Perelman School of Medicine

Pavilion powers ahead to combat COVID-19

Construction crews are on the job around the clock at the new hospital on the campus of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to expedite the completion of 120 patient rooms 15 months ahead of the facility’s planned opening.

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Penn establishes center to accelerate coronavirus research

The Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens aims to advance research efforts and support development of new therapies and vaccines.

Doctor and patient digital outreach through phones

Providing care from a distance

Telemedicine is a critical tool in the COVID-19 epidemic. Clinicians at the medical, dental, and veterinary schools are making use of virtual encounters to keep providing patients with safe, timely, quality care.

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Alternative immune cells may surpass T cells to fight solid tumors

Penn researchers have shown success using genetically engineered macrophages, an immune cell that eats invaders in the body, to target solid tumors.

As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up

Virologists Susan Weiss, Sara Cherry, and others at the Perelman School of Medicine are collaborating to inform the search for therapies against SARS-CoV-2.

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At drive-through testing sites, Penn providers on the front lines of a pandemic

Penn Medicine physicians, nurses, and advanced practice providers have rapidly mobilized to transform a parking lot in West Philadelphia into a COVID-19 testing site.

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Takeaways from an overseas epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak

John Holmes discussed the epidemiological data on COVID-19 and shared his personal perspectives on the outbreak as a visiting professor working in Northern Italy.

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Flattening the curve of the coronavirus

In the current fast-moving, unprecedented situation, what we do today to stem the impact of COVID-19 can vastly affect what we will face tomorrow. Two epidemiologists discuss what we can do individually and as a society to slow the spread of the disease.

Ramon Diaz-Arrastia is ‘at the uncharted frontier of brain science and traumatic injury’

The Presidential Professor of neurology in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, who began his post in 2016, is an innovative traumatic brain injury researcher.

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The biology of coronaviruses: From the lab to the spotlight

The recent coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, has been swift, but according to microbiology professor Susan Weiss, it didn’t come out of nowhere. Coronaviruses have been around for a long time, and new strains have transformed and may continue to emerge.

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