Penn Wins $4.9 Million Grant to Use Behavioral Economics, Implementation Science in Cancer Care
A $4.9 million grant has been awarded to the Perelman School of Medicine to use behavioral economics and implementation science to improve cancer care. Our department’s Rinad...
Peter Reese receives Distinguished Researcher Award from the American Society of Nephrology
Dr. Reese is professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, with secondary appointments in epidemiology and medical...
Peter Reese's Team Wins American Society of Transplantation 2020 Innovation Award
Congratulations to our department’s Peter Reese, MD, MSCE, whose team won the 2020 Innovation Award from the American Society of Transplantation for research on using...
Philadelphia Launches Philly Vax Sweepstakes
Several members of our department, Drs. Katy Milkman, Kevin Volpp, and Alison Buttenheim, helped design and launch the Philly Vax Sweepstakes, an incentive program to help...
Philadelphia Premiere of the film ANTHRAX, ft. special guest Jonathan Moreno
After the death of their friend, five former IDF soldiers from the same squad realize they are suffering from mysterious illnesses they believe to be side effects of an...
Philadelphia’s Sweetened Drink Sales Drop 38 Percent after Beverage Tax
On January 1, 2017, Philadelphia became the second city in the United States to implement a tax on the distribution of sugary and artificially sweetened beverages. The goal...