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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine professor, student publish research in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Jun Ling, PhD, of Clarks Summit, an associate professor of molecular biology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, is the corresponding author, and second-year medical student Adit Singhal is lead author of research published Feb. 7 in the Jour...
Feb 14, 2018, 11:32am EST

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty publish paper in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine faculty members, Brian J. Piper, Ph.D., M.S., assistant professor of neuroscience, of Waverly, and Olapeju M. Simoyan, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of family medicine and epidemiology, of Throop, are autho...
Jan 16, 2018, 10:45am EST

Geisinger Commonwealth faculty invited to help lead upcoming Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions
Two members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's leadership team, alumni of the Harvard Macy Institute's Program for Educators in Health Professions, have been invited to return to Harvard as faculty for the next offering of the educational p...
Dec 6, 2017, 3:16pm EST

Molecular biology professor called to serve her rural community with lessons inspired by medical school curriculum
Cathy Wilcox, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular biology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, has begun a new adventure born of a call to service. In the process, the service Dr. Wilcox envisions will compliment and extend the educational...
Dec 6, 2017, 10:57am EST

Koerwer selected as fellow of Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership
V. Scott Koerwer, vice president for strategy and vice dean of graduate studies, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, joined 32 other senior leaders from more than two dozen universities who were selected as fellows in the fifth cohort of the Aca...
Nov 30, 2017, 1:33pm EST

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine professor published in prestigious journal
Raj Kumar, Ph.D., a professor of biochemistry and the director of research at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth), is the lead author of a research article published on Nov. 13 in the online journal, Scientific Reports. S...
Nov 21, 2017, 1:23pm EST

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine receives Laureate Award from Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians
Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Geisinger, has been selected by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians (PA-ACP) as a 2017 Laureate Award wi...
Nov 7, 2017, 9:09am EST

Geisinger Commonwealth scientist's research 'key' to Nobel Prize in Medicine
SCRANTON -- A professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) contributed to research that led to the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded Oct. 2 to three U.S. researchers. The prize was awarded to Jeffrey Hall at the Univers...
Oct 12, 2017, 1:48pm EDT