Topics: Department of Medicine Research

Dr. Nataliya Smith, Dr. Theja Channapragada and Breianna Hummer-Bair stand in the center of a conference center surrounded by exhibits.

College of Medicine hepatology group shines at 75th AASLD liver meeting

Dec 6, 2024

The Penn State College of Medicine hepatology team showcased cutting-edge research and leadership at the 75th Annual Meeting of the AASLD.

Dr. Fabio Cominelli stands at a podium, flanked on both sides by projector screens, in a room full of people seated at tables.

Latest advances in research highlighted at IBD Research Symposium

Oct 16, 2024

The Penn State College of Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Research Symposium was held again at the Hershey Country Club on Friday, Oct. 11.

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.