Topics: PRO Wellness

Three faculty accept director roles to advance clinical and translational research at Penn State

Jun 29, 2023

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) welcomes new leadership across three core service areas. Penn State CTSI offers research support, tools and resources, consultative services, funding, training and education […]

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Penn State PRO Wellness receives grant to launch mentorship program for school nurses in Pennsylvania

Apr 24, 2023

Penn State PRO Wellness at Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded $100,000 by the Moses Taylor Foundation to launch a new mentorship program for school-based nurses in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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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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Penn State PRO Wellness, Cerner Charitable Foundation get kids to “Move it Outside”

May 18, 2022

Penn State PRO Wellness helped children at a Montgomery County school get active during their Move It Outside event on May 5.

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The Medical Minute: A guide through standardized tests for you and your child

Apr 21, 2022

No. 2 pencils, a ticking clock and deep concerns about the future. In May, students across the state will take their mandated Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) exams, and […]

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School-based screening increases identification of, treatment for depression

Nov 5, 2021

Students who participated in school-based depression screening were more likely to begin treatment compared to their peers who did not receive this screening, according to College of Medicine researchers.

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Penn State PRO Wellness researchers identify school staff concerns in reopening safely during pandemic

May 11, 2021

Penn State College of Medicine researchers found that feasibility of social distancing, resurgences of COVID-19 and availability of health supplies were concerns school staff had for the 2020-2021 school year.

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Penn State PRO Wellness partners with Kohl’s Cares to enhance school wellness program

Dec 28, 2020

Kohl’s Cares has awarded $100,000 to Penn State PRO Wellness to support Healthy Champion school wellness initiatives through the Circle of Wellness program.

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Penn State PRO Wellness goes Full STEM Ahead with vaccine study in Lancaster School District

Dec 18, 2019

Penn State PRO Wellness welcomed nearly 100 people to the Full STEM Ahead event for families of middle school students in the School District of Lancaster.

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Penn State PRO Wellness partners with Kohl’s on behavioral health school program

Nov 27, 2019

Kohl’s has awarded $100,000 to Penn State PRO Wellness to help fund a program that works with schools to create measurable school improvements around the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model, with a particular focus on mental wellness.

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