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Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the pharmacologic management of acute dental pain in adolescents, adults, and older adults: A report from the American Dental Association Science and Research Institute, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pennsylvania
CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Nonopioid medications are first-line therapy for managing acute dental pain after tooth extraction(s) and the temporary management of toothache. The use of opioids should be reserved for clinical situations when the first-line therapy is insufficient to reduce pain or there is contraindication of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Clinicians should avoid the routine use of just-in-case prescribing of opioids and should exert extreme caution when prescribing opioids to adolescents and young adults.PMID:38325969 | DOI:10.1016/j.adaj.2023.10.009 (Source: Journal of the American Dental Association)
Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - February 7, 2024 Category: Dentistry Authors: Alonso Carrasco-Labra Deborah E Polk Olivia Urquhart Tara Aghaloo J William Claytor Vineet Dhar Raymond A Dionne Lorena Espinoza Sharon M Gordon Elliot V Hersh Alan S Law Brian S-K Li Paul J Schwartz Katie J Suda Michael A Turturro Marjorie L Wright Tim D Source Type: research

Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A., Named Next APA CEO and Medical Director
After a nationwide search, APA ’s Board of Trustees announced today that Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A., will become the CEO and medical director of APA effective June 1. She will be APA’s eighth medical director and the first woman and Black American to fill the role. She succeeds CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P. A., who assumed the role in 2013.Wills currently serves as the senior vice president and chief medical officer of Johns Hopkins Health Plans; has a clinical practice at the University of South Florida Student Health Services in Tampa, Fla.; and serves as the chair of the Standards Committee of the...
Source: Psychiatr News - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: APA APA CEO and medical director APA Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing June 1 Maria Oquendo Marketa Wills Petros Levounis Saul Levin Source Type: research

Operationalizing Equity, Inclusion, and Access in Research Practice at a Large Academic Institution
ConclusionsDiversity, inclusion, and access are critical values for research conduct that promotes justice and equity. These values can be operationalized through organizational commitment that combines bottom-up and top-down approaches and through partnerships across organizations that promote mutual learning and synergy. While our guidelines represent best practices at one time, we recognize that practices evolve and need to be evaluated continuously for accuracy and relevance. Our intention is to bring awareness to these critical topics and form a foundation for important conversations surrounding equitable and inclusiv...
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - February 1, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

The Cancer Survivorship Program at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
AbstractThe Cancer Survivorship Program was established at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center in 2001. The Cancer Center was renamed the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and the survivorship program was henceforth known as the ACC Survivorship Program. The program was supported from 2001 to 2004 in part by a seed grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). The LIVESTRONG Survivorship Centers of Excellence Network was created by the LAF in 2005 and the ACC Survivorship Program joined the Network in 2007. The seven nationwide Cancer Centers that comprised the Network were suppor...
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - January 31, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Training Community Leaders to Serve as Equal Partners in Research: Penn Community Scholars Program, 2015-2023
Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan 25:e1-e5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307549. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAn implementation and effectiveness evaluation of the Community Scholars Program was conducted at the University of Pennsylvania to enhance community capacity to collaborate with academics in mutually beneficial, equitable, and transformative research. Mixed methods were employed using administrative data, surveys, and key informant interviews. Participants expressed high satisfaction, valued interactive learning, and identified areas for improvement. The program increased knowledge and self-confidence in research-related sk...
Source: American Journal of Public Health - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara R Solomon Andrew Belfiglio Lucy Wolf Tuton Nicole A Thomas Source Type: research

Training Community Leaders to Serve as Equal Partners in Research: Penn Community Scholars Program, 2015-2023
Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan 25:e1-e5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307549. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAn implementation and effectiveness evaluation of the Community Scholars Program was conducted at the University of Pennsylvania to enhance community capacity to collaborate with academics in mutually beneficial, equitable, and transformative research. Mixed methods were employed using administrative data, surveys, and key informant interviews. Participants expressed high satisfaction, valued interactive learning, and identified areas for improvement. The program increased knowledge and self-confidence in research-related sk...
Source: Am J Public Health - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara R Solomon Andrew Belfiglio Lucy Wolf Tuton Nicole A Thomas Source Type: research

Black community members, scientists object to plan to bury skulls from Philadelphia museum
For nearly 2 centuries, the skulls of 20 Black people who died in Philadelphia have formed part of the Morton Cranial Collection, now housed at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Most of the skulls were collected by physical anthropologist Samuel Morton, who in the 1830s and ’40s amassed hundreds of them for studies he designed to identify supposed biological racial differences and scientifically prove what he believed to be the inferiority of nonwhite people. On 3 February, the museum plans to lay the crania of 19 of the Black Philadelphians in the collection to...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 23, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

New risk genes for glaucoma identified in people of African ancestry
What starts with some blind spots can progress to complete blindness in the debilitating condition known as glaucoma. Early treatment is key, yet many people don’t know what—if any—genetic risk factors they carry for the disease, especially if they belong to minority populations. A study published today in Cell may offer some hope. The largest analysis ever conducted of genetic risk factors for glaucoma in people of African ancestry identifies several new genetic variants that likely contribute to condition. The new study “is meeting an unmet need and beyond,” says Terri Young, a p...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 18, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Using COVID-19 online learning modules to examine concerns of university students returning to in-person learning: a mixed-methods study
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Source: Journal of American College Health - January 16, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Zeinab BabaStephanie KienleHeather B. EdelbluteDepartment of Public Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Source Type: research

Leveraging informative missing data to learn about acute respiratory distress syndrome and mortality in long-term hospitalized COVID-19 patients throughout the years of the pandemic
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2024 Jan 11;2023:942-950. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTElectronic health records (EHRs) contain a wealth of information that can be used to further precision health. One particular data element in EHRs that is not only under-utilized but oftentimes unaccounted for is missing data. However, missingness can provide valuable information about comorbidities and best practices for monitoring patients, which could save lives and reduce burden on the healthcare system. We characterize patterns of missing data in laboratory measurements collected at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital System from long-term COV...
Source: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings - January 15, 2024 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Emily Getzen Amelia Lm Tan Gabriel Brat Gilbert S Omenn Zachary Strasser Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE) (Collaborative Group/Consortium) Qi Long John H Holmes Danielle Mowery Source Type: research