Jul 27, 2020
Dr. Terry Wolpaw, vice dean of educational affairs; Dr. Leslie Parent, vice dean for research and graduate studies; Dr. Charles Lang, associate dean for graduate studies; and Dr. Neal Thomas, associate dean for clinical research, shared this message with faculty, staff and students at the College of Medicine.
Jul 24, 2020
Steve Massini, Penn State Health CEO, discusses how adding Holy Spirit Hospital to the health system benefits the community and our oganization.
Jul 23, 2020
Are two drugs better than one when it comes to treating B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia? Funding from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will help a Penn State College of Medicine investigator answer that question.
A Penn State College of Medicine research team found that playing a simple conversation game may encourage African Americans to make plans for their end-of-life care.
Hershey Medical Center President Deborah Berini highlighted several action plans created in response to the 2019 employee engagement survey in the latest edition of her President’s Perspective.
Jul 22, 2020
Summer means ample healthy outdoor activities, but the tiny deer tick may have other plans for us. As Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme disease infections, it’s critical to know how to minimize the risk of contracting the disease and recognize the symptoms of an infection.
Jul 20, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the landscape of patient care, training, research, learning and community engagement across academic medicine. In March, the physical spaces of Harrell Health Sciences Library closed, but the work did not cease.
Brad Long, embedded health sciences librarian with Harrell Health Sciences Library at Penn State College of Medicine, working in University Park, is a volunteer with the Librarian Reserve Corps, formed by the World Health Organization to help manage the large amount of literature being published related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Gregory Holmes, professor of neural and behavioral sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, joined leaders in spinal cord injury care and research, including directors at the National Institutes of Health and representatives from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, to advance research in neurogenic bladder and bowel following spinal cord injury.
Penn State College of Medicine welcomed its incoming class of medical students during a virtual orientation July 15 to 17. The Office of Student Affairs presented the orientation online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
