Coronavirus Research

Masking and vaxxing for the public good

Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication joined a conversation about how to promote healthy behaviors amid the pandemic.

a cartoon of four researchers one with a notebook, one looking through a microscope, one injecting liquid into a test tube, and one looking at two flasks

Translating groundbreaking scientific discoveries into practical technologies

Amidst the numerous challenges posed by COVID-19, the Penn Center for Innovation has continued to facilitate impactful innovations created at Penn, fostering partnerships and helping to realize new products and businesses.

Can dogs smell COVID? Here’s what the science says

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about training dogs to identify COVID-19 infections by scent. “The dogs can do it. The challenge is the ignorance that we have as humans as to what can confuse the dogs,” she says.

Uniting against an invisible foe

All across the University, researchers have launched new areas of study, reaching across disciplinary boundaries to make stunning progress in combating COVID-19.

At-home health tests are booming amid coronavirus. Experts warn about their safety

Perelman School of Medicine researchers, led by Louiza Kalokairinou, studied the pros and cons of at-home COVID-19 testing and found an increased risk of consumers misinterpreting test results.

Pfizer concludes coronavirus vaccine trial and will seek FDA approval

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. “I think there is every reason to be enormously optimistic,” he said.

Research behind COVID-19 vaccine development began at Penn lab decades ago

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. "We’ve all seen fantastic results in animal models, and now we’re seeing that it works in humans, and I think that’s just incredible," he said.

Moderna coronavirus vaccine uses method ‘developed largely’ by University of Pennsylvania researchers, doctor says

Jonathan A. Epstein of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the mRNA vaccine technology developed by Drew Weissman and his colleagues at Penn. The method is currently being used to engineer a COVID-19 vaccine.

Health care worker prepares to give patient a vaccine injection

Five things to know about the promising COVID-19 vaccine news

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine, whose work is a key factor helping to enable two vaccines in late stages of testing, sheds light on the biology behind them and on his predictions about next steps in vaccine development and approval.

Penn Vice Provost Ezekiel Emanuel named to President-elect Biden’s Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board

Emanuel has been tapped as member of a team of leading public health and scientific experts to advise on the Biden-Harris COVID-19 response.

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