Topics: College of Medicine Research

Penn State College of Medicine students work with a simulation arm to learn how to draw blood in a session in the Clinical Simulation Center in July 2016. The simulation arm is pictured in the center of the photo with tubes of red-dyed liquid leading to it. The hands of four students are seen around the simulation arm.

Simulation Education Research Fund

Feb 27, 2018

The Simulation Education Research Fund supports simulation-based educational research in two separate application processes: Simulation-based Education Program Development and Implementation, and Travel Support for Academic Dissemination of Simulation-based Research.

Close-up of an e-cigarette being grasped by a hand. At the top of the photo, a mouth is exhaling vapor.

Most PA students tobacco-free, but vaping and cigarette use still a concern

Feb 26, 2018

Most of Pennsylvania's high school and middle school students are tobacco-free, but the use of cigarettes and their digital counterpart, e-cigarettes, is still a cause for concern, according to Penn State researchers.

Dr. David DeGraff, wearing a white lab coat, looks into a microscope.

Research to uncover factors behind bladder cancer progression receives ACS grant

Feb 21, 2018

The American Cancer Society has awarded a grant to study bladder cancer development to David DeGraff, assistant professor of pathology, surgery and biochemistry and molecular biology, and a member of Penn State Cancer Institute.

In the new AdvantageRib system, the fixation plate is attached to the inner surface of the rib using fiber optics, very small incisions, and a procedure Dr. Randy Haluck compares to building a ship in a bottle. The new method is much less invasive than existing ways of stabilizing or "fixing" broken ribs. The image shows a model of two sets of ribs, each one broken in half, with stabilizers connecting the broken halves of each rib together.

New procedure promises faster healing, less pain for patients with chest injuries

Feb 19, 2018

A new, minimally invasive method for stabilizing broken ribs was developed at Penn State College of Medicine through the Center for Medical Innovation.

Katie Schieffer, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a white lab coat is smiling while seated at a table. Her hands are on either side of a microscope with a case of slides sitting next to the microscope. A poster of the digestive system is on the wall behind her.

Graduate credits translational science training program for career momentum

Feb 15, 2018

A recent graduate credits Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's TL1 Translational Research Training Program for her success in translational science research.

Posters advertising a variety of clinical research trials at Penn State College of Medicine are seen on a College bulletin board in summer 2016. The image shows five posters in a line, with the center one in focus and the others out-of-focus in the background.

Involvement with Trial Innovation Network benefits Penn State researchers

Feb 15, 2018

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been named a clinical research site for the Memory Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing Study through its membership in the Trial Innovation Network.

A gloved hand holds a beaker of fluid in the foreground; additional lab equipment and a periodic table are in the background.

Specific protein may reduce inflammation, improve survival during the flu

Feb 9, 2018

GM-CSF, a protein that modifies the immune response to the flu, may also help reduce lung inflammation and improve survival during influenza, according to Penn State researchers.

A medical provider in a white shirt and wearing white rubber gloves inspects a growth on a male patient's forehead.

Short-course radiation treatment is safe and effective for skin cancer

Jan 29, 2018

A recent Penn State College of Medicine physician's study review suggests that shorter courses of radiation are preferable to longer ones for older patients receiving treatment for slow-growing skin cancers.

New presentation for Research Concierge resources designed to help investigators

Jan 17, 2018

To help provide an easy-to-use central resource for researchers, the College of Medicine has merged resources from its Research Concierge Service into the Research website.

An image from the front of the book "Taking Turns" depicts a drawing of a nurse standing outside a long hallway of patient rooms on an HIV/AIDS unit. All doors are closed.

Humanities lecture shows history of inpatient AIDS unit in graphic novel format

Jan 15, 2018

The Humanities First Friday presentation at Penn State College of Medicine for February will be part of the Hershey Lectureship in the History of Medicine. The presentation, titled “Taking Turns: […]

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