The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health places Penn State Master of Health Administration students in internships with hospitals and other health care providers across Pennsylvania. Students provide support and expertise to rural hospitals, and, in return, they receive a diverse set of real-world learning experiences.
The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH) helps to ensure that residents in rural communities have access to high-quality, affordable health care. A PORH collaboration with Penn Highlands Tyrone supported the hospital as it made improvements that benefited its patients and local community.
As Pennsylvania has responded to the opioid crisis, Dennis Scanlon, director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research and Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Administration, has worked with the Commonwealth to quantify the harms of the epidemic and help plan the state’s response.
Tucker Haas was diagnosed with an aggressive form of sarcoma when he was just two years old. He became involved with Penn State as a Four Diamonds child when he was undergoing treatment, which began a 20-year journey with Penn State THON and the fraternity that became his adoptive family.
Penn State’s Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic has been serving Pennsylvanians with communication and audiological needs for more than nine decades. The clinic provides central Pennsylvania and the entire Commonwealth with unique and important services that help people communicate and, ultimately, build connections with others.
The Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic serves a broad range of people with communication concerns, including screenings and therapy for children, support for people with Parkinson's disease and aphasia due to stroke or other health problems, and therapy for people whose voice is changing due to aging.
Childhood obesity affects one in six American children. Penn State’s Center for Childhood Obesity Research partners with Head Start programs to help children learn to regulate their eating behavior.
Students enrolled in Kines 497 traveled to Los Angeles, California, to shadow the University of Southern California Street Medicine program providing health care to unhoused individuals.
The Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic has always served the community, but it also contributes to Penn State’s research and educational missions. The research and education conducted through the clinic have, in turn, improved the services available to the public.
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