Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Penn State's Health Sciences 2020 Team has compiled a list of the mega-trends and drivers that will influence the health sciences across all missions going into the future. The team, charged by President Graham B. Spanier to assess the University's health sciences portfolio and recommend actions to prepare for future demands, studied a range of "futures" reports and scenarios to develop the list which includes emerging infections, demography, economic disparities and bioterrorism as factors influencing future directions in education, research and service. To see the full list, check http://live.psu.edu/story/14433 online. Health Sciences 2020 Team members also have created a draft statement outlining the properties of an ideal health-sciences system at a major research university across all missions. To see the full list, check http://live.psu.edu/story/14434 online. The team will continue to develop both the mega-trends/drivers and design properties documents with input from faculty, staff and students across the University.
Read the full story at http://live.psu.edu/story/14440 (more)
The Health Sciences 2020 Team has identified properties of an ideal health sciences system at a major research university across all missions.
System-wide properties
-- The purpose of the system is to promote well being and shared prosperity.
-- The best faculty, staff, and students are recruited and retained.
-- Information (more)
Mega-trends and drivers influencing health sciences in the future
-- Genome-mapping and related discoveries;
-- Emerging infections;
-- Conversion of acute illness to chronic disease;
-- Demography of an aging population;
-- Shift from disciplinary silos to interdisciplinary teams;
-- Non-invasive treatments;
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The Health Sciences 2020 Team is asking the Penn State community to submit responses to the question: "What are the most important opportunities to improve health sciences education at Penn State over the next 15 years?" Responses to that question may be e-mailed to HealthSciences2020Team@psu.edu. In an effort to fully prepare Penn State to meet the growing challenges in the health-care, health-sciences research and health-education arena, the University created the Health Sciences 2020 Team. The 14-member group, named by President Graham B. Spanier, convened recently for the first time. The team is led by Darrell G. Kirch, senior vice president for health affairs, dean of the College of Medicine and chief executive officer of The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. (more)
Some of the greatest opportunities and challenges facing American society in the decades to come revolve around profound changes in health-care delivery, the education of health professionals and scientists, and health-sciences research. In an effort to fully prepare Penn State to meet the growing challenges, the University has created the Health Sciences 2020 Team. The 14-member group, recently named by President Graham B. Spanier, will convene for the first time this week. The team, led by Darrell G. Kirch, senior vice president for health affairs, dean of the College of Medicine and CEO of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has been issued a threefold charge:
-- Assess the University's health-sciences education portfolio in relation to current and future demands for health professionals and develop an action plan to educate the team-oriented, interdisciplinary health-care workforce of the future.
-- Identify convergences among dispersed faculty, programs and capital resources dedicated to health sciences research across the University.
-- Recommend actions that would promote new paradigms and organizational relationships for positioning Penn State to meet the emerging challenges in health education, sciences and services. (more)
University Park, Pa. -- Penn State has a long and distinguished record of educating students for a wide variety of careers in the health sciences and for producing research on the frontiers of knowledge. These contributions have been made in many units of the University, extending far beyond the core efforts of the College of Health and Human (more)
University Park, Pa. -- In an effort to better prepare the University to meet the challenges of health sciences in the decades to come, Penn State President Graham B. Spanier recently named the Health Sciences 2020 Team to evaluate the University's health sciences portfolio across all three missions of research, education and service. The (more)
