Harbaugh steps down as Neurosurgery chair July 1, Cockroft named interim chair
Dr. Robert Harbaugh will step down as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery within Penn State College of Medicine and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on July 1, after 18 years of serving in that...
View ArticleHarrell Health Sciences Library faculty and staff news: July 2021
Several Harrell Health Sciences Library team members have been involved in recent projects and events. Kelly Thormodson, Alex Harrington, Esther Dell, Xiaoyu Sun, Robyn Reed, Eliza Donne, Brad Long,...
View ArticlePaw Prints: A new way to print at the Harrell Health Sciences Library
Paw Prints, a new printing system provided by Wēpa, has been installed at the Harrell Health Sciences Library, giving users more options of where to print and how to pay for prints. Users can print...
View ArticleSciFinder-n database now available from University Libraries
University Libraries currently subscribes to SciFinder, a Chemical Abstract Services (CAS) database. CAS is in the process of replacing SciFinder with SciFinder-n. Much of the information in...
View ArticleHarrell Library hosts Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Journal...
Starting in 2021, the Harrell Health Sciences Library has held bi-monthly meeting of its internal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Journal Club. So far, topics have included race...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine Pandemic Response Friday Round-Up – Week of June 21-25
College of Medicine leaders updated faculty, staff and students on June 25 about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Continue to wear your masks While restrictions are lifting across the...
View ArticleOnDemand Client Support Services team reflects on one year of helping...
The rapid shift from in-person to telemedicine visits due to COVID-19 last spring left patients and providers with lots of questions about Penn State Health OnDemand. How do I set up an account? How do...
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Hershey Medical Center attacks cancer with MRI-guided radiation therapy
New MRIdian system delivers precise radiation doses, resulting in optimal patient care A new cancer treatment system in use at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center can locate, target and...
View ArticleBascom discusses Penn State’s role in novel IPF trial on medical education...
Rebecca Bascom, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and public health sciences, is featured in an interview on an online medical education platform about a clinical trial studying the efficacy of the drug...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary: Employees honored for work milestones
Congratulations to the following Penn State Health employees who are celebrating a milestone work anniversary between June 23 and June 29. They put our values into action every day. Employees are...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine researchers help develop COVID-19 severity prediction tool
Penn State College of Medicine researchers were part of a team that developed and validated a tool that may help physicians determine which COVID-19 patients are more likely to need intensive care....
View ArticleEating more mushrooms may lower risk of premature death
A study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers found that adults who ate mushrooms had a lower risk of premature death, regardless of their demographics, lifestyle choices and other dietary...
View ArticleFunding opportunities for COVID-19 research available to investigators
Research Development and the Research Concierge Service at Penn State College of Medicine have developed a list of funding opportunities for investigators interested in research projects related to...
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I am Penn State Health: Viniquinn Terry
Viniquinn Terry is in a fitting place as a nurse in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center – because he’s known for his big heart when it comes to his...
View ArticleKaur recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching
Dr. Gurwant Kaur of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine is featured for July in the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. “Dr. Kaur was great at educating both medical...
View ArticleCollege of Medicine faculty receive promotions, tenure for 2021-2022 academic...
The following Penn State College of Medicine faculty members have been promoted and/or awarded tenure effective July 1, 2021: Promotion to professor Alistair Barber, PhD, Ophthalmology, Cellular and...
View ArticleFive questions with healthy aging researcher Britney Wardecker
Britney Wardecker, PhD, an assistant professor of nursing at Penn State College of Nursing, researches healthy aging in the LGBTQ community. There are more than 50 million Americans who are aged 65 and...
View ArticleAssessing the quality of health information in an age of information overload
Note: This post is written by the team of The ONE Group (Oncology – Nutrition – Exercise) at Penn State College of Medicine as part of a first-person blog about their work. Learn more about the group...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: Understanding post-traumatic stress disorder
Something awful happens. Physically, perhaps, you make it through fine. But for some, the trouble has just begun. Deeply upsetting or frightening events such as accidents, rape, military battles or...
View ArticleBlack explains why wearing face masks on College of Medicine campus is mandatory
Dr. Kevin Black, interim dean of Penn State College of Medicine, sent the following email to staff, faculty and students on July 1. Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, Instead of our normal College of...
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