Topics: College of Medicine Research

A close-up image of laboratory equipment depicts test tubes, boxes and bottles on the shelf in a Penn State College of Medicine laboratory in summer 2016. Test tubes and one bottle are visible at left in focus, with other bottles out-of-focus to the right.

Several College of Medicine researchers earn grants

Jul 17, 2018

A number of Penn State College of Medicine researchers recently received grants.

Side-by-side headshots of Dr. Robert Harbaugh and Dr. Krish Sathian.

Harbaugh and Sathian assume new roles

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.

The image shows a landscape scene in the Appalachian region of Pennsylvania overlooking a quaint town dotted with white houses. A river cuts into the landscape below mountain ridge that is covered in green trees. A railroad track runs along the river. In the distance another mountain ridge stands below a blue sky with white clouds. The scene if framed to the right by out of focus pine trees in the foreground.

Study of Appalachian adults reveals a willingness to participate in biomedical research

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.

The glass-fronted Penn State Cancer Institute is seen in Hershey, PA.

Penn State Cancer Institute now offering CAR T-cell therapy

Jun 21, 2018

Penn State Cancer Institute is now the first and only oncology center in central Pennsylvania to offer patients CAR T-cell therapy, a cutting-edge treatment that has been successful treating a common type of lymphoma.

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College of Medicine, Rodale Institute partner to improve public health

Jun 15, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine and Rodale Institute have announced a partnership to connect food production with health care and to promote and improve public health.

Gary J. Farkas, a student in the Anatomy PhD program at Penn State College of Medicine, was honored by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for excellence in graduate student research. A head-and-shoulders photo of Farkas is seen superimposed on the left side of a photo of the College's Crescent building in Hershey, PA.

Doctoral student’s research honored by department

Jun 14, 2018

Gary J. Farkas, a doctoral student in the Anatomy PhD program at Penn State College of Medicine, received an award for "Excellence in Graduate Student Research," presented by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation June 7, 2018.

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College of Medicine researchers earn grants for basic, clinical research

Jun 13, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine investigators received 65 grant awards in May to pursue research studies that will advance the understanding of medical and scientific knowledge.

The 2017-2018 participants in Penn State College of Medicine's Junior Faculty Development Program are pictured with program leadership in May 2018. The faculty are pictured sitting and standing in two rows in a large meeting space.

Junior Faculty Development Program serves record class

Jun 11, 2018

The 2018 class of Penn State College of Medicine's Junior Faculty Development Program was the largest ever, with 27 participants graduating May 31.

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Burse promotes benefits of exercise to minority women diagnosed with cancer

Jun 6, 2018

Natasha Renee Burse, a graduate research assistant and doctor of public health (DrPH) student at Penn State College of Medicine, is working to improve outcomes for minority women diagnosed with cancer.

A close-up of a petri dish with pink liquid and some other matter. Other petri dishes are in the background.

Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics

Jun 6, 2018

A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new way to treat the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the United States, according to researchers.

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