Topics: College of Medicine Research

A graphic microscopic depiction of a protein.

Computer model may help scientists split up, reassemble proteins on command

Oct 2, 2018

Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost impossible. However, a computer-guided algorithm may help scientists find just the right spot to split a protein and then reassemble it to functionality.

Participants on stage recite the Graduate Student Oath during the Penn State College of Medicine Graduate Oath Ceremony in August 2018. A line of students is pictured holding a paper with the oath printed on it. The students are looking down and reading from the paper.

Graduate Education adds epidemiology program; serves 265 students across all programs

Oct 1, 2018

The Office of Graduate Education at Penn State College of Medicine supports the master's, PhD and certificate programs of the college. Here are the latest updates from Graduate Education.

Boehmer chosen as new College of Medicine associate dean for faculty affairs

Oct 1, 2018

Dr. John Boehmer, professor of medicine and surgery, and former president of the Penn State College of Medicine Faculty Organization, has been selected as the new associate dean for faculty affairs. He will replace Dr. Carol Weisman when she retires in July 2019.

Caleb and David are two participants in the FaceAge project, where younger and older participants are seen studying and describing one another’s faces. An older man with a beard is pictured facing the camera, and a younger man's head is visible from behind; the younger man is touching the face of the older man.

FaceAge multimedia exhibit will challenge perspectives

Sep 28, 2018

FaceAge, created by Professor Andrew Belser, a 2017-18 Penn State Laureate, is an award-winning multimedia installation created from filmed cross-generational encounters. It will be on display Oct. 5 to 10 at the College of Medicine.

A male physician talks with a male patient. Both are seated. The physician holds a pad of paper; the patient holds a pill bottle and looks at the physician.

The Medical Minute: Healthy volunteers vital to clinical trials

Sep 27, 2018

There is an ongoing need for healthy volunteers in clinical research studies that can lead to healthcare breakthroughs that provide better drugs and treatments for patients.

A close up of three square pieces of the bioabsorbable

Developing a quick-acting foam for treating wounds on the battlefield

Sep 25, 2018

A new grant will help Penn State researchers develop an innovative foam that helps seal wounds quickly -- on the battlefield, rural areas, or other isolated locations far from hospitals.

Dr. Steven Hicks, seen here receiving the 2018 Distinguished Early Stage Investigator Award earlier this year from Dr. Leslie Parent, vice dean for research and graduate studies, Penn State College of Medicine, recently joined Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's KL2 training program. Hicks and Parent are pictured standing side-by-side, and Hicks is holding a clear award.

Dr. Steven Hicks named to Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 program

Sep 20, 2018

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has welcomed a new scholar into its KL2 training program, which invests in early-career faculty by providing protected time for research.

New research networking tool replaces Penn State Profiles

Sep 14, 2018

Pure, the new research networking tool for Penn State, is now publicly accessible.

Dr. Elaine Eyster poses for a photograph in a lab, wearing a lab coat. A microscope is nearby.

A career for the ages: Eyster revolutionizes understanding of HIV and hepatitis C

Sep 11, 2018

It’s not every day you meet someone who changed the way the world understood the development of HIV and hepatitis C or any other infectious disease. But that is precisely the accomplishment of Dr. Elaine Eyster.

A microscopic depiction of several cancer cells.

Optimizing technologies for discovering cancer cell mutations

Sep 10, 2018

A team of researchers has developed a new framework that can combine three existing methods of finding mutations -- or structural variants -- in the DNA of cancer cells into a single, more complete picture.

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