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Barbara Chaiyachati

Six Policy Changes to Keep Children Safe from Opioid Overdose

Barbara Chaiyachati discussed the gaps in naloxone co-prescribing policies for children and families while offering guidance for parents, providers, institutions, and policymakers to protect children from opioid overdoses.

Research Brief: Simple Visual Aids Raise Awareness

Alison Buttenheim, Harsha Thirumurthy, Aaron Richterman, and colleagues found bead-filled bottles called B-OK improve understanding of HIV treatment among patients with the disease. 

George Dalembert

The Role of Pediatricians in "The Talk"

George Dalembert discussed his recent study exploring the role of pediatricians in offering anticipatory guidance on navigating police interactions with Black adolescents, their families, and caregivers.

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Ethnicity, Race, and Sex-Specific Population Participation in RCTs

Rachel Kohn, Alisa J. Stephen-Shields, Alexander C. Fanaroff, and Scott Halpern found that Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and female patients were underrepresented across all contemporary cardiovascular randomized clinical trials.

Victor Roy

Health Care Profits Increasingly Support Shareholder Payouts

Victor Roy conducted a study that showed payouts to shareholders from large, for-profit, publicly traded health care companies totaled $2.6 trillion from 2001 through 2022, and analyzed what they mean for health care investment.

EVENT RECAPS

2025 Leighton Lecture

Inside Penn Medicine's Health Care Transformation Initiatives

At our annual Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture, Raina Merchant

shared how AI, telehealth, and digital tools are reshaping patient care.

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Using Tax and Labor Policies to Improve Population Health

At our latest virtual seminar, a panel of experts explored how programs like the Child Tax Credit, EITC, & unemployment insurance impact population health—especially for low-income families.

 UPCOMING EVENTS

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Breaking Barriers: Advancing LGBTQ+ Health Equity Through Policy

Thursday, April 10, 2025
3:30–4:30 p.m. ET

 

A Conversation with Brittany Charlton, MSc, ScD, Jerrica Kirkley, MD, and Therese Rodriguez. Moderated by José Bauermeister, PhD, MPH.

 

In-person event open to Penn affiliates.

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Health Impacts After Dobbs: What We Know and What Lies Ahead

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET

 

A Conversation with Alice Abernathy, MD, MSHP, Ari Friedman, MD, PhD, Dorothy E. Roberts, JD, and Courtney A. Schreiber, MD, MPH. Moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD.

In-person event open to Penn affiliates.

IN THE MEDIA

“Nursing Homes Anxious as Republicans Ponder Deep Medicaid Cuts.” Rachel M. Werner. Bloomberg Law News

 

“Not Even Wealth Is Saving Americans From Dying At Rates Seen Among Some Of The Poorest Europeans.” Atheendar Venkataramani. NBC News

 

“U.S. Government Cuts Imperil Life-Saving Gun Violence Research. As Doctors, We Fear For The Future.” Elinore J. Kaufman. The Guardian


“New Study Finds More Higher-Skilled Immigrants Means Stronger Economic Growth.” Kent Smetters. Axios

PUBLICATIONS

“Centering Diné (Navajo) Voices: Barriers, Facilitators, and Perceptions of Cardiac Care Among Patients with Heart Failure in Rural Navajo Nation.” Lauren Eberly, Ada Tennison, Larissa Morgan, Marita Smith, Leah Gray, Matthew Kearney, Benjamin Feliciano, Erica Lindsey, Jacob Manche, Pamela Detsoi-Smiley, Sonya Shin, Maricruz Merino. Circulation

 

“LGBTQ+ Inclusive Policies, Nurse Job Outcomes, and Quality of Care in Hospitals.” Hyunmin Yu, Matthew D. McHugh, José A. Bauermeister, Tari Hanneman, Karen B. Lasater. JAMA Network Open

 

“Encouraging Pharmacist Referrals for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation: Two Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials.” Alexander C. Fanaroff, Qian Huang, Kayla Clark, Laurie A. Norton, Wendell E. Kellum, Dwight Eichelberger, John C. Wood, Zachary Bricker, Andrea G. Dooley Wood, Greta Kemmer, Jennifer I. Smith, Srinath Adusumalli, Mary E. Putt, Kevin G. Volpp. JAMA Cardiology

 

“The Effect of Rurality on Time to Surgery and Overall Survival Among Women with Breast Cancer.” Kriyana P. Reddy, Cara L. Berkowitz, Kathleen Jarrell, Rachel Berger, Sarah Hulse, Leisha C. Elmore, Rebecca Fishman, Alina M. Mateo, Dahlia M. Sataloff, Julia C. Tchou, Jennifer Q. Zhang, Anne Marie McCarthy, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju. Annals of Surgery

 

“Hospital Security Searches Among Patients with Substance-Related Encounters.” Sarah J. Nessen, Ashish Thakrar, Jeanmarie Perrone, Lin Xu, Rachel McFadden, Margaret Lowenstein. JAMA Network Open

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