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January 27, 2021
Temple Receives $1.2 Million Gift from Dr. Herman Hurwitz and Sandra Hurwitz to Establish the Hurwitz Family Scholarship Fund

Dr. Herman Hurwitz, a 1962 graduate of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and his wife Sandra Hurwitz, have committed a gift of $1.2 million to the Katz School of Medicine.
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January 18, 2021
Temple Heart and Vascular Institute Receives Funding from the Edna Kynett Foundation to Engage Under-Represented Medical Trainees in Research on Racial and Sex-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in COVID-19

Dr. Deborah Crabbe will receive funding from the Edna Kynett Foundation to start a pilot program which provides mentorship and research training experiences to medical trainees from under-represented minority groups focused on Racial- and Sex-specific Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in COVID-19.
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January 13, 2021
Temple Researchers Identify Cardiac Protein that Causes Different Types of Heart Failure

In two new studies, Temple researchers show that in the heart, one molecule in particular, Krϋppel-like factor (KLF)-5, single-handedly fuels both the generation of oxidizing molecules and the accumulation of toxic lipids known as ceramides in the heart, exacerbating heart dysfunction. The studies are the first to identify KLF5 as a common mediator of cardiac damage in animal models of different diseases that lead to abnormal heart function, including diabetes and heart attack.
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December 29, 2020
Partnering to Educate the Latino Community about COVID-19

To encourage collaboration among its chapters, the Northeast Regional Board of the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) recently tasked chapters in various cities to work together to develop and implement a community service project for their local Latino community.
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December 17, 2020
Temple Researchers to Address Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Care With American Cancer Society and Pfizer Global Medical Grant

Temple researchers have receeived two-year, $400,000 award supports work aimed at breaking down race-related barriers that contribute specifically to disparities in lung cancer screening and cancer care among Blacks and African Americans in the Philadelphia area. Only 10 cancer-focused programs across the country were awarded ACS/Pfizer grants, out of more than 120 applicants. The grant is funded by Pfizer Global Medical Grants and overseen by the ACS.
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December 10, 2020
New $2.5 Million NIDDK Grant Gives Temple Researchers Opportunity to Advance Tools to Predict Hospital Readmission Among Patients with Diabetes

With $2.5 million in funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Temple researchers are poised to better predict which patients with diabetes are most likely to experience additional hospital visits.
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December 07, 2020
‘Mini Brains’ to Help Unravel the Mysteries of Methamphetamine Use and HIV on the Central Nervous System

Two researchers from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine received a $3.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to generate human brain organoids, or “mini-brains,” on which they will study the impact of HIV infection and methamphetamine (meth) on the central nervous system.
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December 02, 2020
Paying Tribute to Those Who Give Their Bodies to Science

Several students read from essays and poems reflecting on their experiences in the gross anatomy lab during the Lewis Katz School of Medicine’s annual Anatomy Donor Celebration on November 20. Hundreds have gathered for the event in years past. Because of the pandemic, it was moved to Zoom this year, where it drew an audience of about 200, including faculty, students, and family members of some of the donors.
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