On-campus professional development opportunities available to GME support staff
Learning and Leadership Development has multiple opportunities for personal and professional development for Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees. These opportunities can easily fit into...
View ArticleEducation and training and boards, oh my! How residency and fellowship...
Mandi Smith, C-TAGME, GME Coordinator II, shares tips for residency and fellowship program coordinators on understanding the board certification exams their trainees will take. How familiar are program...
View ArticleApplications being accepted for clinical-research exchange fellowship
Penn State Strategic Initiatives, via the thematic priority of Enhancing Health, has provided funding for an exchange fellowship to stimulate partnerships among faculty clinicians and non-clinician...
View ArticleGingrich recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Dennis Gingrich, professor of Family and Community Medicine and Humanities, is featured for December in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “Dr. Gingrich was an excellent role model and...
View Article‘Tis the season for the employee holiday celebrations
All Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine employees are invited to attend the annual holiday celebrations in the Rotunda Café. The celebration for night...
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Funding for pediatric research available through Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle Network is now accepting applications for funding in support of research relevant to children’s health at Penn State Children’s Hospital. The main goal set by CMN Hospitals is for...
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Four Diamonds offers funding for pediatric cancer research
Four Diamonds Fund is now accepting applications for funding in support of pediatric cancer research at Penn State Children’s Hospital and Penn State Cancer Institute. The main goal of the research...
View ArticlePenn State Health names new senior vice president and chief information officer
Penn State Health has named Cletis Earle of Buffalo, N.Y., senior vice president and chief information officer for the central Pennsylvania-based health system and Penn State College of Medicine,...
View ArticleFour Diamonds Mini-THON to receive $90,000 donation from PSECU
PSECU has pledged to provide $90,000 to Four Diamonds Mini-THON over the next three years. The funding from the credit union will help cover the costs of Mini-THON’s online fundraising platform, which...
View ArticlePayroll Department issues year-end tax reminders
As the end of the year nears, the Payroll Department would like to share some important information: Employees should review their name, address and Social Security number for W-2 purposes. W-2 forms...
View ArticleCareConnect Preferred Name Program to improve patient experience
Patient experience is at the center of how Penn State Health delivers care. The health system will take another step forward in personalizing care when it introduces the CareConnect Preferred Name...
View ArticleActivity Insight helps faculty members collect data for annual reviews,...
Activity Insight is an online software tool designed to help faculty members collect, organize and display their data for the purposes of annual reviews, promotion and tenure, CVs and more. It is used...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Progress slow against pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the third deadliest form of the disease after lung cancer and colorectal cancer. There is no effective screening test, and its symptoms often mimic other maladies, making it...
View ArticleHarrisburg man advances children’s surgery and medical education through...
A $3.5 million estate gift from Harrisburg native and former Marine Corps Cpl. Chester Ray Trout will be honored this week at a lecture by the first Chester Ray Trout Chair of Pediatric Surgery....
View ArticleA tale of two continents: Visiting scholar returns to Hershey to share impact
When James Connor, distinguished professor of neuroscience and anatomy and vice chair for research in the Department of Neurosurgery at Penn State College of Medicine, met James Olopade at an...
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Medical student for a day: Project Medical Education gives lawmakers insight...
When PA State Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland County, put on her white coat during a ceremony at the beginning of the day, she noticed people looked at her differently than when she first walked...
View ArticlePenn State Health names new vice president for medical affairs and staff...
Penn State Health has recruited Dr. Safa Farzin, a well-respected physician-executive based in Harrisburg, to serve as its vice president for medical affairs and staff development, with specific...
View ArticleAsk Us Anything About… Penn State Health OnDemand
From coughs and sore throats, to minor skin irritations and joint pain – we have you covered. The Penn State Health OnDemand app is an easy way to access both adult and pediatric care teams for urgent...
View ArticleWeekly Quick Hits — Friday, Dec. 6, 2019
Weekly Quick Hits recaps announcements and events from The Daily Brief email. Check your email inbox for more. Have an item to be featured in Quick Hits? Email news@pennstatehealth.psu.edu...
View ArticleResearchers receive nearly $5 million to curb opioid cravings
Opioid overdoses take the lives of tens of thousands of Americans annually. Two researchers fromPenn State College of Medicine have received nearly $5 million from the National Institutes of Health...
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