Topics: Public Health Sciences

A close-up of a Nittany Lion statue on the Penn State College of Medicine campus. Yellow flowers are in the foreground, slightly out of focus.

College of Medicine awards promotion and tenure to faculty members

May 29, 2018

Penn State College of Medicine announced promotions and/or the award of tenure for 43 faculty members, effective July 1.

Dr. Leslie Parent, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Penn State College of Medicine, left, is seen with the recipients of the Dean™s Award for Scholarly Achievement during the 2018 Commencement Awards. Recipients were Robert Feehan, Prashanth Gokare, Amanda Miller and Cong Xu. The five are pictured standing in a line, with the students holding award folios.

Top College of Medicine graduate students honored for accomplishments

May 29, 2018

Dr. Craig Hillemeier, dean, CEO and senior vice president for health affairs, presented eight awards to 12 graduate students in recognition of outstanding achievement during the annual Dean's Graduation Awards Ceremony on May 19.

The 2018 Outstanding Collaborative Research Award was presented to a team from Penn State Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science. A group of six people are pictured holding awards, with Dr. Leslie Parent, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Penn State College of Medicine, standing at left.

Recipients of 2018 Research Recognition Awards honored

May 22, 2018

The 2018 Research Recognition Awards, presented May 22, honored Penn State College of Medicine investigators in a variety of areas.

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Research supports restrictions on opioid-containing cough and cold medicines for children

May 22, 2018

Prescription cough and cold medicines containing the opioid hydrocodone were more likely to cause serious side effects in children than those containing codeine, according to a new study from Penn State College of Medicine.

Taryn Mockus, a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience, received the University's Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award in April 2018. She is pictured with University President Eric Barron. The two are standing side by side, each holding one side of a certificate with Mockus' name.

College of Medicine graduate students honored for accomplishments

May 8, 2018

Three Penn State College of Medicine graduate students were honored in April 2018 with University awards.

Penn State College of Medicine students work with people at Hershey Plaza Apartments as part of a health fair event. The students are pictured sitting around a square table.

Penn State College of Medicine students combine teamwork, community health

May 2, 2018

Over the past three years, Penn State College of Medicine's Interprofessional Student Organization (IPSO) has facilitated 21 health fairs at Hershey Plaza Apartments senior living complex that combine multidisciplinary learning with community health service.

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.

College of Medicine bioinformatics student selected for National Science Foundation fellowship

Apr 25, 2018

Jordan Hughey, a doctoral student in the bioinformatics and genomics graduate program at Penn State College of Medicine, has been selected as a fellow for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in 2018.

A close-up of a woman with her head placed against a piece of eye exam equipment. The equipment is shining a bright light into her eye, which is being held open by her thumb.

The Medical Minute: Are you at risk for macular degeneration?

Apr 12, 2018

Many people accept deteriorating eyesight as an inevitable part of getting older, but blurry or distorted vision – such as when straight lines appear wavy – could be signs of age-related macular degeneration.

A vaping device sits on a table, surrounded by several dropper bottles with various colors of fluid. In the foreground are grapes, lemons and a green leaf.

Flavor affects free radicals produced by e-cigarettes

Apr 9, 2018

The flavor of an e-cigarette may affect more than a consumer's taste buds, according to Penn State researchers who say the chemicals that make up the different flavors also produce different levels of free radicals.

Tony Lin, a student in Penn State College of Medicine's MD/MPH program, will complete a diagnostic radiology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. A head-and-shoulders photo of Lin in a suit and tie is superimposed at the top left of a photo of the College's Crescent building, showing the building, trees and a large expanse of lawn.

MD/MPH student finds residency match

Apr 3, 2018

A Penn State College of Medicine MD/MPH student received his residency destination during the 2018 Match Day celebration. Tony Lin, who will be specializing in Diagnostic Radiology, was matched with Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.

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