Topics: Equity Sustainability

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One million lives touched: Penn State Health, College of Medicine advance health equity

Dec 4, 2024

Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine employees touched more than 1 million lives through community health programs in fiscal year 2024. The organization’s successful efforts to improve mental health, health equity, and wellness and disease prevention are brought to life in the 2024 Community Benefit Report, “Advancing Health Equity. Strengthening Our Communities.”

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‘Partnership-based center’ to reduce health disparities launches in Hershey

Oct 31, 2024

With a mission to bridge the gap in health equity in rural communities, Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities.

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College of Medicine receives funding to improve health and prevent chronic disease in central Pennsylvania

Oct 26, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine received $1 million from the CDC for the first year in the five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health program.

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, center, seen here with women from the Latino Hispanic American Community Center in Harrisburg, helps communities of central Pennsylvania in the fight against cancer by arming them with education and resources to prevent and seek screening or treatment for the disease.

Alumna, Cancer Institute staff member advances health equity in central PA

Sep 13, 2023

Sol Rodríguez-Colón, a 2008 graduate of Penn State College of Medicine and project manager at Penn State Cancer Institute, helps Hispanic/Latino communities in the fight against cancer.

Clinician talking to a mother holding a baby girl in a health care facility.

Understanding social aspects that affect health is critical to achieving health equity

Aug 30, 2023

Providing safe, quality care to the increasingly diverse patient population at Penn State Health requires understanding and addressing those aspects of a patient’s life that affect their ability to reach their full health potential.

Graduate Profile: Natasha Sood, Doctor of Medicine; Master of Education

May 11, 2023

MD Program Graduate Natasha Sood recognizes that complex factors like climate change affect care. Her work to address these challenges makes us Penn State College of advocating for all Medicine.

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College of Medicine fellow finds Black, Hispanic severe allergy patients are less likely to receive allergy shots

Apr 6, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine researchers have found Black and Hispanic patients with severe allergies are less likely to get a common treatment, allergen immunotherapy, compared to white patients.

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Nearly $50 million supports College of Medicine research, community outreach

Nov 21, 2022

Between July and September 2022, College of Medicine researchers received 177 grants and contracts totaling $49.9 million for research.

Individual close ups of graduating medical students Shara Chopra, Aria Ghahramani, Stephanie Golub, Brittainy Hereford, Noor Kawmi and Andrea Schneider.

Penn State College of Medicine readies students to meaningfully contribute to improving patient care

Jun 15, 2022

Medical students at Penn State College of Medicine taking health system science courses learn how to build partnerships among clinicians, engineers and operations to improve process flow and remove barriers to patient care.

A statue depicting the mascot of Penn State University, the Nittany Lion, surrounded by bushes.

Cancer, cardiovascular disease and COVID-19: College of Medicine faculty receive research funds

May 20, 2022

Between January and March 2022, Penn State College of Medicine received 145 grants and contracts totaling $32.8 million for research.

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