Blog Topic: Community

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  Preparing Students for Success on Medical Career Paths

  February 25, 2013

  Roy Hamilton, MD, assistant professor of Neurology and director of Pipeline Initiatives for the Perelman School of Medicine's Council for Diversity and Inclusion, has cultivated a handful of education and outreach programs that extend from high school through medical school and residency. Through exposure, mentorship, and education, his efforts are helping to prepare students before they get to the next step, so they can anticipate and succeed along the way. For all his efforts to educate and help young people advance to next stage of their career , Dr. Hamilton recently was awarded the 2013 University's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Award for Community Service.

  Brain and Behavior Community Education
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  Lend a Hand, Save a Life

  February 06, 2013

  The Pennsylvania HeartRescue Project, led by the Center for Resuscitation Science in Penn’s department of Emergency Medicine, has partnered with the American Heart Association and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to form the “Lend A Hand, Save a Life” CPR Challenge, which launched last month and will continue through late May. The initiative aims to train 250,000 people across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

  Community Emergency Medicine Heart Heart Month Patient Care
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  You Can Do It!

  January 21, 2013

  The new year frequently brings with it resolutions to improve our lives. And the two goals topping most people’s lists are losing weight and getting more exercise. Every January, gyms suddenly become more crowded and weight-loss programs see significant increases in membership. Diet aid apps are downloaded by the thousands....

  Brain and Behavior Community Experts Heart Obesity Weight and Eating Disorders Womens Health
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  A New Venue for Healing: Out of the Hospital and Onto the Stage

  January 07, 2013

  Later this week, a cast of 15 local actors and actresses will take to the stage at The Playground @ The Adrienne Theater in Center City to share a story of one woman’s journey through life, and cancer. The Healing, billed as “a story of love, fame, hurt, and healing”,...

  Cancer Community
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  Penn Medicine 2012 Year in Review

  December 31, 2012

  Taking a look back, 2012 has been a year marked by breakthroughs in medical research, system-wide growth, and landmark philanthropic support for Penn Medicine. As we set our sights on the year ahead, we also celebrate the past year's accomplishments and give thanks to the outstanding faculty, staff, and students...

  Aging Basic Science Brain and Behavior Cancer Clinical Trials Community Education Experts In the News Mens Health Patient Care Patient Stories Penn CAREs Research
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  Helping Spirits Rise

  December 24, 2012

  No one wants to be in the hospital, but being there during the holidays –- away from family and friends -– makes a difficult situation even harder. That’s why staff at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania go out of their way to bring the holiday spirit into patient...

  Community Nursing Patient Care

• Getting Personal

  December 10, 2012

  Nathan Francis Mossell, MD, the first black student in Penn’s School of Medicine, received his medical degree in 1882. On his first day, he later wrote, he was “accompanied by a storm of protest” as his fellow incoming students sounded their displeasure. “I was not perturbed in the least,” wrote...

  Community Education Health Care Quality and Safety Patient Care Personalized Medicine Womens Health
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  Penn Medicine and the Day in the Life Project: A Lesson in Scale

  December 07, 2012

  As a Digital Communications Editor, much — if not all — of my typical day is spent behind a keyboard in a regular office separate from our clinical facilities. For someone who is relatively new to Penn Medicine, this can create issues of scale. You’re told from the very beginning...

  Cancer Community Patient Care Transplant
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  Penn Medicine Reaches Out

  November 29, 2012

  UCHCFrom providing screenings for high blood pressure in West Philadelphia barber shops to arming women who are recovering from addiction with the skills to build new lives with their children, Penn Medicine’s employees reach far beyond our campus community to help, care for, and inspire people to improve their health. Each year since 2007, Penn Medicine has highlighted the work of its faculty, staff and students in Philadelphia and its neighboring communities in Simply Because. Last year’s book is full of the faces and stories of everyone who comes together to be part of these programs.

  Community Education Health Care Quality and Safety Nutrition OBGYN Patient Care Penn CAREs Womens Health
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  Be a Hero. Donate Blood.

  November 07, 2012

  Do you donate blood? If you’re like the majority of Americans –- more than 90 percent -- the answer is no. Most people don’t think about it in their busy lives. Or they feel someone else will take up the slack. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Less than 40 percent...

  Cancer Community Patient Stories