Jul 30, 2018
Two Penn State College of Medicine professors, Dr. Erika Saunders and Dr. Patricia Silveyra, were selected to join prestigious programs for leaders in science and at academic health institutions.
May 29, 2018
The full-service Penn State College of Medicine Genome Sciences Facility provides consultation, instrumentation and services to both Penn State and non-Penn State investigators in genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic studies.
Penn State College of Medicine announced promotions and/or the award of tenure for 43 faculty members, effective July 1.
Dr. Craig Hillemeier, dean, CEO and senior vice president for health affairs, presented eight awards to 12 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Dean's Graduation Awards Ceremony on May 19.
Feb 21, 2018
The American Cancer Society has awarded a grant to study bladder cancer development to David DeGraff, assistant professor of pathology, surgery and biochemistry and molecular biology, and a member of Penn State Cancer Institute.
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.
Jun 28, 2017
Several faculty members were recognized as distinguished educators at this year's EdVenture, the Woodward Center for Excellence in Health Sciences Education's annual celebration of education and teaching excellence.
Jesica James, a student in the Biomedical Sciences PhD Program at Penn State College of Medicine, has been named as a Gina M. Finzi Fellow from the Lupus Federation of America.
May 31, 2017
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station and thyroid cancers in the counties surrounding the plant.
Jan 30, 2017
Dr. James E. "Jim" Hopper died Jan. 21, 2017, at his home in Columbus, Ohio. Jim worked as a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine for more than 25 years, from 1979 to 2006.
