Dr. John Daly has been named dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine effective immediately, President Richard M. Englert and Provost JoAnne A. Epps announced today. Daly has been interim dean since October 2019.
New data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medicare Catchment Area Report 2021 shows that Temple University Hospital’s COVID-19 outcomes compare favorably to state and national benchmarks in the report. The report is a January – June 2020 performance snapshot of Temple University Hospital’s Medicare inpatients with a COVID-19 diagnosis, relative to those state and national benchmarks.
The data released in the report showed that for the six months being tracked:
Student volunteers from across the university, not just medical students, have participated in the various aspects of the vaccination, from checking in staff and asking a few basic screening questions to scheduling follow-up appointments for the second dose.
Excision BioTherapeutics, Inc. has secured $60 million in investor financing to advance CRISPR-based gene editing constructs developed by Temple's Dr. Kamel Khalili.
In this new role, Dr. Cash will be a crucial member of the Student Affairs team, working closely with the Office of Medical Education and Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
A team led by Dr. Jessica Beard sought to determine the magnitude of Philadelphia’s increase in firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic and to understand potential causes of the rise.
The new structure encompasses contemporary constructs that better support curricular evolution, improve mentoring and faculty development, and enhance research production to optimize scientific academic and clinical interdisciplinary collaborations.
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.
