Oct 15, 2020
A number of trainees from Penn State College of Medicine's MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program took part in the 35th annual National MD/PhD Student Conference, which the organization held virtually in 2020 for the first time due to COVID-19.
Oct 14, 2020
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) is an essential database for those searching for medical education literature, according to the librarians at Harrell Health Sciences Library.
Oct 12, 2020
A grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow a Penn State College of Medicine researcher to lead a three-year, multi-institution project to create an atlas of developing mice brains.
Oct 8, 2020
A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient’s risk of dying from the virus.
Oct 7, 2020
Dr. Leslie Parent updated College of Medicine employees about $70 million in funding for research and how the community responded to COVID-19.
Oct 5, 2020
Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine now better understand the role of a protein, interleukin-21 (IL-21), in the immune system response to infections in the nervous system.
Oct 1, 2020
A team of Penn State researchers developed a first-of-its kind clinical trial to test the use of exercise as a treatment for patients with a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH.
Thanks to the support of the College of Medicine’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Kyle Sundberg has tools to assist him in pursuing his passion – science.
Sep 29, 2020
Dr. Mitchell Machtay has joined Penn State Cancer Institute as associate director for clinical research.
Faculty at the College of Medicine were awarded 175 grants totaling more than $52 million between May and July to fund their research studies.
