Apr 6, 2021
Neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Hershey Medical Center, will receive the 2021 Harvey Cushing Medal, the highest honor awarded in neurosurgery.
Apr 5, 2021
Penn State College of Medicine researchers secured more than $15.3 million in grant funding from 110 awards during the months of October, November and December 2020. They will use the funds to study the role of genetics in causing disease, further develop a child abuse online learning program and increase influenza vaccination in Hispanic communities.
Apr 2, 2021
Women who were pioneers as faculty and researchers at the College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center told their stories as part of a full-day symposium, "A Celebration of Women in Science."
Apr 1, 2021
Students say Penn State College of Medicine’s University Park Curriculum in State College provides them with a great education in a more intimate setting.
Mar 30, 2021
Kent Vrana, chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine, is featured for April in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.
Stress, increased free time and feelings of boredom may have contributed to an increase in the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 29, 2021
Dr. Chen Zhao, neurologist at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will touch on the role that unconscious bias plays in medical research in “Cognitive Evaluation of Diverse Populations,” Thursday, April 8, from noon to 1 p.m.
Mar 25, 2021
A group from Penn State College of Medicine gathered in the chapel at Hershey Medical Center on the eve of the one-year anniversary from when the Medical Center admitted its first COVID-positive patient on March 20, 2020.
The offices of the Dean, Vice Dean for Educational Affairs, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Nursing chose to virtually highlight student leaders from the Leaders Celebrating Leaders program for their hard work and accomplishments.
Mar 23, 2021
New research by a team of Penn State scientists – including Penn State College of Medicine professor Kristin Eckert – shows that the elevated mutation rate in sequences of DNA that can fold into shapes other than the classic double helix plays a major role in determining regional variation in mutation rates across the genome.
