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Students, faculty honored on Awards Day
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>>
Hands-on community service drives med school grad
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>>
Medicine grad discovered love of science on tour with his band
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>>
Temple University School of Medicine ranked sixth in nation for number of applicants by US News & World Report
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>>
Temple scientists weaken HIV infection in immune cells using synthetic agents related to active ingredient in marijuana
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>>
60 Temple physicians named "Top Doctors" by Philadelphia magazine
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>>
Clues to heart disease in unexpected places, Temple researchers discover
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>>
Temple professor studying possible link between estrogen and lupus
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>>
The Temple Emergency Action Corps beings medical care where it is needed most
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>>
Match Day madness at TUSM
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>>
Temple University School of Medicine ranked as one of the nation's top medical schools by U.S. News & World Report
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>>
Temple researchers discover key to heart failure, new therapies on horizon
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>>
Temple obesity researcher honored by Society of General Internal Medicine
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>>
85 Temple physicians named Best Doctors in America®
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>>
Blocking calcium may halt inflammation, lead to new strategies against sepsis, Temple scientists show
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>>
Temple scientists find cervical cancer-causing virus in the brain, show potential connection to epilepsy
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>>
Cardiac fibroblast plays potentially key role in recovery after heart attack, Temple scientists find
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>>
Temple researchers testing miniature lung coils as a novel treatment for emphysema
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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