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Office of news communicationsLatest News and Press Releases
July 16, 2013. Temple University Hospital has once again been included among the region’s best hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" rankings for 2013-14. U.S. News also recognized Temple for high performance in eight specialties. Fox Chase Cancer Center has been ranked among the best hospitals in the nation for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report and also ranks highly among hospitals in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Story>>
June 25, 2013. Temple University School of Medicine’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) presented the 12th annual Dawn Marks Research Day on June 18 in the Medical Education and Research Building. The event boasted its highest attendance to date, with student researchers producing 51 poster exhibits and executing 12 oral presentations to more than 200 visitors. Story>>
June 21, 2013. Martin Goldberg, MD, MACP, a prominent, long-time member of the Temple faculty who served as Dean of Temple University School of Medicine from 1986 to 1989, died on June 16, 2013. Story>>
June 20, 2013. Most of the 11,000 new cases of spinal cord injury that are diagnosed each year in the United States occur in people under age 30, and often the sufferer is a child. But smaller spinal cords in children and a lack of adequate imaging technology has created major problems in precisely locating the site of injury. New technological developments in imaging could help clinical specialists design more effective treatment and rehabilitation strategies for pediatric patients. Story>>
June 18, 2013. A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study by researchers at Temple University. Story>>
June 17, 2013. More than 200 people attended the half-day event in the medical school, which featured 57 research presentations by fellows and residents, followed by the presentation of the 2013 Distinguished Scientist Award to emeritus faculty member Peter N. Walsh, MD, PhD, and the awarding of the Sol Sherry awards for excellence in research to fellows and residents. Story>>
May 31, 2013. Gary D. Foster, Director of Temple University’s Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), has been appointed to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The appointment was announced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack. Story>>
May 20, 2013. Two former Alaskan commercial fisherman, an award-winning guitarist, a former wildland firefighter, and dozens of other unique and accomplished young women and men graduated from Temple University School of Medicine on May 17, 2013. Story>>
May 16, 2013. Just prior to graduation each year at Temple University School of Medicine, outstanding students—and the faculty who taught them—are honored for special achievement. On May 16, 2013, thirty-four graduating seniors and eight faculty were honored during a ceremony attended by fellow students, faculty, family, and friends. Story>>
May 14, 2013. As a little girl, Crystal Brown thought that the community health fairs she went to with her mother in the Watts section of Los Angeles were just a big party. Nearly two decades later, on the cusp of graduating from medical school, she can see that they were the foundation on which she’s built a personal commitment to community service. Story>>
May 13, 2013. With one semester to go at West Chester University, Chris Kleinberg told his parents he was quitting school. His rock band, “Me without you,” for which he played electric guitar, had just been signed to a four-record contract. Thus began seven years of touring, during which Chris “lived the dream,” but also unexpectedly uncovered a deep love of science that would eventually lead him to medical school. Story>>
May 7, 2013. Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) has again been recognized by US News & World Report as one of the most popular medical schools in the nation in terms of applications received. TUSM received 10,600 applications for the 2012-2013 year, the sixth-highest total in the nation, up from seventh last year. Story>>
May 1, 2013. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is notorious for hiding within certain types of cells, where it reproduces at a slowed rate and eventually gives rise to chronic inflammation, despite drug therapy. But researchers at Temple University School of Medicine's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR) recently discovered that synthetic anti-inflammatory substances distantly related to the active ingredient of marijuana may be able to take the punch out of HIV while inside one of its major hideouts – immune cells known as macrophages. Story>>
April 30, 2013. Sixty (60) Temple physicians have been named to Philadelphia magazine’s annual “Top Doctors” list. Nominated by their professional peers, the physicians on the list practice at Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital. Story>>
April 15, 2013. A major factor in the advance of heart disease is the death of heart tissue, a process that a team of scientists at Temple University School of Medicine's (TUSM) Center for Translational Medicine think could be prevented with new medicines. Now, the researchers are one step closer to achieving that goal, thanks to their discovery of a key molecule in an unexpected place in heart cells – mitochondria, tiny energy factories that house the controls capable of setting off cells' self-destruct sequence. Story>>
April 2, 2013. In January, Stefania Gallucci, MD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, was awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Lupus Research Institute to test whether estrogen may play a role in triggering certain immune system cells to overproduce inflammation-driving chemicals known as interferons, which are known to fuel the development of lupus. Story>>
April 1, 2013. Ariel Marks, a second-year medical student, consults a woman with a large bruise on her leg as a third-year student looks on. The woman could be a grandmother, or una abuela: In her mid to late 50s, she is petite, with long, grayish-black hair and a warm smile. At Temple University Hospital (TUH), a patient with bruising can often be treated easily and will leave on the road to recovery. But the scene is not unfolding inside a building on North Broad Street—it takes place in a tent, in the middle of a Nicaraguan jungle, in front of an abandoned community center with a dirt floor and no plumbing. Story>>
March 15, 2013. Hundreds of eyes turn to the large digital countdown clock hanging on the wall in the lobby of the Medical Education Research Building. At the podium, Larry Kaiser, MD, Dean of Temple’s School of Medicine, begins counting backward. Story>>
March 12, 2013. Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) is once again listed as one of the top research-oriented medical schools in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Medical Schools 2014 rankings. Temple had the second-highest ranking of all medical schools in Philadelphia. Story>>
March 5, 2013. Some 5.8 million Americans suffer from heart failure, a currently incurable disease. But scientists at Temple University School of Medicine’s (TUSM) Center for Translational Medicine have discovered a key biochemical step underlying the condition that could aid the development of new drugs to treat and possibly prevent it. Story>>
March 1, 2013. Sharon J. Herring, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Ob/Gyn at Temple University School of Medicine, and physician in the Section of General Internal Medicine at Temple University Hospital, is the 2013 recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) Clinician Investigator Award. Dr. Herring received the award at the Mid-Atlantic SGIM regional meeting on March 1 in Philadelphia. Story>>
February 12, 2013. Eighty-five (85) Temple physicians have been named to the Best Doctors in America® list for 2013. Only five percent of doctors in America earn a spot on the prestigious list compiled and published by Best Doctors, Inc®. The physicians on this year's list practice at Temple University Hospital, Temple University Hospital-Episcopal Campus, Jeanes Hospital, and Fox Chase Cancer Center. Story>>
January 25, 2013. Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at the Temple University School of Medicine are inching closer to solving a long-standing mystery in sepsis, a complex and often life-threatening condition that affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. every year. Story>>
January 23, 2013. Researchers at Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) – the most common cause of cervical cancer – to a common form of childhood epilepsy. Story>>
January 21, 2013. A type of heart cell called a fibroblast may play a surprisingly important role in how the heart recovers after a heart attack. Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine have found evidence in mice that when a specific protein, GSK-3α, is turned off in cardiac fibroblasts, the heart has a much easier path to recovery. Story>>
January 17, 2013. Temple researchers are testing whether implanting miniature coils in the airways of diseased lungs can improve breathing, activity levels and quality of life for emphysema patients. Story>>
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Contact Information:Rebecca Harmon Assistant Vice President Department of Communications Temple University Health System 3509 N. Broad St., 9th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19140 T: 215-707-8229 Email: rebecca.harmon@tuhs.
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