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Perelman School of Medicine Partners with HBCUs to Increase Student Diversity in Medicine

May 24, 2022

More students will have the opportunity to pursue a future in medicine through an expanded partnership between PSOM and five historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), in an effort by Penn to increase the number of physicians from groups underrepresented in medicine (URiM).

Diversity and Inclusion

Racial Disparity in Follow-Up Appointment Attendance After Hospitalization Disappears As Telemedicine Adopted

January 19, 2022

Telemedicine appears to be a key to reducing racial inequities in follow-up care after hospitalization, according to numbers collected amid the pandemic by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Diversity and Inclusion

Backed by Penn Medicine Research, National Task Force Recommends Removing Race from Kidney Function Equation

September 23, 2021

A national task force announced Thursday that it is recommending the immediate implementation of a new diagnostic equation for measuring kidney function, which advocates say will promote health equity and increase access to transplantation for Black patients.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Perelman School of Medicine Partners with HBCUs to Increase Student Diversity in Medicine

May 24, 2022

Racial Disparity in Follow-Up Appointment Attendance After Hospitalization Disappears As Telemedicine Adopted

January 19, 2022

Backed by Penn Medicine Research, National Task Force Recommends Removing Race from Kidney Function Equation

September 23, 2021

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