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The perils and promise of GLP-1 medications
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The perils and promise of GLP-1 medications

How Penn Nursing researchers are ahead of the curve.

From Penn Nursing News

5 min. read

Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to re-envision how mental illness is diagnosed
Maria Oquendo.

Maria Oquendo is the Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to re-envision how mental illness is diagnosed

Maria Oquendo is leading a task force to reimagine the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

From Penn Medicine News

$50 million gift to launch the Lurie Autism Institute
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Jeffrey Lurie, CEO and Chairman of the Philadelphia Eagles, speaks at an event announcing the Lurie Autism Institute, a joint initiative between CHOP and Penn Medicine.

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$50 million gift to launch the Lurie Autism Institute

The transformational gift to Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will establish a joint initiative for autism research and treatment.

4 min. read

Could gene therapy restore lost hearing?
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Could gene therapy restore lost hearing?

Experts at Penn Medicine are working to understand the genetic architecture of hearing loss in adults at the Penn Center for Adult-Onset Hearing Loss.

From Penn Medicine Magazine

2 min. read

Improving care for disadvantaged patients

Improving care for disadvantaged patients

New research from Penn Nursing provides insight on the critical factors that help or hinder hospital nurses in delivering quality care to socially disadvantaged patients.

From Penn Nursing News

1 min. read

Keeping HUP sustainable
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Corporate director of sustainability for the University of Pennsylvania Health System Greg Evans.

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Keeping HUP sustainable

Corporate director of sustainability for the University of Pennsylvania Health System Greg Evans discusses steering Penn Medicine towards a greener future.

2 min. read

Improving T-cell responses to vaccines
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Improving T-cell responses to vaccines

Penn Vet and Penn Medicine researchers have modified mRNA vaccines to include the cytokine IL-12 and improve T-cell responses which could improve the body’s ability to fight infections.

3 min. read

Trials aim to make cancer relapse a thing of the past
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Trials aim to make cancer relapse a thing of the past

At Penn Medicine, clinical trials are testing methods that may stop cancer from recurring.

Kirsten Weir for Penn Medicine Magazine

6 min. read

Modupe Coker named Fellow of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine

Modupe Coker named Fellow of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine

Coker, an associate professor in the Department of Basic and Translational Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine, is among 100 fellows from across the country selected for the 2025-2026 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program. Hosted by Drexel University College of Medicine, ELAM is dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy.

Determining the cause of cryopreservation fertility failures
Spermatogenesis at a microscopic level

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Determining the cause of cryopreservation fertility failures

A new study from Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine on germ cell gene regulatory networks offers a holistic understanding of complex male germ cell differentiation in meiosis and spermatogenesis.

Martin Hackett

2 min. read