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.
Madeline Polkinghorn helps organize food distribution sites in Centre County and has recruited over 40 students to volunteer their time in support of the local community.
The virtual event series has become a hub of activity for interactive engagement among friends and alumni of the Penn State community. HHD On Location: Home Edition events feature discussions between an assortment of faculty, staff, and alumni and serve as a forum for timely and invigorating conversations.
PROSPER is a substance-use prevention program that has been running for nearly two decades in Pennsylvania and Iowa. A new award is allowing the PROSPER to team to build bridges to other agencies so that they can reduce the supply of drugs and demand for drugs in the same community.
Each Faculty Research Spotlight features an hour-long presentation that showcases a faculty member explaining their research in layman’s terms.
Each Lunch and Learn delivers a 30-minute, skills-based program featuring guests who share expertise and life lessons gleaned from their professional experience. Held over the lunch hour, these succinct events deliver useful and concrete takeaways on topics ranging from cooking to fly fishing to improving your golf swing.
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