Faculty

Recent News:

• February 17

  PIK Professor Named Medical Pioneer

  Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA , a world-renowned expert in health policy and geriatric medicine, has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s ’25 medical pioneers to celebrate this Black History Month.’ She has joint appointments in Penn Nursing, the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Wharton School.

  
  
• February 11

  Humans of Penn Nursing: Tarik Khan, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, GR’22

  “I know what it’s like to receive bad patient care. Ignored. Be given poor advice. Left in the dark. Patronized. Judged. Disrespected. Dealt with like I was faking.”
  
• February 10

  Penn Nursing Professor Part of Team Establishing First-of-its-Kind HIV ‘Nudge Unit’ in South Africa

  Associate Professor Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA , who is also one of the Associate Directors of Penn’s Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) , is part of the team that recently received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a nudge unit focused on HIV prevention in South Africa.

  
  
• February 7

  New Chair of Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health

  José A. Bauermeister, PhD, MPH , Presidential Professor of Nursing, will be the next Chair of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s (Penn Nursing) Department of Family and Community Health, effective July 1, 2020.

  
  
• February 5

  Penn Nursing Launches New Podcast

  Amplify Nursing, the new podcast created and hosted by Marion Leary and Angelarosa DiDonato, features nurses who are leading the way in nursing science, policy, and innovation. Made possible by the Krista and Rich Pinola Fund for Innovation in Nursing, new episodes will be available every other Wednesday through iTunes, Spotify, GooglePlay, and more.