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Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society
Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts.

Paul Offit, the Maurice R. Hilleman Chair of Vaccinology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and Dorothy E. Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.

(Images: (Left) Courtesy of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and (right) Sameer A. Khan)

Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society

Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men
A man sits with a doctor holding an iPad.

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Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men

Kara Maxwell, director of the Men & BRCA Program at the Basser Center, is bridging the knowledge gap about how BRCA mutations affect men.

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Improved gene editing method could power future cell and gene therapies
Microscopic view of DNA strands.

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Improved gene editing method could power future cell and gene therapies

A new technique based on special cell-penetrating peptides promises advantages over current methods for editing the genomes of primary cells, such as patients’ T cells.

Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through
Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang pose in business suites.

Catherine Chang and Kenneth Pham are co-founders of Act First and winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize. Their nonprofit teaches Philadelphia high school students how to do CPR, prevent blood loss, and administer Narcan. 

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Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through

Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang, winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize, will teach Philadelphia high school students CPR, Narcan administration, and blood loss prevention. 
‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action
Image of a brick building with signs out front pointing to "Antenatal MCH, Labour ward PNC, YCC, Pharmacy, Laboratory, OPD"

A Ugandan health center, August 2022.

(Image: Seungwon “Lucy” Lee)

‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action

President Engagement Prize winner and  fourth-year Seungwon ‘Lucy’ Lee is creating a coordinated referral system of first responders, emergency dispatchers, and systemized hospital networks to improve emergency maternal health care in Uganda.

Kristina Linnea García

A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows
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A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows

The first cohort of fellows is set to graduate, taking with them the pillars of the SNF Paideia Program—dialogue, citizenship, service, and wellness—on their next life adventures.

Kristen de Groot

2023 Projects for Progress recipients announced
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2023 Projects for Progress recipients announced

Three interdisciplinary teams of faculty, staff, and students at Penn will be awarded up to $100,000 each to grow their respective initiatives.

Penn Today Staff

Why Penn research powers many FDA-approved treatments
Aerial image of Penn Medicine staff in the atrium celebrating.

On August 30, 2017, faculty and staff at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine gathered for a “flash mob” celebration of the the FDA approval of a Penn Medicine-developed personalized cellular immune therapy.

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Why Penn research powers many FDA-approved treatments

Since 2017, the FDA approved more than two dozen new therapies with roots at Penn Medicine—almost half of which are first-in-class for their indications.

Karen L. Brooks for Penn Medicine Magazine

Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
A panel sits at at table in Perry World House as a presenter on the right stands at a podium explaining his research.

Bodong Chen of the Graduate School of Education (right, at podium) discusses his project that focuses on helping integrate sustainable development goals into schools in China.

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Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond. 

Kristen de Groot