Aug 7, 2018
An intervention designed to promote healthy growth that taught first-time moms how to respond with age-appropriate responses to their babies' needs resulted in children having lower body mass indexes (BMIs) when they were three years old.
Four Penn State College of Medicine students participated in the National MD/PhD Student Conference, held July 13 to 15, 2018, in Keystone, Colorado.
Aug 3, 2018
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)-National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded the Penn State MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program supplemental funding to provide professional development training for MD/PhD students.
Jul 26, 2018
Dr. Elliot Vesell, founding chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and assistant dean of graduate studies at Penn State College of Medicine, passed away July 23, 2018.
Dr. Jeffrey Sundstrom, an ophthalmologist at the Penn State Eye Center, has developed the Penn State Health Inherited Retinal Degeneration (IRD) Clinic to improve care of and treatment opportunities for patients afflicted with rare genetic diseases.
Dr. Thomas Ma became chair of the Department of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in January 2018.
Jul 23, 2018
Two current drugs used to treat psychosis and depression showed anti-cancer activity in mice by blocking the movement of cholesterol within drug-resistant cancer cells, according to Penn State Cancer Institute researchers.
Jul 17, 2018
A number of Penn State College of Medicine researchers recently received grants.
Jul 9, 2018
Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh, distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named a senior vice president of Penn State Health Medical Group. Dr. Krish Sathian, chair of the Department of Neurology and professor of neurology, neural and behavioral sciences, and psychology, assumed leadership of the Neuroscience Institute effective July 1.
Jul 3, 2018
Two Penn State College of Medicine researchers helped author "Predictors of Willingness to Participate in Biospecimen Donation and Biobanking among Appalachian Adults," which examined health disparities of Appalachian residents.
