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In 1963, The M.S. Hershey Foundation offered $50 million to The Pennsylvania State University to establish a medical school in Hershey. With this grant and $21.3 million from the U.S. Public Health Service, the University built a medical school, research center, and teaching hospital—Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The University broke ground in 1966, and Penn State College of Medicine opened its doors to students in 1967. Penn State Hershey Medical Center accepted its first patients in 1970. More...
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The University Park Regional Campus of Penn State College of Medicine is a collaborative effort between Penn State Hershey, Mount Nittany Health and other local State College providers. The regional medical campus offers a wide spectrum of medical education opportunities, including clerkships, electives and acting internships for third and fourth year Penn State medical students; fellowship programs; dual-degree programs; research collaboration; and a future family medicine residency program. Learn more about our University Park Regional Campus.
Three Ph.D. students receive prestigious award
Three College of Medicine Ph.D. students–Fengyang "Dylan" Lei, Theresa D. Carr, and Wint Nandar–were among thirteen recipients of the 2013 Penn State Graduate School Alumni Association Dissertation Award across the University. This award provides recognition and funding to outstanding doctoral students. It is one of the most prestigious available to graduate students at Penn State and "recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and professional accomplishment."
"Development of a T cell-based cancer immunotherapy by using the induced pluripotent stem cell" is the title of the winning dissertation by Lei, a microbiology and immunology student. His thesis advisor is Jianxun "Jim" Song, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology.
Physiology student Carr's dissertation was titled "The role of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in skin epithelial carcinogensis." Her advisor is Lisa Shantz, associate professor of cellular and molecular physiology.
Nandar's winning dissertation was titled "Modeling the impact of H63D HFE polymorphisms on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)." She is a neuroscience student, and her advisor is Jim Connor, distinguished professor of neurosurgery.
Each winning student received a $5,000 award and was recognized at the Graduate School Alumni Society's Spring Social and Recognition Program. Funds for these awards were made possible by a gift from the Penn State Alumni Association.
- Junior Faculty Development Program recognizes 2012-13 graduates On Thursday, May 30, 26 junior Penn State College of Medicine faculty and their mentors celebrated completion of the College of Medicine’s Junior Faculty Development Program, sponsored by the Office of Professional Development.More...
- Storytelling program helps change medical students' perspectives on dementia Treating patients with dementia can be viewed as a difficult task for doctors, but Penn State College of Medicine researchers say that storytelling may be one way to improve medical students' perceptions of people affected by the condition. Participation in a creative storytelling program called TimeSlips creates a substantial improvement in student attitudes.More...
- Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.More...
- Penn State College of Medicine awarded $1 million AMA grant Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious $1 million grant by the American Medical Association as part of a program aimed at transforming the way the physicians of tomorrow are trained.More...