School Opening and COVID-19: Medical, Educational, and Policy Considerations
The Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy is hosting a free, live webinar on School Opening and COVID-19 on December 18 from 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern. This course is...
Science journal editors shouldn’t contribute to politicizing science
Genevieve P. Kanter writes for STAT: "When the editors of some of the world’s leading science journals agree on something, it is generally safe to assume that they are...
Science Needs Your Cells
Holly Fernandez Lynch and Steven Joffe It’s often portrayed as a story of exploitation. In the early 1950s, Henrietta Lacks, a poor, young African-American woman, learned...
Scott D. Halpern
Dr. Halpern’s research combines empirical approaches from the fields of epidemiology, health services research, and the decision-making sciences with conceptual work grounded...
Scott Halpern, Jennifer Prah Ruger Elected Hastings Center Fellows
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, John M. Eisenberg Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and Jennifer Prah...
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, Wins Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Congratulations to Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, on his receipt of the Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from Penn Medicine. "Ever since I was an...
Scott Halpern Named John M. Eisenberg Professor in Medicine
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, has been named the inaugural John M. Eisenberg Professor in Medicine at the...
Seeking Early Signals of Dementia in Driving and Credit Scores
From The New York Times: For now, the search for older people who are likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other dementias takes place mostly in research settings, where...