Topics: Pediatrics Research

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Q&A: Finding novel therapies for childhood cancer

Jul 17, 2024

Giselle Saulnier Sholler, director of pediatric oncology research, discusses her quest to transform cancer care

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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.

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College of Medicine researcher receives funding from Curing Kids Cancer to study new treatment approach for rare pediatric brain cancer

Aug 30, 2023

College of Medicine researcher Wei Li, PhD, received $150,000 from Curing Kids Cancer to support his pediatric cancer research.

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Exposure therapy to feared foods may help kids with eating disorders, College of Medicine research finds

Apr 6, 2023

College of Medicine researchers found that exposure to feared foods helped kids who were in a partial hospitalization program for eating disorders experience decreased anxiety toward food.

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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.

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Suicide risk screening in high schools successfully identifies at-risk students

Feb 13, 2023

College of Medicine researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based, adolescent suicide risk screening and found it successfully identified at-risk adolescents and increased initiation of mental health services.

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Patent for first saliva-based concussion test awarded to Penn State and partners

Dec 5, 2022

A saliva-based test that rapidly and accurately diagnoses concussions is expected to be available to physicians in 2023 following a patent awarded to Penn State and partners.

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‘Guardian of the Genome’ and the ‘WASp’ team up to repair DNA damage

Aug 9, 2022

College of Medicine researchers found that replication protein A works with an ally called the WAS protein to ‘save the day’ and prevent potential cancers from developing.

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Childhood cancer research pioneers backed by Four Diamonds and THON

Feb 23, 2022

Dr. Sinisa Dovat and Dr. Chandrika Gowda cite Four Diamonds' support as the reason they can explore complex pediatric cancer research projects at Penn State College of Medicine.

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