Four Penn State Liberal Arts faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards

Four College of the Liberal Arts faculty members recently received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2023-24 academic year to study research abroad: Gary Adler Jr., associate professor of sociology; Jennifer E. Glick, associate director of the Social Science Research Institute and Arnold S. and Bette G. Hoffman professor of sociology and criminology/demography; Burleigh Hendrickson, assistant professor of French and Francophone studies; and Kidane Mengisteab, professor of African studies and political science.

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Applications now open for CTSI Implementation Science Fellowship Program

Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Implementation Science Core is accepting applications for the inaugural Implementation Science Fellowship Program now through Aug. 1. The program provides training and a mentorship network to scientists interested in advancing their implementation science expertise across Penn State campuses.

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3 faculty accept director roles to advance clinical and translational research

Penn State CTSI offers research support, tools and resources, consultative services, funding, training and education across all Penn State campuses and for researchers at every stage of their learning and career. The CTSI welcomes new leadership in the following areas: Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging; Community-engaged Research; and the Translational Science Fellowship program core service areas.

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

New grant will continue center’s work to prevent abuse and support children

Penn State’s Center for Safe and Healthy Children exists to create a safe and healthy environment for all children through innovative research, high-quality training, and evidence-informed policymaking. The center received an $8.9 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that will serve as the cornerstone of the center’s funding for the next five years.

Social Science Research Institute

Q&A: Indigenous community-first approach to more ethical microbiome research

Two perspectives pieces published in Nature Microbiology by an international team of non-Indigenous and Indigenous researchers lay out a framework for ethical microbiome research practices that include Indigenous communities and ensure that these communities reap the benefits from their contributions.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

College of Medicine hosts first group of clinical research interns

Six Penn State students are better prepared for careers in clinical research thanks to a summer internship program at Penn State College of Medicine. For eleven weeks, the interns took active roles in existing research projects, immersed themselves in the conduct of research and learned more about careers in clinical research.

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Internet-based therapy may help depression in people with multiple sclerosis

An internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy program modified specifically for patients with multiple sclerosis may offer an effective and easily accessible way to manage depressive symptoms and lead to better quality of life, according to an international team of researchers.

Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

New wearable sensor makes continuous analysis of sweat possible, researchers say

Continuous monitoring of sweat can reveal valuable information about human health, such as the body’s glucose levels. However, wearable sensors previously developed for this purpose have been lacking, unable to withstand the rigors or achieve the specificity needed for continuous monitoring, according to Penn State researchers. Now, the research team has created a novel wearable patch that may be up to the task.

Materials Research Institute

Annual Report FY21-22

The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research is responsible for facilitating the $1.034-billion-per-year research enterprise at Penn State by working with a broad range of units across the University.

Penn State research has provided countless innovations and an abundance of scholarly work to benefit science, healthcare, our communities and our planet. The breadth and depth of our scientific expertise has made lasting impacts across our commonwealth, our nation and our world. The following pages present a few highlights of 2022 from the contributions of our interdisciplinary institutes, as well as our Applied Research Lab. Cumulatively, these highlights represent just a snapshot of the immense power and long-term contributions of the research enterprise at Penn State.

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Penn State leads semiconductor packaging, heterogeneous integration center

The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)’s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0), a consortium of industrial partners in cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has announced the creation of a $32.7 million, Penn State-led Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems (CHIMES)...Read More

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Four Penn State Liberal Arts faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards

Applications now open for CTSI Implementation Science Fellowship Program

3 faculty accept director roles to advance clinical and translational research

New grant will continue center’s work to prevent abuse and support children

Q&A: Indigenous community-first approach to more ethical microbiome research

College of Medicine hosts first group of clinical research interns

Internet-based therapy may help depression in people with multiple sclerosis

New wearable sensor makes continuous analysis of sweat possible, researchers say

Annual Report FY21-22

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Penn State leads semiconductor packaging, heterogeneous integration center

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Four Penn State Liberal Arts faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards

Applications now open for CTSI Implementation Science Fellowship Program

3 faculty accept director roles to advance clinical and translational research

New grant will continue center’s work to prevent abuse and support children

Q&A: Indigenous community-first approach to more ethical microbiome research

College of Medicine hosts first group of clinical research interns

Internet-based therapy may help depression in people with multiple sclerosis

New wearable sensor makes continuous analysis of sweat possible, researchers say

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