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Community Spread of COVID-19 Tied to Patient Survival Rates at Area Hospitals
High rates of COVID-19 in the county where a hospital is located appears to reduce survival rates among hospitalized patients with the virus, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman...
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University of Pennsylvania mRNA Biology Pioneers Receive COVID-19 Vaccine...
The scientific team whose 2005 messenger RNA biology discovery at the University of Pennsylvania helped pave the way for the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna received their first dose...
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Study Reveals “Seeds of Skin Cancer” – Gene Mutations Associated with Early...
Specific DNA mutations are correlated with the beginnings of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and other cancers, according to researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Significant Disparities in Telemedicine Use, Especially Among Older and...
“As we begin to establish novel ways of caring for our patients via telemedicine, it is critical that we make the foundation of this new way forward equitable,” said the study’s senior author, Srinath...
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How Medical Schools Can Transform Curriculums to Undo Racial Biases
Medical school curriculums may misuse race and play a role in perpetuating physician bias, a team led by Penn Medicine researchers found in an analysis of curriculum from the preclinical phase of...
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Penn Medicine Names New CEO for Lancaster General Health
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has named John J. Herman as chief executive officer of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (LG Health), effective March 1, 2021.
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Penn Medicine Named Medical Provider for Drexel University Athletics
Effective immediately, this partnership ensures that Drexel athletes will receive the highest-level care for any injuries or orthopaedic needs they have on and off the field, court, or mat.
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Study Finds Commonly Used Blood Pressure Medications Safe for COVID-19 Patients
Medications to treat high blood pressure did not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, found an international team led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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New Statistical Method Exponentially Increases Ability to Discover Genetic...
In a test of the method, published in Nature Communications, Sum-Share’s developers were able to detect more than 1,700 DNA-level variations that could be associated with five different cardiovascular...
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James Demetriades Appointed CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton Health
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has named James Demetriades as CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton Health. He will begin his new role on March 1, 2021.
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Penn Medicine Surgeons Develop Universal Patient-Reported Outcomes Tool to...
Patient-reported outcomes have become a critical part of improving surgical care because of their ability to capture patient experiences, such as quality of life and satisfaction, that can help inform...
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Two Penn Faculty Named Hastings Center Fellows
Two faculty from the University of Pennsylvania, Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, of the Perelman School of Medicine and Jennifer Prah Ruger, PhD, of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the...
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Cardiac Rehabilitation is Underused Across the Country. One Simple Change...
Cardiac rehabilitation is a therapy that combines guided exercise along with heart-healthy lifestyle education that can be life-saving for the majority of people who have had a major cardiac event,...
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New Treatment Target Discovered That Halts Osteoarthritis-Like Knee Cartilage...
There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they’ve discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the disease’s effects. These...
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Awards and Accolades: December 2020
Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
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Penn Physicist, Physician Team Awarded $2 Million NIH Grant to Develop...
A team led by physicists at the University of Pennsylvania and physicians at the University’s Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a two-year, $2 million grant by the National Institutes of...
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COVID-19 Variant B.1.1.7 Found in Southeast Pennsylvania
Evidence of infection by the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been found in a southeast Pennsylvania resident.
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Discovery Could Lead to More Effective PARP Inhibitor Drugs Against Cancer
PARP inhibitors are recently developed drugs that have shown great promise against some types of ovarian, breast, prostate and pancreatic cancer, but many patients’ tumors develop resistance to the...
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Penn Study Shows Outcomes of Critically Ill COVID Patients Improved...
Despite unchanging patient characteristics and severity of COVID-19, mortality rates for critically ill patients treated in the ICU for the virus progressively declined over time during the first surge...
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Mutations Commonly Linked to Breast Cancer Found to Pose No Increased Risk,...
Several genetic mutations previously linked to breast cancer and included on commercial genetic tests, including direct-to-consumer tests, were found not to increase a woman’s risk of disease,...
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