For more information, visit our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources or the updated Penn Medicine Travel & Meeting Policy.

 Patient Care

 Research

 Education

Univerity of Pennsylvania and Penn Medicine: Facts and Figures

814

In Annual 
Sponsored Research

Learn More about Research at Perelman School of Medicine 

3

Perelman School of Medicine
ranked #3 among the best
medical schools in research

U.S.News: 2021 Best Medical Schools: Research 

4

University of Pennsylvania
Ranked #4 Among the Top
STEM Schools for Women

Forbes: Top STEM Schools
for Women 

4

University of Pennsylvania ranked #4 among the world’s most innovative universities

Reuters: World’s Most Innovative Universities 

Latest News

View all news

  • COVID-19 Variant B.1.1.7 Found in Southeast Pennsylvania January 15, 2021 Evidence of infection by the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom has been found in a southeast Pennsylvania resident.
  • Penn Physicist, Physician Team Awarded $2 Million NIH Grant to Develop Portable COVID-19 Detector for Use in Public Spaces January 14, 2021 A team led by physicists at the University of Pennsylvania and physicians at the University’s Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a two-year, $2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for the development of a handheld device that can detect the signature “odor” of people with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
  • Awards and Accolades: December 2020 January 14, 2021 Learn how Penn clinicians and researchers are being honored by their peers.
  • New Treatment Target Discovered That Halts Osteoarthritis-Like Knee Cartilage Degeneration January 14, 2021 There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they’ve discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the disease’s effects. These researchers showed that they could target a specific protein pathway in mice, put it into overdrive and halt cartilage degeneration over time. Building on that finding, they were able to show that treating mice with surgery-induced knee cartilage degeneration through the same pathway via the state of the art of nanomedicine could dramatically reduce the cartilage degeneration and knee pain.
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation is Underused Across the Country. One Simple Change Could Fix That. January 14, 2021 Cardiac rehabilitation is a therapy that combines guided exercise along with heart-healthy lifestyle education that can be life-saving for the majority of people who have had a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack. However, it is underutilized in the United States, with many hospitals referring just 20 percent or fewer of their eligible patients, largely because the referral process can be cumbersome.

Upcoming Events

View all events

Featured Publications

View more on PubMed

© The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Site best viewed in a supported browser. | Report Accessibility Issues and Get Help | Privacy Policy | Site Design: PMACS Web Team.

Back to Top