Dec 10, 2020
Penn State College of Medicine, has received $2.69 million to establish projects aimed at addressing COVID-19 health disparities among nursing home residents and racial and ethnic minorities.
Dec 7, 2020
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute interviews Jen McCormick, research ethicist.
White blood cells are part of many immune system responses in the human body. New research shows that a specific type of those cells may cause brain cancer tissues to die – but that’s not good news.
Dec 3, 2020
Penn State College of Medicine researchers studied how climate-driven factors, like rainfall, may contribute to food insecurity and poor nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dec 2, 2020
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine selected fourth-year medical student Katelyn Edel as a 2021 Student Scholar. Edel will use the highly-competitive scholarship to attend the society’s 2021 Virtual Conference on Medical Student Education in Feb. 2021.
Dec 1, 2020
Cancer cases in adolescents and young adults have risen by 30% during the last four decades, with kidney cancer rising at the greatest rate, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.
Four medical school friends created the Penn State Journal of Medicine, the first publication to display research and casework from Penn State College of Medicine students. They published the inaugural edition online in October.
Nov 30, 2020
See the 2020 Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons READ awardees for 2020-2021. The award recognizes individuals from Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center community who are strong library supporters and have assisted in advancing the mission of the library.
Penn State held its third annual Cancer Research Day conference Oct. 31, 2020, via Zoom.
Nov 23, 2020
Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine are participating in a $10 million project to better understand why males and females have different survival rates with a common and deadly type of brain cancer.
