Torrey Shirk
Torrey Shirk is a Senior Research Coordinator working with Dr. Amol Navathe. His previous work was in post-market clinical studies of orthopaedic medical devices, in mental...
Transition of Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel as Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Following a two-year leave of absence as Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, is stepping down from his leadership position...
Treatment with Dignity
Of course, community treatment may not be appropriate for everyone with a serious mental illness. In the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dominic Sisti, Elizabeth...
Trump's attacks on FDA criticized; Supreme Court health law fight after election
The damage from Trump's attacks on the FDA is "incalculable" in terms of making the agency "even more political than it has to be and causing the public to question whether...
Trump Says He ‘Aced’ a Cognitive Test. What Does That Really Mean?
“The way our president is having a conversation about mental health is not helpful,” said Dr. Jason Karlawish, a dementia researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s...
Trump Slows Efforts to Cut Health-Care Costs
"Putting mandatory changes on hold may give the goverment more time to tinker with them", says Amol Navathe, a University of Pennsylvania Economist. "We don't have them...