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Awards & Accolades: January 2023

February 03, 2023

Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.

Penn and UCI Discover New Approach for Brain Cell Immunotherapy

January 30, 2023

Microglia serve as the central nervous system’s resident front-line disease warriors—but they can become dysfunctional in many neurological conditions. In a pre-clinical study, Penn and UCI neuroscientists were able to replace microglia in the brain.

Psychiatry

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NIH Funds Penn Achilles Tendon Research Center for $8M

January 26, 2023

The new Penn Achilles Tendinopathy Center of Research Translation seeks to build insights that lead to better treatment of Achilles tendon injuries.

Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal

PSOM Announces Withdrawal from U.S. News & World Report

January 24, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) today announced that it will no longer submit data for participation in the U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) annual “Best Medical Schools” rankings.

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Head Injury is Associated with Doubled Mortality Rate Long-Term

January 23, 2023

Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.

Neurology and Neurosurgery

CAR T like Treatment for Rare Form of Autoimmune Disease

January 20, 2023

The revolutionary chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, used to treat patients with certain types of cancers, can be reworked to treat a form of the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis.

Basic Science

Awards & Accolades: December 2022

January 18, 2023

Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.

Machine Learning Improves End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients

January 12, 2023

Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about their care preferences and significantly decreased use of aggressive chemotherapy at end of life.

Cancer

CAREs Grants Continue to Support Community Service Projects

January 11, 2023

27 employee-backed community initiatives—projects designed to improve wellbeing, health equity, and inclusion in the region—recently received Penn Medicine CAREs grants. In addition, HopePHL was selected as the CAREs Community Champion for 2022.

Community Outreach and Engagement

CAR T Cell Therapy May Eliminate Tumor Cells Missed by Surgery

January 11, 2023

CAR T cell therapy, an approach which reprograms patients’ own immune cells to attack their blood cancers, may enhance the effectiveness surgery for of solid tumors, according to a new preclinical study.

Cancer

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Awards & Accolades: January 2023

February 03, 2023

Penn and UCI Discover New Approach for Brain Cell Immunotherapy

January 30, 2023

NIH Funds Penn Achilles Tendon Research Center for $8M

January 26, 2023

PSOM Announces Withdrawal from U.S. News & World Report

January 24, 2023

Head Injury is Associated with Doubled Mortality Rate Long-Term

January 23, 2023

CAR T like Treatment for Rare Form of Autoimmune Disease

January 20, 2023

Awards & Accolades: December 2022

January 18, 2023

Machine Learning Improves End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients

January 12, 2023

CAREs Grants Continue to Support Community Service Projects

January 11, 2023

CAR T Cell Therapy May Eliminate Tumor Cells Missed by Surgery

January 11, 2023

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