Two students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been selected as 2010-11 Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows. Over the next year, these two emerging professionals will join approximately 200 other 2010-11 Schweitzer Fellows across the country (including two from Penn School of Dental Medicine) in conceptualizing and carrying out service projects that address the unmet health-related needs of underserved individuals and communities:
Gregory Charak and Chuka Didigu, second year students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will work on a service project aimed at reducing risk factors for gestational diabetes by developing a risk reduction program for pregnant mothers in West Philadelphia.
Upon completion of their initial year, Charak and Didigu will become Schweitzer Fellows for Life—and join a vibrant network of over 2,000 individuals who are dedicated and skilled in addressing the health needs of underserved people throughout their careers as professionals.
For more information on the Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows Program, please go here. A full listing of the 2010-11 Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows is available here.
Congratulations on these Penn School of Medicine students’ selection as Schweitzer Fellows!
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The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
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