Clinical Simulation Center partners with PA State Police Academy on...
Pennsylvania State Police cadets tested their ability to respond to people having a mental health crisis during a training program presented by the Penn State Health Clinical Simulation Center in...
View ArticleClass of 2023 adds to Heather Skonier-Baer Endowment, enhances financial...
Two years after the death of Penn State Health nurse Heather Skonier-Baer, medical and physician assistant students who face unexpected financial challenges are receiving timely support from the...
View ArticleSilberman named associate dean for interdisciplinary research
Yuval Silberman, PhD, associate professor of neural and behavioral sciences, has been selected as the next associate dean for interdisciplinary research at Penn State College of Medicine. He succeeds...
View ArticleFour Diamonds Mini-THON celebrates 30th anniversary and more than $64 million...
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Four Diamonds Mini-THONs and in recognition of the $64 million impact the student fundraising events have made to advance the mission of Four Diamonds, Penn...
View ArticleVolunteers from The Arc of Cumberland & Perry Counties lift up Penn State...
“You don’t need to get paid. Just make someone happy.” “I like to make people smile.” “Meeting people and helping people makes me happy.” These are the words of three dedicated volunteers from The Arc...
View ArticleThis summer marks return of Global Health Exchange Program at Penn State...
After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State College of Medicine resumed its Global Health Exchange Program (GHEP) in July. The class, comprised of two Penn Staters and 16...
View ArticleNyeusi Gallery’s ‘Redefining Black Art’ exhibition featured at Holy Spirit...
Center Stage Arts in Health installed a multicultural display entitled “Redefining Black Art” near the cafeteria at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. The installation came from a...
View ArticleThis week in diversity, equity and inclusion: Celebrating our diversity
The diversity in the backgrounds of our colleagues is a strength at Penn State Health, according to the latest employee engagement survey. In fact, 85% of health system employees shared that their...
View ArticlePenn State Health to sell downtown Reading properties. Access to health...
Penn State Health has signed an agreement to sell its Penn State Health St. Joseph downtown properties, 640 Walnut St. and 145 N. 6th St. in Reading, to Shuman Development Group, a locally based real...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Pediatric congenital heart disease patients need help...
For parents, few words are more earth-shattering than when a pediatrician says the phrase “heart defects.” What follows can seem like a lifetime of sleepless nights, surgical procedures, medications,...
View ArticleTake a look back at the 1980s as we celebrate Penn State College of...
In 1963, the Milton S. Hershey Foundation formally offered $50 million to Penn State University to establish what would eventually become Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S....
View ArticleHigh Foundation recognized for gift to support patient assistance at...
Penn State Health dedicated the Behavioral Health Clinic waiting area at Penn State Health Children’s Lancaster Pediatric Center in honor of the High Foundation, which gave $100,000 to support the...
View ArticleUnderstanding social aspects that affect health is critical to achieving...
A person’s ability to live a healthy life is affected not only by biological and genetic factors but also by the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work, play and age. Called social...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine researcher receives funding from Curing Kids Cancer to...
Penn State College of Medicine researcher Wei Li, PhD, received $150,000 from Curing Kids Cancer to support his work toward more effective treatment methods for ependymomas, a type of central nervous...
View ArticlePenn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center names three DAISY Award winners...
St. Joseph Medical Center presented three DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses in July and August. The winners were Charles Stork, a float pool nurse; Eric Trubilla, a critical care nurse; and Desiree...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: How to communicate with someone who doesn’t hear? Just...
Edith Dong, an extern in Audiology at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, sometimes forms a bond with patients few of her co-workers can ever completely understand. When someone is...
View ArticleBorusiewicz recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Mikayla Borusiewicz, MD, a fifth-year Plastic Surgery resident, is featured for August in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “Dr. Borusiewicz was a phenomenal resident to work with. She was...
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 Sept. 2 and 8. They put our values into action every day. Employees are recognized...
View ArticleA New Era Begins: Karen E. Kim, MD, MS, is Dean of Penn State College of...
Today, Karen E. Kim, MD, MS, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Rural Health Research and Professor, started her tenure as the dean of Penn State College of Medicine. Kim brings more...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine researchers develop app to encourage long term physical...
Penn State College of Medicine researchers are exploring a new way to keep people physically active long-term, and in doing so, they said they hope to prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease and...
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