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In the Media August 16, 2022

Dr. Nina O’Connor Named Chief Medical Officer Of The Temple Center For Population Health

Dr. O’Connor is a leader with an outstanding record of program growth, innovative care delivery, and strong financial performance across inpatient, ambulatory, and homecare settings.

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In the Media August 09, 2022

Temple Health, Redeemer Health and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Form Alliance to Acquire Chestnut Hill Hospital

An alliance composed of Temple Health, Redeemer Health, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has signed a definitive agreement whereby a newly formed entity owned by the Alliance will acquire Chestnut Hill Hospital as part of an asset purchase transaction with Tower Health.

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News July 19, 2022

With NIDA Grant, Researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine to Explore Link Between SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Cocaine Use, and COVID-19 Neurological Damage

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 on blood-brain barrier function is similar to that of cocaine and other psychostimulant drugs, a commonality that has raised questions about whether the virus, in the presence of psychostimulants, inflicts even greater CNS damage and whether the two share a similar molecular mechanism. Now, equipped with a new grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine have an unprecedented opportunity to explore these questions.
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News July 13, 2022

New $4M NIH Grant Awarded to Researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine to Fund Groundbreaking Research on Disparities in Hepatitis B and Liver Disease in Asian-Americans

Structural racism and discrimination (SRD) shapes persistent health disparities by limiting access to care and by directly affecting health and health behaviors. Most research on SRD in the health sector, however, has focused on Black Americans and Latinx. Now, thanks to a new five-year, $4 million grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Fox Chase Cancer Center have an unprecedented opportunity to expand SRD research to include Asian-Americans.
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In the Media July 10, 2022

Philadelphia Inquirer Article Extensively Highlights Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s New Admissions Process That Includes Community Interviewers

A Philadelphia Inquirer article highlighted the new admissions process at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. For the first time, five North Philadelphia community members interviewed prospective medical students in the Class of 2026 and had a say in the Admissions Committee’s decisions. The Student Diversity Council was instrumental in the design and implementation of the process.

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News July 06, 2022

Temple Believed in this Aspiring Physician. Now was the Time to Give Back.

For more than four decades, Edward C. Rabbitt, MD ’79, has been able to make a difference in people’s lives as an orthopaedic surgeon. Now, he and his wife, Eileen, are making a difference at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine with a generous gift in support of innovation in medical education. The school gave him the opportunity to pursue his passion, and over the years he and Eileen have often spoken about their wish to give back to Temple. Finally, the time was right.
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In the Media June 28, 2022

Lewis Katz School of Medicine Associate Dean Dr. Jacob Ufberg Joins ‘Admissions Straight Talk’ Podcast

Jacob W. Ufberg, MD, Associate Dean of Admissions, Interim Assistant Dean of Career Advising and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School, joined the “Admissions Straight Talk” podcast to discuss a variety of topics, including the Katz School of Medicine’s approach to medical education, its narrative medicine and urban bioethics programs, its new admissions process that includes community interviewers, and the field of emergency medicine.

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News June 24, 2022

Dancing in the Lab

In scientific research, it’s thrilling to uncover something new, something never documented before. Just as thrilling is to win grant funding to keep that exploration going. Super-competitive, grants and fellowships are difficult to apply for and hard to get. It is always a coup to land one. But there’s something extra special about those first few wins. Just ask Amanda St. Paul and Keman Xu, doctoral candidates in the Biomedical Sciences program at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. They’re both on cloud nine, celebrating brand-new, highly prestigious fellowship awards for their research.
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