NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health

The Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging (PennAITech) seeks to explore the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies to improve in-home care for older adults and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Collaboratory will leverage extensive expertise in artificial intelligence, consumer informatics and aging, access to patient cohorts and resources of Penn’s School of Nursing, the Perelman School of Medicine, and other departments across the University of Pennsylvania. PennAITech is made possible through a grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award is expected to total $20 million over five years.

The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) recently honored Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, Assistant Professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health with its Research Recognition Award during its 2021 special awards ceremony – United for Equity – on December 9, 2021. The ceremony focused on inequalities impacting health and economic security.

Connie M. Ulrich, PhD, RN, FAAN, MSN, the Lillian S. Brunner Endowed Chair in Medical and Surgical Nursing, Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Nursing in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, has been elected one of 24 new Fellows of The Hastings Center.

Penn Nursing’s Mary Naylor, PhD, R, FAAN, the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, and co-chair of the Culture Inclusion & Equity Action Collaborative—one of the four collaboratives under the National Academy of Medicine’s Leadership Consortium that convened experts and stakeholders across nine sectors of health, health care, and biomedical research to review how each sector responded to COVID-19, identify challenges encountered in combating the pandemic, and outline opportunities to reinforce, revitalize, and transform the health system.

Why is moral distress so widespread among the healthcare workforce today? 

Join us on October 19, 2021, for an in depth discussion on the continuing rise of moral distress, its impact on clinicians and the organizations in which they work, and how to meet the needs of a weary workforce that is strained beyond capacity. Register today