Topics: Department of Medicine Research

The Nittany Lion statue in the Hershey Medical Center courtyard is surrounded by snow, behind it, several trees and part of the Hershey Medical Center building are visible.

College of Medicine researchers publish article in cancer journal on peptides that could aid in early diagnosis

Dec 7, 2023

Nelson Shu-Sang Yee, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, and Ilias Georgakopoulos-Soares, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, recently published an article in the European Journal of Cancer.

Four professional portraits are boxed over a background of the Crescent Building. On the top row from left are Navaneetha Bharathan and Marina Chulkina. On the bottom row from left are Stephanie Schell and Siddharth Sunilkumar.

College of Medicine highlights outstanding scholars during National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Sep 18, 2023

Penn State College of Medicine celebrates the contributions that our postdoctoral scholars have made to research, innovation and discovery.

Penn State College of Medicine crescent building shown from above in an image taken by drone

College of Medicine receives record-breaking $160M in annual research funding

Sep 6, 2023

Between April and June 2023, College of Medicine researchers received 195 grants and contracts totaling $57.04 million for research.

Laura Telfer, a third-year medical student, stands in the foreground with a poster in the background that summarizes a research project and explains the project to another individual looking on during Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, Illinois.

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology faculty, trainees attend Digestive Disease Week 2023

May 31, 2023

Faculty and trainees in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology attended Digestive Disease Week 2023.

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Colin Barnstable, William Calo, Vernon Chinchilli, Daniela Zarnescu, Christopher Sciamanna, Jane Schubart and Sinisa Dovat

College of Medicine receives $25 million to support faculty research

Feb 14, 2023

Between October and December 2022, Penn State College of Medicine researchers received 140 grants and contracts totaling $25.3 million for research.

The Nittany Lion statue in the Hershey Medical Center courtyard is surrounded by snow, behind it, several trees and part of the Hershey Medical Center building are visible.

Nephrology, pathology physicians collaborate on acute kidney injury article published in Cureus

Jan 11, 2023

A research study led by Ryan Williams, MD, and Mujahed Dauleh, MD, both internal medicine residents at Penn State College of Medicine, and Gurwant Kaur, MD, assistant professor of medicine, was recently published in Cureus.

Stylized image of a human head opening up with gears inside

College of Medicine hosts Addiction Symposium

Dec 1, 2022

Penn State Addiction Center for Translation will host the Eighth Annual Penn State Addiction Symposium on Dec. 6, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Dr. Kevin Rakszawski, right, stands for a group photo with his wife Elizabeth, left, surrounded by their three young children.

Rakszawski receives Top Physicians Under 40 award at ceremony

Oct 11, 2022

Dr. Kevin Rakszawski, assistant professor of medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, attends the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s 2022 Top Physicians Under 40 award ceremony.

Department of Medicine names Exceptional Performance Award recipients for September

Oct 6, 2022

The Department of Medicine named its Exceptional Performance Award recipients for September 2022.

The Penn State Nittany Lion statue is seen in Penn State College of Medicine's outdoor courtyard. The statue is seen at the right of the photo in focus, framed by trees and pink flowers to the left and above and grass below.

Katzman, Hale and others collaborate on American Journal of Infection Control article

Sep 28, 2022

Dr. Michael Katzman, Cory Hale and several co-authors across Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health recently published an article in the American Journal of Infection Control.