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Peer mentoring improves quality of life for those with chronic kidney disease
The use of peer mentoring can improve the quality of life for patients with chronic kidney disease. Dr. Nasr Ghahramani’s research project compared patient quality of life and caregiver burden of those...
View ArticleCheng receives NIH funding for next phase of 3D imaging project
A Penn State-led research project to develop a new, diagnostic, three-dimensional imaging technique will continue thanks to a four-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)....
View ArticleForbes places Penn State Health among best employers for diversity for third...
Penn State Health was among 34 hospitals and health systems to make Forbes’ third annual list of the “Best Employers for Diversity.” Penn State Health ranked 106th out of the 500 employers that made...
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Rabago joining Family and Community Medicine as new vice chair for faculty...
David Rabago, MD, is joining Penn State College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine as vice chair for faculty development. The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn...
View ArticleBlack: ‘We’re grateful for teachers’
Dr. Kevin Black, interim dean of the College of Medicine, sent the following email on Wednesday to students, faculty and staff: Dear Colleagues, At a luncheon earlier this afternoon, Penn State...
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Department of Family and Community Medicine welcomes Zgierska as vice chair...
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., welcomes Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PHD, DFASAM, as its new vice chair for research. Aleksandra...
View ArticleJunior Faculty Research Scholar awards support mentored research
Penn State College of Medicine’s Junior Faculty Research Scholar awards support mentored research and career development by junior faculty. Responsive proposals may focus on basic science, clinical...
View ArticleNominations open for University’s Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award
Nominations are currently being sought for Penn State’s 2020 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award, established in 1994 by family, friends and colleagues of Rosemary Schraer, a former associate provost of...
View ArticleWeekly Quick Hits — Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
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 PEOPLE St....
View ArticleFaculty Excellence in Career Mentoring Award highlights value of outstanding...
Penn State College of Medicine values the contributions mentors make to enhance and develop the careers of faculty, students, trainees and others. Generosity of time and spirit, objectivity and honest...
View ArticleGrigson to present inaugural lecture on Feb. 12, “Addiction: Liking, Wanting...
Patricia Sue Grigson, MS, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, will present her inaugural lecture, “Addiction: Liking, Needing...
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Hameed honored for resident education excellence
Ahmad Hameed, MDAhmad Hameed, MD, associate professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Penn State Health/Penn State College of Medicine, was...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine event honors 2019’s exceptional teachers
Penn State College of Medicine leadership recognized the 12 faculty members featured as 2019’s Exceptional Moments in Teaching award recipients during a luncheon Jan. 30, 2020. College of Medicine...
View ArticleLower-protein diet may lessen risk for cardiovascular disease
A plant-based diet may be key to lowering risk for heart disease. Penn State researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids — which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy,...
View ArticleAnesthesiology resident Andrey Bilko honored for exceptional teaching
Andrey Bilko, MD, a PGY-4 trainee in Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Anesthesiology Residency, was honored in January 2020 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of...
View ArticleGroup raises funds, awareness through Greenlight a Vet campaign
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine’s Military/Veterans Affinity Resource Network Group hosted a Greenlight a Vet campaign in November 2019 to raise awareness and support for veterans....
View ArticleLeuenberger recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Urs Leuenberger, a professor in the Department of Medicine and cardiologist at Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, is featured for February in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program....
View ArticlePenn State Health joins drone awareness campaign
Penn State Health Life Lion Critical Care Transport joined state agencies last week at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy to highlight the dangers drones can pose to helicopters during emergencies....
View ArticlePenn State Health St. Joseph Spring Ridge offers expanded services
After a year of change that included six phases of construction, a fully renovated and expanded Penn State Health St. Joseph outpatient satellite location is open for patients at 2605 Keiser Blvd.,...
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Fredrick named chair of Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine
N. Benjamin Fredrick, MDN. Benjamin Fredrick, MD, professor of family and community medicine, public health sciences and humanities, became chair of The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at...
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