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August 29, 2022

Team to Study Income Volatility and Uncertainty on Mental Health and Wellbeing

Heather Schofield, PhD awarded a $2.5 million R01 from the National Institute on Aging

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July 20, 2022

Dr. K. Srinath Reddy appointed as Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

We are pleased to announce that Dr. K. Srinath Reddy has been appointed as Adjunct Professor as part of our department’s affiliated faculty program.

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July 14, 2022

Matt McCoy selected as a Greenwall Faculty Scholar

This 3-year award will support him to pursue an innovative project that addresses the ethical and policy dimensions of venture philanthropy

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June 21, 2022

Congratulations to Steve Joffe on his appointment to Chair of MEHP

On Friday, June 17 Dean Jameon and Dr. Epstein announced the appointment of Steven Joffe, MD, MPH as Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy

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June 6, 2022

Dr. Rinad Beidas Selected to Participate in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program

CHIBE Associate Director Rinad Beidas, PhD, has been selected as a member of the 28th cohort of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program.

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May 31, 2022

Dr. Amol Navathe Named Vice Chair of MedPAC

Congratulations to CHIBE Associate Director Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, for his reappointment to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and for his promotion to Vice Chair of the commission.

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April 12, 2022

Dr. Thirumurthy Promoted to Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Congratulations to CHIBE Associate Director Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD, on his promotion to Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, effective July 1, 2022.

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April 1, 2022

Your doctor is moonlighting on TikTok as an influencer

Doctors are becoming high-profile social media influencers. There are ethical side effects. Dom Sisti weighs in.

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March 21, 2022

Team Wins $2 Million Grant to Test New Approaches to Improve Familial Hypercholesterolemia Screening

Rinad Beidas, PhD, Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD; and Daniel Rader, MD, FAHA, will serve as multiple principal investigators for this grant from the NHLBI

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February 9, 2022

Penn and Tennessee Oncology Team Win Grant to Use Behavioral Economics, Predictive Analytics to Improve Palliative Care Use

A University of Pennsylvania team and Tennessee Oncology have won a $600,000 2-year grant from the Emerson Collective for a project that will leverage behavioral economics and predictive analytics to improve oncology patient health outcomes.

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January 17, 2022

Family and Friends are the Invisible Workforce in Long-term Care

Norma Coe and Rachel Werner expand on their recent study's findings, raising important questions about caregiving.

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January 10, 2022

Immunotherapy Use Increased in Patients Ineligible for Cancer Trials, Highlighting the Need for More Research in Vulnerable Populations

Ravi Parikh's recent study looks at the use of novel immunotherpaies in trial-ineligible patients compared to trial-eligible patients to treat cancer.

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January 4, 2022

New Penn Collaboratory Aims to Improve Care for Older Adults

New $20M award to fund the The Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging

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December 27, 2021

How to make good habits stick

Katy Milkman speaks to WHYY RadioTimes about her new study in Nature, its findings, and how the lessons can be applied to our own lives, so we make habits that stick.

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December 20, 2021

Allocation of Opportunities to Participate in Clinical Trials during the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies

Among the challenges that hospitals may face during a public health crisis is how to equitably provide patients with opportunities to participate in clinical trials. Holly Fernandez Lynch and colleageus explore ethical allocation.

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December 13, 2021

As Variants Emerge, COVID Clinical Trials Need Volunteers

COVID-19 clinical trial volunteers for new treatments and vaccines are in demand, especially as new variants continue to emerge. Emily Largent spoke to Verywell about clinical trial safeguards.

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December 6, 2021

Awakening Greater Attention to the Health Policy Importance of Sleep

Penn LDI Senior Fellow Heather Schofield Makes Headlines in Science Magazine

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December 3, 2021

Access to HIV self-tests in Kenya

Marking World AIDS Day, Harsha Thirumurthy offers four takeaways from his research exploring the impact access to free HIV self-tests had on women in Kenya and on the importance of HIV awareness.

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December 1, 2021

Hastings Center Welcomes 24 New Fellows

Holly Fernandez Lynch, Connie Ulrich, & Quayshawn Spencer elected as new fellows to the Hastings Center.

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November 22, 2021

When the hope goes: Talking with patients after withdrawal from cancer clinical trials

Cancer clinical trials remain underutilized by patients as a means of acquiring experimental drugs, tests and/or procedures that they otherwise might not be able to obtain. Connie Ulrich spoke to Healio about why people withdraw from clinical trials.

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