New research provides insight into the efficacy of pink noise & earplugs for mitigating the effects of intermittent environmental noise on sleep ft. Mathias Basner (Psychiatry) tinyurl.com/k8ykps44

A tremendous thank you to Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professor Geelsu Hwang of Penn Dental who presented at yesterday's @PennMicro #PSOMDDVP seminar! For more information about the program & upcoming events➡️ tinyurl.com/4rkmvwbj

Join the @pennmedicine.bsky.social Center for Global Health on 3/6 for Penn Global Health Day ft'ing keynote speaker @jimyongkim.bsky.social! Learn more & register➡️ tinyurl.com/3mk2ya5u

#ICYMI: The @pennmedicine.bsky.social Biomedical Research Core Facilities Winter 2026 Newsletter is out now! Featuring important announcements, highlights from the January Core Director Workshop & exciting updates from 5 of our incredible research core facilities tinyurl.com/3f5en867

Antigen-specific profiling identifies T-bet+ melanoma-specific CD8+ T cells associated with response to neoadjuvant PD-1 blockade ft. Guanning Wang & Alexander Huang (@penncancer.bsky.social) @i3h-upenn.bsky.social @cp-cancercell.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New research out in @aacrjournals.bsky.social finds that a biomarker blood panel that incorporates 4 different proteins enhanced the detection of pancreatic cancer compared to measuring CA19-9 levels alone ft. Kenneth Zaret (@PennCDB) tinyurl.com/5cr34xue

New research out @moltherapy.bsky.social in finds that DR5 CAR-T cells target melanoma & suppress MDSCs with minimal toxicity ft. Huaishan Wang & Xiaowei Xu (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to @laparoscopes.bsky.social (@pennsurgery.bsky.social), @delafuentelab.bsky.social (@pennmicro.bsky.social), Julio Chirinos (@penncvi.bsky.social) & Seiji Isotani (@penngse.bsky.social) on being named Penn AI Discovering the Future of AI Awardees! tinyurl.com/2vbw96c5

New research out in Nature Immunology finds that tissue-resident exhausted & memory CD8+ T cells have distinct ontogeny, function & role in disease ft. Simone Park & @ejohnwherry.bsky.social (Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics/ @i3h-upenn.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research finds that usage-based insurance feedback & incentives led to sustained improvements in driver safety ft. Jeffrey Ebert (Penn Nudge Unit) @pennchibe.bsky.social tinyurl.com/msse56b5

Anti-FAP CAR T cells produced in vivo reduce fibrosis & restore liver homeostasis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis ft. Thomas Williamson (@PennCDB), Tyler Papp, Hamideh Parhiz (@PennSysPharmATT), @Haig_Ag & @JonEpsteinLab (@pennmedicine.bsky.social) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📢 TODAY, 2/18 at 12pm, join us to see Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professor, Geelsu Hwang of Penn Dental, present his #PSOMDDVP seminar, “Engineering-driven oral health research,” at @pennmicro.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/3p4wdm32

Looking to #recycle lab & other table top electronics? ♻️ Stop by the Stellar Chance 2nd Floor Elevator Lobby or Smilow CN level TODAY, 2/11 from 11am-2pm for an E-waste recycling event! @pennmedicine.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4cs6vryw

Join us on Wednesday, 2/18 at 12pm to see Deans' Distinguished Visiting Professor, Geelsu Hwang of Penn Dental, present his #PSOMDDVP seminar, “Engineering-driven oral health research,” at @pennmicro.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/3p4wdm32

Student-led efforts promoting inclusivity & belonging in US medical schools ft. Briana Macedo, Felipe Rosero Castro, Danielle Feffer, Andrew Siaw-Asamoah, Karen Campbell, Roy Hamilton, Horace DeLisser & César Briceño (@pennmedicine.bsky.social) @natmed.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join @penngym.bsky.social this Sunday, 2/15 at 2pm for their Healthcare Heroes meet! @penngym.bsky.social is offering a special ticket offer for all healthcare workers for just $4 (code: PENNHEALTHCAREHERO). Learn more & redeem your ticket➡️ tinyurl.com/h8tnzhbw

In Penn Today, Shelley Berger, Zhihui Zhang (@pennepigenetics.bsky.social) & Esra Sahingur (Penn Dental) discuss senescence, the process of cellular aging, & the complexities of developing anti-aging therapies that target these cells tinyurl.com/bdz864ah

ft. @sixiaaaaaa.bsky.social, Paola Kuri, Jonathan Zou, Maxwell Marshall, Gabriella Rice, Stephen Prouty, Tzvete Dentchev, Miriam Doepner, Brian Capell, Todd Ridky, Pantelis Rompolas (Derm) & @jboerckel.bsky.social (Ortho) @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An $8M gift from the RTW Foundation will help @pennmedicine.bsky.social reimagine physician training ft. Rod Wong, Marti Speranza Wong, J. Larry Jameson, Jon Epstein, Lisa Bellini & Jennifer Kogan tinyurl.com/38wpv8aj

New research out in @nature.com delineates two replicable axes of human white matter development ft. @audreycluo.bsky.social & @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social (Psych) @chopresearch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to @bradylabupenn.bsky.social (@penncbio.bsky.social/ @rtaatpennmed.bsky.social), recipient of the 2026 @asbmb.bsky.social Ruth Kirschstein Maximizing Access in Science Award! tinyurl.com/2s83nn48

New research out in @jci.org finds that concomitant COX-1 & COX-2 suppression is not sufficient to induce enteropathy associated with chronic NSAID use ft. Kayla Barekat & Emanuela Ricciotti (@itmat.bsky.social) @FitzGerald__Lab www.jci.org/articles/vie...

Congratulations to @rsbhansalimd.bsky.social (@penncancer.bsky.social) & Haley Newman (Pediatrics) on being named 2026 @the-asci.org Emerging-Generation Awardees! tinyurl.com/d7c9dxzz

Looking to #recycle lab & other table top electronics? ♻️ Stop by the Stellar Chance 2nd Floor Elevator Lobby or Smilow CN level on Wednesday, 2/11 from 11am-2pm for an E-waste recycling event! @pennmedicine.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4cs6vryw

Congratulations to Shivan Mehta (@PennGIHep), recipient of a 2025 @cityandstatepa.bsky.social Impact Award in recognition of his work reimagining cancer screening delivery! @penncancer.bsky.social @pc3innovation.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2hk9xbek

Discordance in treatment response assessment between clinicians & patients with skin chronic graft-vs-host disease ft. Varshini Babu, Daniel Shin, Joel Gelfand, @emilybaumrinmd.bsky.social (Dermatology) & Alison Loren (@penncancer.bsky.social) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#ICYMI: Check out @pennldi.bsky.social's 2025 Year In Impact, highlighting standout achievements & ongoing efforts to drive positive change in health care & health policy through cutting-edge, transformative research➡️ tinyurl.com/mv9mmk3u

Congratulations to Catherine Auriemma (Pulmonary), @draaron.bsky.social (@pennidfellows.bsky.social) & Leo Wang (Dermatology) on being named 2026 @the-asci.org Young Physician-Scientist Awardees! tinyurl.com/ymhdfcry

Congratulations to @pennmedicine.bsky.social 2026 CRF Forum Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awardees! ft. @kiranmusunuru.bsky.social, @ahrensnicklas.bsky.social, @angiedemichele.bsky.social, L. Chodosh, E. Roberts, Y. Chen, P. Merkel, J. Svoboda, C.June & P. Groeneveld tinyurl.com/74yfaxr7

New research out in @plosmedicine.org provides insight into the impact of combined hormonal contraceptives & metformin on metabolic syndrome in women with hyperandrogenic #PCOS & obesity ft. Anuja Dokras & Christos Coutifaris (OBGYN) journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

New AI tool helps doctors to sift & synthesize patient data ft. @asset25.bsky.social (Radiology), Yevgeniy Gitelman (Hospital Med), Srinath Adusumalli (Cardiology), Lauren Hahn & Raina Merchant (Penn Med Innovation) tinyurl.com/fuzbm5rb

Housing cost burden & outcomes among Medicaid beneficiaries with heart failure ft. @joniqua.bsky.social (@ncsp-penn.bsky.social), Lin Yang, Lauren Eberly, Ashwin Nathan, Sameed Khatana (@penncvi.bsky.social), Eric Roberts & Pete Groeneveld (Internal Med) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Join @pennepigenetics.bsky.social on 2/23 for their 2026 symposium ft'ing Scott Armstrong, Ali Shilatifard, Ting Wang, @weissmanlab.bsky.social, Huda Zoghbi, @gburslem.bsky.social, Erica Korb, Mitchell Lazar, @vahedilab.bsky.social & Zhoalan Zhou. Learn more & register➡️ tinyurl.com/3zdms2yx

Nudges to clinicians & patients for flu vaccines during visits ft. ShivanMehta, Kim Waddell, Kristin Linn, Caitlin Brophy, Junning Liang, Sae-Hwan Park, Catherine Reitz, Keyirah Williams, Corinne Rhodes & Amol Navathe (@pennmedicine.bsky.social) @jamainternalmed.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

With support from the AMA, @pennmedicine.bsky.social is leveraging AI to strengthen clinical reasoning skills & patient care ft. Jessica Dine, Janae Heath (Pulmonary), Jennifer Kogan (Internal Medicine), Ilene Rosen (Sleep Med) & Danielle Mowery (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/44wkfpsw

Basis for lineage-determining pioneer factors targeting distinct repressed chromatin states ft. Andrew Katznelson, @jingchao-zhang.bsky.social, Greg Donahue, Ken Zaret (IRM/ @pennepigenetics.bsky.social) @cambupenn.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ft. Mattia Mahmoud, Jinbo Chen, Anne Marie McCarthy (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social), @christineedmonds.bsky.social, Carla Zeballos (Radiology) & @drlolafayanju.bsky.social (Surgery) @penncancer.bsky.social @pc3innovation.bsky.social pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...

Single-chain IL-23 secretion by CAR T cells improves tumor control & persistence against solid tumors ft. John Keane, David Degaramo, Heather Sosnoski, Shawna Brookens, Hyeon-Gyu Lewis, Fang Liu & Avery Posey (@PennSysPharmATT) @penncancer.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@pennmedicine.bsky.social's PennAInsights — an AI tool that helps detect early signs of chronic disease & streamlines radiologists’ workload - recognized with the 2025 @HCInnovationGrp Innovator Award! ft. @cekahn.bsky.social & Walter Witschey (Radiology) tinyurl.com/murbr9zc

New research from Steven Messé (Neurology) found that hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines Stroke public reporting program delivered more guideline-based care, but had similar clinical outcomes to nonreporting hospitals jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Celebrating innovation at @upenn.edu ft. @marcoruella.bsky.social, Saar Gill, Stephen Schuster (@penncancer.bsky.social), Carl June, @bllphd.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), Mark Engleka, Michael Yocum (PennPCI), Nicola Mason (Penn Vet) & Liang Feng (SEAS) tinyurl.com/mryfmk7u

ft. Kyla Mace, @atothezphd.bsky.social, Fusun Doldur-Balli, Erika Almeraya Del Valle, Allan Pack, Matthew Kayser (@pennsleep), @alessandrachesi.bsky.social (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), Hayle Kim, Jeffrey Rosa, (Psych) & Struan Grant (@chopresearch.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Alyssa Moran, Christina Roberto (@pennmehp.bsky.social) & Neha Khandpur (WUR) argue that policymakers should define non-ultra-processed foods, rather than ultra-processed foods, to better protect the public’s health & improve regulatory efficiency & flexibility www.nature.com/articles/s41...

ft. Sam Reffsin, Margaret Dunagin, Yael Heyman, @arjunraj.bsky.social (Bioeng), Jesse Miller, Kasirajan Ayyanathan, Sara Cherry (@pennpathlabmed.bsky.social), @naveen-jain.bsky.social (@cambupenn.bsky.social) & David Schultz (BioBio) @penngenetics.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking to #recycle lab & other table top electronics? ♻️ Stop by the Stellar Chance 2nd Floor Elevator Lobby or Smilow CN level on Wednesday, 2/11 from 11am-2pm for an E-waste recycling event! @pennmedicine.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4cs6vryw

Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits ft. Corinna Oswell, Sophie Rogers, Justin James, Benjamin Reiner & @flybottleescape.bsky.social (Psychiatry) @nature.com nature.com/articles/s41...

DEC1 regulates human β cell functional maturation & circadian rhythm ft. Sam Preza, Zihan Gao, Mai Liu, @juanalvarezdom.bsky.social (@pennsleep/ @IRM_UPenn/ @PennIDOM), Bliss Zheng, Akshaya Biju, Zhihui Cheng (@pennbioeng) & Matthew Choi (@PennCDB) @cellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Addressing the psychological impacts of inflammatory bowel disease - In Penn Today, Chung Sang Tse (@PennGIHep) & Melissa Hunt (@PennSAS) discuss their research on the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (#CBT) to reduce #IBD-related disability tinyurl.com/3p62nz8j

@pennmedicine.bsky.social researchers awarded $25M by PCORI to conduct largest-ever trial using smartphones to fight heart disease ft. Alexander Fanaroff (@penncvi.bsky.social) & Kevin Volpp (@pennchibe.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/4enj6vwh

The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence ft. Rodney Babb (PTVRP) & @elinorejkaufman.bsky.social (@pennsurgery.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/yc58jpmz