Mar 24, 2020
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's Community-Engaged Research Core awarded three planning grants to faculty and community-based organization teams.
Mar 12, 2020
Women's Health Research Day scheduled for April 16, 2020, has been canceled but will be rescheduled.
Mar 10, 2020
Dr. Leesha Helm, a family physician at Penn State Health Medical Group – Nyes Road, volunteers her time at Beacon Clinic for Health and Hope in Harrisburg, providing free primary care services and prescriptions to underserved and uninsured people.
Mar 9, 2020
In 2019, the Association of American Medical Colleges highlighted the growth of accelerated medical student pathways that allow students to complete their MD in three years. Penn State College of Medicine offers several such programs.
Mar 7, 2020
The Winter 2020 edition of Sports Medicine for the Primary Care provider was recently published. Articles in this edition include "Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections," "Sleep and the Athlete," "Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Athletes" and "Research in Brief."
Feb 27, 2020
In January, Diversity Council members met with Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini to update him on their various initiatives.
Feb 11, 2020
Penn State College of Medicine's Office of Medical Education named 17 educators from across the state as Teachers of the Year at a luncheon on Feb. 4, 2020.
Feb 4, 2020
Dr. N. Benjamin Fredrick, professor of family and community medicine, public health sciences and humanities, became chair of The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in November.
Jan 30, 2020
Penn State College of Medicine’s Early Career Research Award (ECRA) – previously called the Junior Faculty Research Scholar Award (JFRSA) – supports mentored research for early stage faculty at the Penn State College of Medicine.
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., welcomes Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PHD, DFASAM, as its new vice chair for research.
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