Chuang receives national Chief’s Recognition Award
Dr. Cynthia Chuang, chief of the Department of Medicine’s Division of General Internal Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine, won the Chief’s Recognition Award from The Association of Chiefs and...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Supporting siblings when brother or sister is sick
When their daughter, Lyla, was hospitalized at age 3 for spinal surgery and pancreatitis, John and Allison Mason soon realized her twin sister needed some special attention too. “The experience was...
View ArticleHoly Spirit names Kalra 2022 Physician of the Year
Holy Spirit Medical Center presented Dr. Gurmeet Kalra with the 2022 Physician of the Year award during its annual Doctors’ Day Appreciation Breakfast on March 30. “It’s a great honor, and it’s very...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine welcomes first vice dean of equity, inclusion and belonging
Dr. Inginia Genao began her appointment as Penn State College of Medicine’s first vice dean of equity, inclusion and belonging on April 1. She will engage faculty, staff and students in work to advance...
View ArticleTips for increasing physical activity beyond exercise
Note: This post is written by the team of The ONE Group (Oncology – Nutrition – Exercise) at Penn State College of Medicine as part of a first-person blog about their work. Learn more about the group...
View ArticleElsevier research intelligence tools available on the library website
The Penn State community continues to have access to Pure, SciVal, Funding Institutional and Scopus. This was made possible by funding from the Office of the Provost and Office of the Senior Vice...
View ArticleHarrell Library shares educational video content through Kaltura channel
Harrell Health Sciences Library hosts its own publicly accessible educational video channel through a Penn State platform called Kaltura. There you can find videos created by our team of experts on...
View ArticleHarrell Health Sciences Library faculty and staff news: April 2022
Several Harrell Health Sciences Library team members have been involved in recent projects and events. Amy Knehans’ article Transformative Learning in Graduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review was...
View ArticleAdvocacy leads students to medical school
Leana Dogbe and Danielle Somerville are on the journey to becoming doctors. While they took different paths to arrive at Penn State College of Medicine, the first-year medical students’ journeys share...
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Children’s Hospital staff plant pinwheels for Child Abuse Awareness Month
In observation of Child Abuse Awareness Month, 481 blue pinwheels have been “planted” in front of Penn State Health Children’s Hospital in Hershey. The blue pinwheel is a symbol for the prevention of...
View ArticleEmployees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between March 30 and April 5. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticlePenn State develops new app that shows how cannabinoids could interact with...
A new web-based application developed by Penn State researchers could help pharmacists and other health care providers improve patient safety by reducing unintended interactions between medical and...
View ArticleKarpa recognized for work in interprofessional health care education
Kelly Karpa, assistant dean of interprofessional education and professor of pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine, has been named a distinguished fellow of the National Academies of Practice...
View ArticleMD/PhD program graduate receives Alumni Achievement Award
The Penn State Alumni Association presented Dr. Olivier Noel, a 2021 graduate of Penn State College of Medicine’s MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program, with the Alumni Achievement Award on March...
View ArticleMcGillen recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Brian McGillen, hospitalist in internal medicine, is featured for April in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “Dr. McGillen is an excellent educator,” a current student wrote. “He...
View ArticleOpen Payments dispute period begins April 1, now applies to advanced practice...
We want to remind you of the “Open Payments” federal program which may affect you as a provider. Section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act required the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to...
View ArticlePeterson named director of Phase 3 UME-GME Transition
Dr. Brandon Peterson, co-vice chair of education for Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, has been named director of the Phase 3 UME-GME Transition. This is a new position at Penn State College of...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: The connection between alcohol and liver transplantation
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol use has been on the rise ― and so has alcohol-associated liver disease. Between March 2020 and January 2021, the number of patients with...
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MD/PhD Program holds spring virtual retreat
The MD/PhD program at Penn State College of Medicine held a virtual retreat Saturday, April 2, to bring current students together to celebrate the program’s recent residency matches with an annual post...
View ArticleBiostatistics PhD student earns first place at Penn State’s Graduate Exhibition
Penn State biostatistics doctoral candidate Nour Hawila was among the winners announced during the Graduate Exhibition 2022. The 37th annual event highlighted research and creative accomplishments by...
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