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Seven people including Penn President J. Larry Jameson, Catherine and Anthony Clifton, Kevin Mahoney, and Jon Epstein.

Catherine and Anthony Clifton make transformational gift to accelerate patient care, research, and education at Penn Medicine

The Pavilion will be renamed in recognition of the Cliftons’ historic philanthropic commitment, one of the largest ever to name a U.S. inpatient hospital building.

Health companies return $2.6 trillion to shareholders over time amid rising medical costs

A study led by Victor Roy of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that consumers and employers ultimately contributed to corporate health profits by paying for insurance premiums, out-of-pocket medical bills, and taxes.

Jonathan A. Epstein named head of Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Health System

Epstein has served as interim EVP and interim dean since December 2023.

CAR T-cell therapy could help prevent clogged arteries

Robert Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine says that, if statins worked perfectly, cardiovascular disease wouldn’t remain the leading cause of death worldwide.

Person in gloves holding a medical bag of liquids.

No evidence that CAR T cell therapy causes secondary cancers

In a new study, researchers at Penn Medicine looked for—and did not find—examples where the process of generating CAR T cells caused malignancy.

An Army veteran speaking with a medical professional.

Standardizing provider assessments to aid veterans at risk of suicide

A Penn Medicine study of nearly 39,000 health records is the first to examine access to firearms and opioids, and completion of related interventions, among veterans at risk for suicide receiving care at the VA.

How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance

Faculty are working on a vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.

From left, research coordinator Nicolas Sarmiento, project manager Reenie Martins, research coordinator Lee Dengel, and trial sample coordinator Rutendo Manyeka in a hospital.

The compassionate team behind CAR T cancer breakthroughs

The clinical trial support staff at Penn Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center have helped execute the team science that brings research discoveries from the lab bench to the bedside.

An elderly person who received a vaccine.

Who to vaccinate first? Answering a life-or-death question with network theory

Researchers from Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine have collaborated to determine the best theoretical strategy for a vaccine rollout.

Scientists create tiny anticancer weapons that make tumors destroy themselves

Xiaowei (George) Xu of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues have unveiled an innovative approach to cancer treatment that leverages tiny capsules known as small extracellular vesicles to target a specific receptor on tumor cells.

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