Perelman School of Medicine

Penn Cardiovascular Institute director honored as Distinguished Scientist

Daniel P. Kelly, the Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases and director of the Penn and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cardiovascular Institutes, has been named a 2025 Distinguished Scientist by the American Heart Association for contributions to cardiovascular, stroke, and brain health research.

Mike Desalis seated at home next to his walker.

After the hospital, support to help patients thrive at home

A Penn program offers low-income patients extra support after a hospital stay—with virtual teams knitting together a safety net to reduce readmissions.

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Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy

Penn engineers and collaborators have built a living tumor on a chip to expose how cancers block immune attacks, and how one existing drug could make immunotherapy like CAR T more effective against solid tumors.

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$27.2M national effort launches to unify Alzheimer’s research data

Yong Chen, Leonard Davis Institute senior fellow and professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine, has been selected by the National Institute on Aging initiative to establish a collaborative network and data ecosystem to accelerate discovery and improve prevention, detection, and treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Penn Medicine, CHOP researchers elected to National Academy of Medicine

The newly-elected members are Gerd A. Blobel, co-director of Penn's Epigenetics Institute; Enrique Schisterman, chair and Perelman Professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics; and Katalin Susztak, professor of nephrology and genetics and director of the Kidney Innovation Center at Penn and CHOP.

X-ray plates from 1896 give a snapshot of Penn’s place in history

A gift from the family of Penn physicist Arthur Goodspeed represents the beginning of a revolution in medicine that began at Penn.

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Abramson Cancer Center director Robert Vonderheide honored by Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Robert H. Vonderheide, director of Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, has been honored with the 2025 Jill Rose Award for Scientific Excellence from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the foundation’s highest scientific honor.

Alison Wakoff Loren elected to lead American Society of Hematology

The division chief of Hematology-Oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine will serve as the incoming vice president of the American Society of Hematology.

Zachary Kosak talks with Danny at a table outdoors.

Penn Medicine’s Homeless Outreach Project forges connections

The med students who lead Penn Medicine’s Homeless Outreach Project are connecting with people experiencing homelessness and highlighting the impact of street medicine.