Hershey Medical Center and Teamsters Local 776 reach bargaining agreement
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Teamsters Local 776 have reached a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. Hershey Medical...
View ArticleAustralian cancer survivors can access exercise as ‘standard of care’
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...
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Construction complete on Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
Construction of the new Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in East Hempfield Township is complete, clearing the way for staff to prepare the 132-bed, acute care hospital to welcome its first...
View ArticleMets retires from Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,...
Dr. Berend Mets is not only retiring with great respect from his peers and a book to his name, he is also leaving behind his own museum. Mets, chair of Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of...
View ArticleUpstander Cafés increase comfort in dealing with bias, surveys show
Being an upstander, or someone who says something when there has been an incident of bias, is not always easy. The Penn State Health Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Upstander Café program...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Updated CDC checklist helps parents track important...
A child’s firsts are always special, whether it’s their first laugh, their first step or their first word. But when a child fails to reach some milestones, they need intervention right away. That’s why...
View ArticleBrain regions vulnerable to disease may lack adequate energy from blood supply
Areas of the brain vulnerable to neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease tend to have less dense vascular networks — which supply the brain with energy via blood — than other areas of the...
View ArticleDalke recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Katherine (Katie) Dalke, a physician in the Department of Psychiatry, is featured for June in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “Dr. Dalke is an incredible preceptor, mentor and...
View ArticlePenn State Health employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between July 2 and July 8. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleEight junior faculty begin Mentored Career Development KL2 Program
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute program offers scholars the opportunity to further their careers in clinical and translational science Penn State researchers with varied...
View ArticleKienle Center for Humanistic Medicine presents 2022 Humanitarian awards
Penn State College of Medicine’s Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, part of the Department of Humanities, honored three health care professionals and a medical student with 2022 Humanitarian...
View ArticleCenter for Medical Innovation invites applications for new proof of concept...
Penn State College of Medicine investigators are invited to apply for the Center for Medical Innovation’s new CMI Pathways Proof of Concept Funding Program. The award supports the development of drug...
View ArticleStudent awarded fellowship to study the genetics of lupus in diverse populations
Bioinformatics and Genomics PhD student to help inform research at Lupus Foundation of America Keenan Anderson-Fears, a student from Penn State’s Bioinformatics and Genomics PhD program, is one of six...
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Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center dedicates new Krapf...
A new freestanding chapel on the campus of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center provides a bright, welcoming and accessible space for emotional and spiritual care for people of all...
View ArticleMore than money: Support United Way by volunteering for Day of Caring
Day of Caring is an opportunity to give something very precious toward the mission of the United Way of the Capital Region – your time. Only 50 volunteers can be accommodated, so register soon! One...
View ArticleSuicide vulnerability index, machine learning model help predict counties’ risk
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but the models that have been used to predict suicide rates weight risk factors equally and rely on data for large geographic areas, limiting...
View ArticleMonthly Mental Health Moment: July 2022
Declaring Independence/July 2022 This week, our country celebrated its independence. Also this week, our office continued to offer outreach events so that new students, residents and fellows know about...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Monkeypox cases on the rise
For those already weary of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new illness making headlines – monkeypox – comes as even more unwelcome news. Cases of the disease, which are usually confined to West and Central...
View ArticleSeizures may increase dementia risk for young stroke survivors
Young stroke patients who have a seizure following their diagnosis are two and a half times more likely to develop dementia than patients who don’t experience seizures, according to a new study by Penn...
View ArticleBooth, Whitcomb recognized for Excellence in Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion
A team of faculty and staff members from the Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine named Drs. Jennifer Booth and Tiffany Whitcomb in the Department of Comparative...
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