Oct 8, 2019
A study involving a Penn State College of Medicine researcher found that meat from conventionally raised poultry was twice as likely to contain multidrug-resistant Salmonella compared to poultry labeled antibiotic-free or organic.
Dr. Leslie J. Parent, vice dean for research and graduate studies, sent an email to all employees at Penn State College of Medicine about the College of Medicine’s increase in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Oct 7, 2019
Infants with a high fever may be at increased risk for infections, according to research from Penn State College of Medicine.
Oct 4, 2019
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute now offers the Accrual to Clinical Trials (ACT) Network, a tool for research population discovery and study feasibility for multi-site clinical studies.
Oct 2, 2019
Twice a year, the Gerber Foundation accepts applications for research projects aimed at identifying solutions to common issues and problems in the field of children’s health and nutrition.
Oct 1, 2019
Penn State College of Medicine received 67 grants in August 2019. Some investigators will use the funds to study health disparities in at-risk populations, while others will look for new interventions and treatments for disease.
Sep 30, 2019
Spencer Szczesny, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and orthopaedics and rehabilitation, and Aman Dhawan, sports medicine orthopedic surgeon and associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, have been awarded one of two annual Grace Woodward Grants for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine.
Three biostatistics graduate students at Penn State College of Medicine finished fourth in a big data competition hosted by Kaggle, an online community of data scientists and data sets.
Vern Chinchilli, distinguished professor and chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, will present "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" at the next Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Research Methods Seminar Series taking place Oct. 8.
Sep 29, 2019
In a September 2019 broadcast, abc27 teamed up with experts from the Penn State Health Liver Center to discuss how diet and exercise can help people with liver disease, and how both those with liver problems as well as healthy volunteers can impact the future of medicine by participating in clinical trials.
