Researchers receive $4 million to develop pumps for patients born with heart...
A new heart device in development at Penn State College of Medicine could someday help people born with a serious heart defect. The researchers working on the project received more than $4 million from...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between Feb. 23 and March 1. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleResearchers to develop novel biomaterial to improve stroke recovery
James Connor, vice chair for research and professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State College of Medicine, is part of a multi-institution effort to develop new granular biomaterials that...
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State official visits Hershey Medical Center to highlight partnership for...
Meg Snead, acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), visited Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for a media event March 1 to spotlight joint efforts to...
View ArticleMassini, Black: ‘A perfect time to say thank you’
In their message to Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees on March 4, Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini and Penn State College of Medicine Interim Dean Dr. Kevin Black extended their...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine’s Leaders Celebrating Leaders program recognizes student...
Each year, the offices of the Dean, Vice Dean for Educational Affairs, Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Nursing unite to honor student leaders from the medical doctor (MD), physician...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response for March 4
This Week’s Updates Masks Are Still Required While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently adjusted its guidelines regarding masks, because of the health care nature of our work and...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between March 2 and March 8. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleReyes recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Lilia Reyes, assistant professor in the departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, was recognized in March as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program at Penn State Health and...
View ArticleResearchers say ‘us-versus-them’ mentality was present early in pandemic
As a wave of COVID-19 cases from the omicron variant wanes, various viewpoints on what the next phase of the pandemic should look like have emerged. Such differences in opinion have created...
View ArticleResearchers uncover genetic ‘bridge’ to leukemia progression
For cells to thrive, a complex network of three-dimensional structures assembles to read, copy and produce the genetic materials (DNA) needed for cellular function. Understanding how these structures...
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Heartfelt reminders: A young man’s cancer battle inspires a new legacy gift
By Carolyn Kimmel Dylan Gilbert stole his mother’s heart the moment she laid eyes on him. “It was love at first sight,” said Wendy Gilbert, recalling the rough, 14-hour labor that ended with a cesarean...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a colonoscopy
Among the TV superheroes of the stay-at-home, virtual-care era is a smiling, anthropomorphic box. The animated character sells a brand of do-it-yourself colon cancer tests. While those over-the-counter...
View ArticleBe ready for any emergency: Update your contact information in Penn State...
The Penn State Health Alerts emergency notification system notifies all Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees, faculty and students about urgent and emergent events that may impact the...
View ArticleTeam harnesses artificial intelligence to reduce impact of adverse childhood...
A Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health research and entrepreneurship team is working together to mitigate the effects of traumatic childhood events by using artificial intelligence...
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Student nurses respond to St. Joseph Medical Center code blue simulation
More than 20 senior nursing students gathered at St. Joseph Medical Center Feb. 24 to practice their critical thinking skills while making decisions about their future. During the first session of a...
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More than $64 million in grants boosts College of Medicine research
Between October and December 2021, Penn State College of Medicine received 310 grants and contracts totaling $64.8 million for research. Faculty will investigate applications of remote health...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine pandemic response for March 11
This week’s updates Masks Are Still Required While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently adjusted its guidelines regarding masks, because of the health care nature of our work and...
View ArticleInternal Medicine resident Mackay honored for exceptional teaching
Dr. Stuart Mackay, an internal medicine resident at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was recognized in March 2022 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of Penn State...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between March 9 and March 15. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
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