Penn dementia expert on newly approved Alzheimer’s drug: ‘The data aren’t strong enough’
From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Well before the FDA approved aducanumab, the first new Alzheimer’s drug since 2003, many dementia experts were lining up to criticize the...
Penn Development Research Initiative Launches
Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy Harsha Thirumurthy and Guy Grossman (Political Science, School of Arts & Sciences) have launched the Penn Development...
Penn Ethicist Proposes New Category for Psychiatric Patients to Justify Instances of Compulsory Treatment
The “involuntary treatment” of unwilling psychiatric patients has long been accepted as necessary in some cases, for the sake of patients and society, though it can raise...
Penn Master of Bioethics Program 20th Anniversary Celebration
Colloquium: David Magnus, PhD "Facing the Changing Ethical Landscape of Transplantation." Dr. Magnus is the Founding Director of the MBE Program.
Penn Medical Ethics & Health Policy Resource for Manuscript Submission
Wondering where to publish your policy paper or editorial? The Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy offers this spreadsheet as a resource to our faculty and beyond...
Penn Medicine Receives NIH Training Grants for Genomic Medicine
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received two highly competitive post-doctoral Institutional Training Grants for...
Penn Medicine researcher highlights health dangers of ending DACA
As backlash continues against the Trump administration's plans to end DACA, a new essay co-authored by a Penn Medicine researcher predicts the change in policy will have a...
Penn Medicine Researchers Awarded $27.5 Million for Large Palliative Care Study
From the Penn Medicine News Press Release: Palliative care is medical care that focuses on reducing suffering and improving quality of life for patients with serious...
Penn Medicine’s Jill M. Baren, MD, Elected President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine
Baren has been a member of the ABEM Board of Directors since July 2012, and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2016. She has served ABEM in a number of capacities,...