report suspected cases of abusive head trauma.
Click to view article: New, evidence-based diagnostic tool developed for abusive head trauma
People with cancer are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people without cancer, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Click to view article: Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer
Three first-year medical students working as patient navigators in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation organized an opportunity to provide for a family going through a financial hardship over the holidays.
Click to view article: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation student patient navigators help patient in need
