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James Broach and Rongling Wu named Distinguished Professors
Dr. James Broach, professor and chair of biochemistry and molecular biology and Dr. Rongling Wu, director of the Center for Statistical Genetics and professor of public health sciences and statistics,...
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Shapiro, Saunders appointed to leadership roles at Penn State Hershey
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has elevated two faculty members to key leadership positions: Dr. Dan Shapiro will serve as vice dean for faculty and administrative affairs, and Dr. Erika...
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New associate dean for research innovation nurtures ideas to the marketplace
Joseph Jilka is in the business of innovation. As Penn State College of Medicine’s newest associate dean for research innovation and director of the Office of Technology Development, his focus is...
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Pinwheel garden observes Child Abuse Prevention Month
In observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month, a pinwheel garden sits at the base of the statue in front of Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The 197 pinwheels represent the number of children...
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Novel academic program uses medical students as patient navigators
Penn State College of Medicine is nearing the end of the inaugural year of its Systems Navigation Curriculum (SyNC) that embeds first-year medical students into the healthcare system as patient...
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HealthSLAM leaves healthy impression on elementary and medical students
Editor’s note: The Penn State College of Medicine Class of 2015 graduates this Sunday, May 17. This story highlights a program started by Christian McEvoy and Nicole Stevens, members of the Class of...
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From Africa to Hershey: Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua’s journey has relied on the...
Editor’s Note: Penn State College of Medicine will hold its 45th commencement ceremony this Sunday, May 17 at Founders Hall on the Milton Hershey School campus. This year, 129 medical students and 76...
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Penn State College of Medicine 45th Commencement held today
Penn State College of Medicine held its 45th commencement ceremony today at Founders Hall on the Milton Hershey School campus. This year, 129 medical students and 76 graduate students received degrees....
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45th Commencement photos
Photos are now available on the Penn State Hershey flickr feed of the 45th Commencement of Penn State College of Medicine. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pennstatehershey/sets/72157652644606789Filed...
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Comics and Medicine: Helping Med Students Form Their Professional Identities
Reading and creating health-themed comics helps medical students transition from laypersons to physicians, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis at Penn State College of Medicine. Researchers found...
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Remembering Dr. Jerry Luck
While Dr. Jerry Luck was known for being an excellent clinician, it’s the influence he had on the people around him that is being most remembered. Luck, a professor of medicine and cardiologist, passed...
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Newborn weight tool created through Children’s Miracle Network support
Dr. Ian Paul knows the importance of Children’s Miracle Network first hand. Through its funding, he helped create a tool for health care providers to determine whether a breastfed newborn is losing too...
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Advances in women’s health highlight of research day at Penn State Hershey
In 1977 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned women “of child-bearing potential” from participating in clinical trials. This was in part due to thousands of children worldwide being born with...
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Dr. Rodrigue Mortel named an Honorary Alumni by Penn State
Dr. Rodrigue Mortel has received the Penn State Alumni Association’s Honorary Alumni Award. This award recognizes those who are not Penn State graduates but have made significant contributions to the...
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Dr. Neal Thomas looks to expand Penn State Hershey’s clinical research in...
Dr. Neal Thomas has made research his life’s work. The newly named associate dean for clinical research hopes to help Penn State Hershey’s clinical research mission grow. One reason he is vested in...
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Penn State Hershey’s first wilderness medicine training prepares emergency...
Identifying poisonous snakes and knotting climbing ropes to form a makeshift litter are not typically taught in medical school. But emergency medicine doctors need to be creative, flexible and have a...
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Exercise program inspires $14 million College of Medicine research study
Three sets of shoulder presses, chat about the weather. Three sets of chair stands, joke with the person on your right. Three sets of arm pulls, encourage the person on your left. This simple recipe –...
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St. Joseph and Penn State Health union viewed as beneficial to community
When Dave Ruppert found himself in the emergency department of St Joseph Medical Center in Reading in 2012 with symptoms that eventually led to a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, he also found a new...
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PaTH Network starts studying patients at four institutions with support from...
Which health outcomes really matter to patients? That’s the question the PaTH Network is starting to investigate with the help of nearly $7 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes...
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Homeland Security Program Graduate Put Knowledge to Use During Boston...
When Charlotte Palmer Roy graduated from Penn State College of Medicine’s graduate program in homeland security in 2012, she had no idea her new found knowledge would be put to the ultimate test just...
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