Organization profile
Organization profile
Penn State College of Medicine had the first department of Family and Community Medicine in an academic health center in the United States.
Departmental faculty members are very active clinically, seeing patients at Penn State Health sites in Hershey, Harrisburg, Elizabethtown, Camp Hill, Palmyra, Middletown, Mount Joy and State College, Pa., with just fewer than 300,000 primary-care visits per year.
The department sees inpatients at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State Health Children's Hospital, both in Hershey, and at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College.
Family and Community Medicine is also responsible for the education of the College of Medicine's medical students in family medicine, including a required third-year clerkship, a required underserved-medicine clerkship, and many other courses in all four years of the curriculum. The department also offers multiple residency and fellowship programs.
Faculty members' interests include research, obstetrics, geriatrics, primary care sports medicine, integrative holistic medicine and global health.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Alyssa Anderson, MD
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
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Hernan Barenboim, PhD
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Associate Professor
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
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Erich Batra, MD
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Professor
- Department of Pediatrics - Professor
Person: Academic
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Arthur Berg, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Professor
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Department of Surgery - Professor
- Department of Neurosurgery - Professor
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Professor
- Statistics - Professor
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
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Research output
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A Brief, Single-Session Mindfulness Intervention Decreased Surgical Patients' Preoperative Pain, Pain Medication Desire, and Anxiety: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Hanley, A. W., Coleman, C., Davis, A., Sorkpor, S., Gililland, J. & Zgierska, A. E., Mar 15 2026, In: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 34, 6, p. e866-e872Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adapting patient priorities care for older adults with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: A qualitative inquiry
Garg, T., Negron-Candelario, S., Miller, H., Demirsoy, S., West, K., Calo, W., Tinetti, M. & Van Scoy, L. J., Apr 2026, In: Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 44, 4, 110996.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Multilevel Analysis of Social Environmental Factors Related to Substance Use, Tobacco Use, and Binge Drinking Behaviors Among Older Adults
Zhang, X., Linn, B. K. & Moss, J. L., Jan 2026, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 70, 1, 108115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applying a process mapping methodology to identify barriers and facilitators to social needs screener and medical-legal partnership integration into primary care facilities
Graham, J. D., Kraschnewski, J. L., Allen, S., Makhlouf, M., Sheriff, N., Llavona-Ortiz, J. & Calo, W. A., Feb 23 2026, In: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 10, 1, e52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the Initial Impact of X-Waiver Elimination on Buprenorphine Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder
Tuan, W. J., Park, S., Altaf, S. & Zgierska, A. E., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Substance Use and Addiction Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations of Obesity with Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Rural Advanced Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Nurse AMIE Randomized Controlled Trial
Werts-Pelter, S. J., Smith, C., Baker, S., Patterson, C. G., Stout, N., Moss, J., Calo, W. A., Doerksen, S. & Schmitz, K., Jan 2026, In: Cancers. 18, 1, 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Autonomic indices of negative emotion regulation predict treatment response in opioid-treated chronic low back pain
Parisi, A., Johnson, M., Zgierska, A., Barrett, B., Edwards, R. R. & Garland, E. L., Apr 2026, In: Journal of Pain. 41, 106219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brief daily functional strength training to improve functional performance in older adults with mobility disability: A randomized trial
Dandekar, S., Kurth, J., Shang, Y., Stine, J. G., Ladwig, M. A., Conroy, D. E., Schmitz, K. H., Rovniak, L. S., Silvis, M., Danilovich, M., Ballentine, N., Pierwola-Gawin, N., Zhou, S. & Sciamanna, C., Mar 2026, In: PloS one. 21, 3 March, e0336748.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Built Environment and Population Health in Small-Town America
Mendez-Miller, M., Jan 1 2026, In: Family medicine. 58, 1, p. 55-56 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Calcium Supplementation for Improving Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes (Other Than for Preventing or Treating Hypertension)
Devaraj, T. & Gilbert, B. G., Jan 2026, In: American Family Physician. 113, 1, p. 19-20 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Pennsylvania Colorectal Cancer Alliance to Reduce Mortality and Enhance Screening (PA-CARES)
Randal, F. (PI), Kim, K. (CoI), Hohl, R. (CoI), Ruffin, M. (CoI), Calo, W. (CoI), Maranki, J. (CoI), Felix, T. (CoI), Leibovitz, D. (CoI) & Lozano, P. (CoI)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
8/30/25 → 8/29/30
Project: Research project
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Stories to Prevent (StoP) HPV Cancers: A communication intervention to increase HPV cancer prevention in primary care
Calo, W. (PI)
4/1/25 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
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The Use of Micro-Doppler Radar to Identify Service Members at Risk for Musculoskeletal Injury: A Gold Standard Comparison
Onks, C. (PI)
7/1/22 → …
Project: Research project
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Community Services Department Start-Up Grant to fund community members taking Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at University Fitness Center
Riley, T. (PI)
1/1/18 → …
Project: Research project
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Primary Care Training and Enhancement Program
Leong, S. L. (PI) & Riley, T. (CoI)
1/1/16 → …
Project: Research project
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Vending machines: a low-barrier method to deliver harm reduction services in the community
Zhang, A. (PI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
5/15/25 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
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Emotion dynamics and alcohol use in NIAAA-defined recovery from alcohol use disorder
Linn, B. B. K. (PI) & Linn, B. (CoPI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5/1/23 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
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The Effects of Diet and Exercise Interventions in Peripheral Artery Disease
Gardner, A. (PI) & Veldheer, S. (CoI)
9/1/22 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
Activities
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Designing a Social Determinants of Health Curriculum through Interprofessional Education and Community Partnership
Nickolich, S. (Speaker)
Feb 1 2019Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar Stipend
Novick, M. (Recipient), 2019
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Advancing a Global Penn State Leadership in Education Abroad Award
Fredrick, N. B. (Recipient), 2020
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