Topics: College of Medicine Research

A colorful view of a virus at the molecular level.

First accurate simulation of a virus invading a cell

Sep 12, 2016

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks to an experiment by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

A child's hand gives a sign language motion.

Sign language may be helpful for children with rare speech disorder

Sep 1, 2016

Using sign language with intensive speech therapy may be an effective treatment for children with a rare speech disorder called apraxia of speech, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

New College of Medicine website addresses needs of potential students, investigators

Aug 30, 2016

A new website for Penn State College of Medicine launched to the public in the evening of Aug. 30, 2016.

The back of a College of Medicine research is pictured in a College laboratory. The male investigator is wearing a white lab coat, dark blue gloves and safety glasses, and holding a test tube in one hand while pouring into it from another tube in the other hand. In front of the investigator are various bottles and other laboratory supplies on a shelf.

Innovations program helps investigators determine commercial potential for ideas

Aug 29, 2016

Starting Sept. 1, 2016, 11 Penn State researchers will be part of the four-week Innovations course, designed to put their novel research ideas to the test.

Salvatore Stella, PhD, received the 2016 Ralph Norgren Jr. Faculty Research Scholar Award at Penn State College of Medicine. Stella is pictured wearing a dark suit and tie on a blue background, and his photo is superimposed over an aerial view of Penn State's campus in Hershey, PA, with the College of Medicine Crescent building visible at right.

Stella receives 2016 Ralph Norgren Junior Faculty Research Scholar Award

Aug 26, 2016

Salvatore Stella, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neural & Behavioral Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, was the recipient of the College's 2016 Ralph Norgren Junior Faculty Research Scholar Award.

How parents cope with stress of the NICU affects family dynamics

Aug 24, 2016

Understanding how parents cope while their child is in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) could lead to better support for the family and a more successful transition to home when their baby is healthy, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Harrisburg researchers.

A color drawing of a human, focusing on the individual's intestinal tract. The shadow of other organs are seen in the background.

New care plan improves Crohn's disease complication outcomes

Aug 22, 2016

The first published medical and surgical approach care plan for managing septic perianal Crohn's disease, a serious complication that occurs in around 40 percent of Crohn's disease patients, has been developed by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.

Penn State College of Medicine's Graduate Education program offers PhD and master's degrees as well as a variety of certificate programs. A screenshot from a video promoting the Graduate Education program shows four students, with one female student wearing a hat in the foreground, another female student behind her, a male student next, and a final female student at the end of the line.

Learn about graduate education at Penn State College of Medicine

Aug 20, 2016

Penn State College of Medicine offers a variety of graduate education programs leading to PhD, MS and MPH degrees, and offers several combined degree programs.

Penn State College of Medicine's Nittany lion statue is seen in a courtyard in the spring.

Graduate student publishes first-author paper

Aug 12, 2016

Robert Feehan, a graduate student in the Lisa Shantz lab in the Penn State College of Medicine Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, published a first-author paper in the August 2016 edition of Cellular Signaling.

A lab technician's hands are pictured holding a tray of samples. A laboratory bottle is visible in the background.

Clinical Research Biospecimen Core offers centralized processing

Aug 10, 2016

Penn State College of Medicine's Clinical Research Biospecimen Core, which celebrated its grand opening Aug. 3, 2016, provides a centralized service for the processing and distribution of human subject research samples.

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