College of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of March 1-5
Clinical Research Updates If any clinical research study staff have a positive COVID-19 test (regardless of employment with Penn State Health or the College of Medicine), in addition to the...
View ArticleRegistration opens for Penn State Health-supported Lancaster County Community...
Penn State Health and other members of the Vaccinate Lancaster Coalition announced today that registration is open for the Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center’s limited public opening on...
View ArticleSe abre la inscripción para el Centro de Vacunación Comunitaria del Condado...
In English Penn State Health y otros miembros de la Coalición Vacunar a Lancaster anunciaron hoy que el registro está abierto para la apertura pública limitada del Centro de Vacunación Comunitaria del...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine primary investigators must attend March 25 biosafety...
Jeff Potts, biorisk management chief of the National Institutes of Health Division of Occupational Health and Safety, will discuss biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories on Thursday,...
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PSECU gift supports NICU patients at Penn State Children’s Hospital
To celebrate the expansion of Penn State Children’s Hospital, PSECU has committed $10,000 to Children’s Miracle Network to purchase equipment that brings comfort to babies in the hospital’s Neonatal...
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See hope: Local artists use their craft to inspire cancer patients at Lime...
By Carolyn Kimmel When Linda Billet quit her job as a mail carrier 15 years ago to pursue her dream of being a glass artisan, her mother was her biggest cheerleader. “She loved everything I made, and...
View ArticlePenn State Health highlights employee safety initiatives
During the past two years, Penn State Health has implemented multiple resources to prevent and respond to violence toward staff. These resources include: Behavioral De-escalation Response Teams respond...
View ArticlePenn State Health providers discuss health disparities facing Black/African...
The imbalance between research and funding on issues related to Black patients and white patients is a continuing problem that must be resolved to provide the best possible health care. That was the...
View ArticleMerck Investigator Studies Program offers funding opportunities
The Merck Investigator Studies Program supports hypothesis-generating clinical and pre-clinical research that is initiated, designed and implemented by external investigators. The program accepts three...
View ArticleEmergency medicine resident Zegarac honored for exceptional teaching
Dr. Marko Zegarac, an emergency medicine resident at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was honored in March 2021 as part of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching program of Penn State...
View ArticleWeekly Updates: Week of March 8
COVID news Medical Group eliminates outdoor COVID-19 screenings, tents Beginning Wednesday, March 10, Penn State Health Medical Group outpatient practices will move patient COVID-19 pre-screenings to...
View ArticleCOVID-19 memorial and vigil to take place at Hershey Medical Center
Penn State College of Medicine students are hosting a COVID-19 memorial in the chapel at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center from Monday, March 15 until Friday, March 19. Faculty, staff and students are...
View ArticleMedical students, University Libraries team up to publish College of Medicine...
Medical students from Penn State College of Medicine edited and published the first issue of a peer-reviewed journal showcasing the research of their peers. Penn State University Libraries’ Open...
View ArticleJournal of Nutritional Science highlights Penn State research on...
The Journal of Nutritional Science designated Penn State research on how a dietary antioxidant may fight chronic disease and aging as the “Paper of the Month” in February. The publication showed how...
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Smart Health Research Colloquium examines health care delivery March 24
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Penn State College of Medicine are cosponsoring a virtual event for researchers on the transformation of health care delivery Wednesday,...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine graduate students share research at forum
Graduate students and faculty members from Penn State College of Medicine gathered online to hear students talk about their research progress at the 2021 Graduate Student Research Forum March 3-5....
View ArticleHershey reinforces guidelines for admitting asymptomatic, hematology-oncology...
All Hershey Medical Center patients are now tested for COVID-19 before being admitted. Hershey employees have raised questions about the process for admitting asymptomatic and hematology-oncology...
View ArticleNewest federal COVID-19 safety guidance does not apply to health care settings
The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance for fully vaccinated individuals does not apply to health care settings. At this time, no policy related to masking, social...
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St. Joseph nurse-driven mobility program delivers for COVID-19 patients
At St. Joseph Medical Center, a new program geared to get COVID-19 patients moving to help their recovery is bearing fruit. In the eight weeks since St. Joseph Medical Center rolled out its Stay...
View ArticleCelebrate your safety journey, recharge your safety efforts
Are you a front-line employee thinking about becoming a safety coach or one of our leaders interested in certification as a patient safety champion? Are you interested in taking one of the many patient...
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