Jan 30, 2019
Dr. Deepa Sekhar has been appointed executive director of Penn State PRO Wellness. Sekhar, a pediatrician at Penn State Health and an associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, assumed the post this month.
Jan 14, 2019
People with cancer are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people without cancer, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Nov 7, 2018
Penn State College of Medicine student Becky Koob took the old adage “walk a mile in another’s shoes” literally when she volunteered at a hospital in Kofordua, Ghana, last summer.
Oct 31, 2018
When testing an intervention that is trying to modify health attitudes or behaviors – like a smoking cessation program – the Multiphase Optimization Strategy, or MOST, approaches the research process from a vantage point borrowed from the engineering world.
Oct 12, 2018
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute has been awarded a $416,000 grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for a pilot program to better understand the issues facing rural communities and address a decline in American life expectancy.
Oct 3, 2018
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute is helping generate innovative health research ideas and promoting collaboration through the awarding of pilot grants in its Bridges to Translation IV program.
Sep 5, 2018
Penn State has launched its first cancer-related Story Map, “The Story of Cancer in Central Pennsylvania.” The interactive geospatial map illustrates the extent of the cancer problem in the region.
Aug 24, 2018
“Engaging the Community in Research” will be presented at the next Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute Bench to Bedside and Beyond Seminar Series from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 24.
Jul 26, 2018
Students from the Penn State Global Health Exchange Program met with representatives of the Wolf Administration to discuss the importance of public health in Pennsylvania.
Jul 3, 2018
Two Penn State College of Medicine researchers helped author "Predictors of Willingness to Participate in Biospecimen Donation and Biobanking among Appalachian Adults," which examined health disparities of Appalachian residents.