Apr 29, 2019
The National Institutes of Health granted Penn State College of Medicine researchers more than $2 million in March to support both new and established projects.
Apr 25, 2019
The St. Baldrick's Foundation will give researcher Dr. Sinisa Dovat $5,000 to mentor a young investigator in pediatric cancer research this summer. The foundation’s Summer Fellow grant provides funding for a medical school or college student to work in a pediatric oncology research lab for one summer.
Penn State College of Medicine educators celebrated teaching and learning at EdVenture on April 18. The event featured workshops, a lecture from an influential educator and an awards ceremony.
Apr 16, 2019
Penn State College of Medicine MD/PhD student Olivier Noel was recently highlighted by Penn State Dickinson Law as the Entrepreneur of the Month.
Apr 12, 2019
The Penn State Office of the Vice President for Research has compiled information to provide guidance and resources to remind Penn State researchers of their compliance obligations to federal sponsors.
Apr 11, 2019
Dr. Paul Haidet, distinguished professor of medicine, humanities and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, will work with other experts to compile information on how the humanities and arts are used in the training of health care professionals. Haidet’s work is part of a broader study by the Association of American Medical Colleges on how to integrate arts and humanities into medical education.
Apr 4, 2019
The Penn State Alumni Association honored Renee Donahue, a 2011 graduate of the Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate program at Penn State College of Medicine, with the Alumni Achievement Award on March 29.
Apr 3, 2019
Few medical schools have a humanities department, which makes Penn State College of Medicine — the first medical school in the nation to institute a humanities department — the perfect match for Bernice Hausman, its new chair.
Apr 2, 2019
A recent study, published in Nature Genetics, reveals that addictions to tobacco and alcohol may result from a complex blend of genes and environmental influences, and are genetically correlated to other health issues and diseases.
Apr 1, 2019
Matthew Helm, MD, and Katherine Hallock, MD, both third-year Dermatology residents at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, were recently recognized nationally for a study they conducted along with faculty members Elizabeth Bisbee, MD, and Jeffrey Miller, MD.