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November 28, 2018 | Jewish Exponent

National Institutes of Health Funds Monumental Mitzvah Food Program Study

“This research study will be the first to rigorously evaluate the long-term behavioral and health effects of low-cost healthy food ‘nudges’ in a food pantry,” said Christina Roberto of the Perelman School of Medicine’s Psychology of Eating and Consumer Health (PEACH) lab, who is leading the study. Using our online ordering system, Penn’s multiyear randomized-controlled trial will examine how food pantry clients are influenced by on-screen interventions, or “nudges.” In other contexts, nudges — like adding traffic light colors to signal healthy and less-healthy choices — have successfully led to healthier food choices.

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November 25, 2018 | Washington Post

Who owns your medical data? Most likely not you.

“So you could say, ‘If there’s value generated, let’s distribute across all of the 10,000 people who contributed their samples,’ ” Joffe says, “but then you end up with tiny amounts, and it just doesn’t make sense to return 45 cents to each individual.”

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November 20, 2018 | Charleston Post and Courier

Zeke Emanuel: Both parties agree prescription drug prices are out of control

As elections earlier this month made clear, voters still care a lot about health care. And chief among their concerns are exorbitantly high drug prices.

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December
11
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Harnessing Science, Tech and Innovation to Combat Distracted Driving

Learn More 2018-12-11 11:30:00 2018-12-11 13:30:00 America/New_York Harnessing Science, Tech and Innovation to Combat Distracted Driving Houston Hall, 2nd Floor Auditorium Penn Medical Ethics
December
13
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Health Policy Work-in-Progress Seminar: Varun Gauri, PhD

Learn More 2018-12-13 12:00:00 2018-12-13 13:00:00 America/New_York Health Policy Work-in-Progress Seminar: Varun Gauri, PhD Co-head, Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit; Senior Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank 104 Stellar-Chance, 422 Curie Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States Penn Medical Ethics
January
10
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Health Policy Work-in-Progress Seminar: Mario Macis, PhD

Learn More 2019-01-10 12:00:00 2019-01-10 13:00:00 America/New_York Health Policy Work-in-Progress Seminar: Mario Macis, PhD Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School; Academic Program Director, MS in Health Care Management; Associate Faculty, Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute 104 Stellar-Chance, 422 Curie Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States Penn Medical Ethics
January
24
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Health Policy Work-in-Progress: Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

Learn More 2019-01-24 12:00:00 2019-01-24 13:00:00 America/New_York Health Policy Work-in-Progress: Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD Associate Professor of School of Information and Health Management and Policy, University of California San Francisco 104 Stellar-Chance, 422 Curie Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States Penn Medical Ethics
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