David A. Asch, MD, was presented with the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award by the Association American of Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Penn Medicine News Release
Summer internship available for undergraduate minorities. For the eleventh consecutive year, LDI and the Wharton Health Care Management Department are conducting a paid summer internship program for undergraduates (rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors) from underrepresented minority groups and interested others. Information about the program and links to the application materials can be found at the SUMR Program Website. The application deadline is February 1, 2010.
RWJ Health and society Scholar Sabrina McCormick, PhD, Awarded "Best Real Time Documentary" at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival for the Film "No Family History"
RWJ Health and Society Scholar, Mehret Mandefro, MD, MSc Selected as White House Fellow
Rachel Werner MD, PhD, Receives AcademyHealth Alice Hersh New Investigator Award
Katrina Armstrong Receives American Federation for Medical Research Outstanding Investigator Award |
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Robert Aronowitz, PhD, has an op ed piece 'Addicted to Mammograms' published in the New York Times. (11/19/09) NY Times Op Ed Piece
David Grande, MD, was featured in a NPR segment about the Novartis campaign for the heartburn drug Prevacid.
NPR segment #2
Richard Cooper, MD, is featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer article arguing that health care legislation based on data from the Dartmouth Atlas would actually punish the poor. (11/16/09) Philadelphia Inquirer article
Giang Nguyen, MD, was featured in three WHYY segments. "Our Stories, Our Health", a project that has been teaching Vietnamese and Laotian elders to shoot video interviews about health topics they identified as important to their communities. (11/11/09) WHYY segments
Peter Groeneveld, MD, MS Published findings from the Penn study that examines the effectiveness of stenting for preventing heart attack, stroke, and death, in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. (11/10/09)
Penn Medicine News Release
Art Caplan, PhD, authored a column on msnbc.com about this nation's response to the swine flu epidemic.(11/10/09) msnbc.com article
David Asch, MD, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about how US physicians are torn over what the government should do to make health care more available and affordable.(11/10/09)Philadelphia Inquirer article
Carolyn Cannuscio, MSc, DSc is interviewed by WHYY about the "Trauma Trash and Triumph" exhibit being launched on November 5, 2009. WHYY Interview
Archived Senior Fellow Sightings
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