Topics: College of Medicine Research

Feng Yue, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine, recently received a $1.91 million Outstanding Investigator Award via the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award mechanism from the National Institutes of Health. A photo of Yue wearing a plaid collared shirt in front of a blue photo background is superimposed to the left of center of a photo of Penn State College of Medicine's Crescent Building at 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, showing the building curving around the back with a green lawn in front.

Biochemistry faculty member receives $1.91 million Outstanding Investigator Award

Oct 30, 2017

Feng Yue, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State College of Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $1.91 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award will help to support his study on how genetic variants contribute to gene regulation and three-dimensional organization of DNA molecules that influence human diseases.

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A family that watches movies together, can learn together

Oct 25, 2017

According to a group of Penn State researchers, the best way for children to benefit from both the positive and negative themes they see in movies is through coviewing, or watching and discussing the film with a parent or other adult.

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Rare cancer linked with textured breast implants may be underreported, misunderstood

Oct 18, 2017

A rare cancer in patients with breast implants may be on the rise, but not all patients and physicians may be aware of the risks associated with the procedure, according to a group of Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

A shuttle bus drives toward the Penn State College of Medicine entrance. A sign says “College of Medicine, 600 & 700 Crescent Road.” Flowers are below the sign. The college building features rows of long windows.

Notice: Changes to NIH policy for issuing Certificates of Confidentiality

Oct 15, 2017

A Notice of Changes to NIH Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality was provided by the Institutional Review Board/Human Subjects Protection Office of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State College of Medicine in October 2017.

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Playing a conversation game may encourage advance care planning

Oct 12, 2017

Few people may want to spend a Saturday night planning their end-of-life care, but playing a game designed to spur conversation about advance care planning may be a more enjoyable way to ease into the process, according to researchers.

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First whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons reveals surprises

Oct 6, 2017

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have reported the first-ever quantitative whole-brain map of inhibitory neurons in the mouse brain.

Kevin Harter of Penn State Center for Medical Innovation addresses a panel consisting of Anthony P. Bihl, Andrea Lauber, Jacquelyn Fetrow and Nishit Trivedi at the 2016 Innovation Awards ceremony. The 2017 event will be held Nov. 28. Harter is pictured at left, looking to the right of the photo with his arm outstretched toward the panel, who are pictured facing the camera and Harter.

College of Medicine to present 2017 Innovation Awards on Nov. 28

Sep 27, 2017

The seventh annual Penn State College of Medicine Innovation Awards ceremony will be 5 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, and will recognizes individuals who have had innovative ideas move forward through the execution of a license agreement, received a patent or formed a start-up company based on Penn State technology.

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Cancer research at Children's Hospital receives $400,000 boost from Hyundai

Sep 22, 2017

Two cancer researchers at Penn State Health Children's Hospital have been awarded grants through the Hyundai Hope On Wheels program.

Aerial view of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine campus.

Trustees approve key milestones for several construction projects at Hershey

Sep 18, 2017

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine are moving forward with several critical construction and renovation projects.

A Penn State College of Medicine MD/PhD student and a graduate program alumnus were recently featured in Philadelphia Business Journal. Pictures of Olivier Noel and Varun Prabhu are seen superimposed on a photo of the College of Medicine's campus in Hershey, PA.

Graduate student, alumnus profiled by Philadelphia Business Journal

Aug 29, 2017

Penn State College of Medicine graduate program alumni Varun Prabhu and Olivier Noel were recently featured by the Philadelphia Business Journal in a story titled "Millennials to Watch in Life Sciences."

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