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,...
Penn Medicine Study Helps to Identify Patients in Need of End-of-Life Conversations
A Penn Medicine team has developed a machine learning algorithm that flags patients with cancer who are likely to die within the next six months to encourage patients to have...
Penn panel on "Legal Models for Psychedelics: Ethical, Clinical, and Practical Implications"
As psychedelics become increasingly mainstream, a variety of legal models are developing in tandem, including decriminalization, legalization, and more medicalized...
Penn receives $6.4 million from NIMH for new mental health center
A $6.4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will fund a new research center at the University of Pennsylvania to study how evidence-based treatment can...
Penn’s Bioethics Film Festival celebrates 200th anniversary of ‘Frankenstein’
The University of Pennsylvania kicks off its third annual Bioethics Film Festival Tuesday night. This year’s theme is “Frankenstein” in honor of the novel’s 200th...
Penn study looks at the emotional impact of a dementia diagnosis
The diagnosis of dementia is increasingly presenting doctors and patients with a psychological problem. At research centers like the University of Pennsylvania, new...