Faculty

Recent News:

• September 18

  Relationship Found Between HIV Risk & Individual AND Community Level Educational Status

  African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) remain at heightened risk for HIV infection and account for the largest number of African-Americans living with HIV/AIDS. It has long been understood that there is a clear and persistent association between poverty, transactional sex behavior, and HIV risk. A new University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) study has investigated how educational status relates to HIV risk in this population.

  
  
• September 14

  Black Babies More Likely to Have Nursing Care Missed in their NICU Stay

  Everybody wants a healthy life for their baby.  Black babies are more likely to be born prematurely, which puts them at risk for death and developmental problems.  In fact, a third of all infant deaths are preterm-related. The critical period in preterm babies’ lives is when they are just born and are in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The care they receive is vital to a healthy future.

  
  
• September 14

  Black Babies More Likely to Have Nursing Care Missed in their NICU Stay

  Everybody wants a healthy life for their baby.  Black babies are more likely to be born prematurely, which puts them at risk for death and developmental problems.  In fact, a third of all infant deaths are preterm-related. The critical period in preterm babies’ lives is when they are just born and are in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The care they receive is vital to a healthy future.

  
  
• September 14

  A National Award and Appointment for Riegel

  Barbara Riegel, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor of Gerontology at Penn Nursing, is set to receive a national award for her contributions to improving the care of patients with advanced heart failure, and has recently been appointed to a national task force dedicated to cardiovascular science.

  
  
• September 12

  George Demiris Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

  Demiris, a leader in new technologies for e-health and home-based health care, will hold joint faculty appointments in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences of the School of Nursing and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.