MSHP @ Penn

Official Twitter page for the Master of Science in Health Policy Research Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

In a new article for @statnews second-year Eleanor Turi and two other PhD-RNs argue that nurse-scientists are essential to improving health care but currently lack the support to both care for patients and conduct research. Read more here! https://t.co/05D0shhiXr

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

MSHP Co-Director Marilyn Schapira and faculty @garyweissman also contributed to this research!

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

New in MDM Policy & Practice, current student Vinny Ahluwalia leads research to provide a preliminary framework for deploying AI models in primary care-based cancer screenings, with critical implications for governance and reimbursement in the age of AI https://t.co/i22LgxmUdq

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

In a commentary, LDI Fellows @AWilpers, @DrDianaMW, & Scott Lorch reflect on the unintended adverse consequences of the 2022 Dobbs decision, such as reduced access to fetal surgery and higher-cost, longer NICU stays.

Read more on our blog here:
https://t.co/lqSeXQkAgP

[Ravi B. Parikh @ravi_b_parikh]

🚨 New in @JAMANetworkOpen led by Vinny Ahluwalia @PennMedicine @Penn_MSHP: We find Chemo-ICI increasingly used over ICI-monotherapy in advanced PD-L1 high NSCLC, with low SES, poor PS less likely to use chemo-ICI. #lcsm https://t.co/cjsRbt8rBI

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Food additives are receiving new levels of attention following the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy as Secretary of HHS. In an opinion piece for @PhillyInquirer, Vinny Ahluwalia urges PA lawmakers to pass HB2117 to ban the use of harmful additives in food https://t.co/6TLZMlWJDo

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

In a new article for @PennLDI, alum @EBBressman discusses BPPal, an automated text-messaging platform, and its capacity to support hypertension management for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure. https://t.co/Gwf5z63xKV

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

In a @PhillyInquirer Letter to the Editor, alum @GDalembert invites the new administration to promote children's growth through the Expanded Child Tax Credit, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Access to Healthy and Nutritious Food. Read more here: https://t.co/cp9juShl06

[luis seija, md, mshp (he/they) @leseija]

appreciative of the opportunity to be interviewed & included in this incredibly important @sciam piece by @SimarSBajaj on the health risks of alcohol & practical guidance for drinking safely.

read here: https://t.co/AQ0IwmBylY

cc: @PennMedicine @PennLDI @Penn_MSHP @NCSP_Penn

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

In a new article, alumni Margaret Samuel-Kalow calls attention to the high rates of youth ED utilization before and after firearm injury and the potential to leverage ED interactions for prevention and intervention efforts to reach firearm-injured youth. https://t.co/gzaQ2R2UoM

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Proper prescription disposal limits the number of opioids that could be misused. In a report for @BMJOpenQuality, alumni @agarwalEM found that providing surgery patients with an opioid disposal kit at discharge increases their self-disposal rates. https://t.co/KCTaPPCMFc

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Can Existing Data Help Us Understand Dobbs’ Impacts on Abortions? Alumni @AliceMAbernathy weighs the challenges and opportunities to using insurance data to analyze abortion care in a new article for @PennLDI Read it here! https://t.co/6vLynX3pIV

[JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics @JCOCCI_ASCO]

Volumetric Breast Density Estimation From Three-Dimensional Reconstructed Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Images Using Deep Learning: https://t.co/ZZJMwN1zNI

Authored by @columbiaimaging, @Penn_MSHP et al.

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Check out this opinion piece by current student @leseija on the surgeon general’s call for warning labels on alcoholic beverages, the role that alcohol plays in American society and health, and the future of alcohol regulation as health policy

[STAT @statnews]

The alcohol industry relies on the myth of “responsible enjoyment” to downplay its products’ risks while spreading misinformation to stifle regulation. https://t.co/8fvKLEXQyo

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Alumni @MihirKakara discusses the controversial history of a law that allows people with disabilities to be paid less than minimum wage, and how efforts to repeal the law would impact labor force participation and employment in @JAMAHealthForum https://t.co/9dPumnd5hI

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Congratulations to @atheendar for receiving pilot funding to study the effects of public transitional housing on health, economic, and psychologic outcomes among people with HIV in Philly. Our students benefit from your instruction as an experienced advocate for health equity!

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

In a recent article for @PennLDI, alumni and instructors @AditiVasan and Chén Kenyon discuss the perspectives of caregivers on nutrition benefit programs and increasing access by reducing stigma, increasing flexibility, and streamlining applications. https://t.co/qYuDnZl9gZ

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

Congratulations to @Doctor_Keisha for receiving the Patient Advocacy Award for delivering excellent service and seamless patient care at Penn Medicine! We are proud of your efforts to highlight the illness experience of patients with cervical cancer through narrative medicine.

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

"The connection between mothers and infants is not severed when the umbilical cord is cut." In a blog post for @PennLDI, student Daria Marusko discusses community-level factors that lead to poor maternal health and their impact on infant mortality. https://t.co/wbVOrovruG

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

As the country processes last week's election results and consider what they might mean for health policy, MSHP alumna Dr. Sarah Horvath @obgdocsarah spoke to WHYY about the future of reproductive rights under a second Trump term. Read more here: https://t.co/Bv7iOvhYip