| Dermatology | Education | In the News | International Education | Research | Women's Health
By Jessica Mikulski | June 27, 2011 | Comments
This summer, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania student Hayley Goldbach will travel to Botswana as part of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership to study dermatology and women’s health. The program that Hayley is participating in was formed by the Government of Botswana, the University of Botswana, and the...
Brain and Behavior | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Research
By Kim Menard | June 21, 2011 | Comments
Penn Medicine’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders team was well represented last week at the annual International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Toronto. The Penn team presented data from the Parkinson’s Associated Risk Study (PARS), and found that people with diminished ability to smell were more likely to have lower levels of dopamine transporter. Beyond the research, Matthew Stern, MD, Professor of Neurology and director of the PDMD Center, is now the president-elect of the Movement Disorder Society and will take over as president in the next term.
