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Dr. Junwei Shi on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Luca Busino on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Irfan Asangani on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Kathryn Wellen received the inaugural Sable Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Metabolic Physiology for her work linking metabolism, epigenetics and gene expression at the 2023 Metabolic Physiology Meeting that just concluded.  Remarkably, this honor comes on the heels of Katy’s receipt of the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research at the 2023 Annual AACR Meeting.  

Dr. Robert Babak Faryabi on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Terence Gade on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Chengcheng Jin has been awarded a DP2 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.  This high-risk, high-reward research program supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who are pursuing innovative high-impact projects.  Chengcheng certainly fits the bill on both fronts!   https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/october/penn-scientists-receive-nih-grants-through-research-program.

Dr. Kathryn Wellen on being named Vice Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, July 2021.

Dr. Donita Brady on being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Dr. Donita Brady on being named the first Vice Chair for Inclusion and Equity in the Department of Cancer Biology, July 2021.

Dr. Liling Wan on being named a 2021 Pew-Stewart Scholar in Cancer Research

https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2021/june/three-penn-scientists-chosen-as-2021-pew-scholars

Dr. David Feldser on becoming Chair of the Cancer Biology Graduate Group

https://www.med.upenn.edu/camb/administration.html

Donita Brady, PhD, as Assistant Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE) in Research Training

https://www.med.upenn.edu/evdcommunications/appointment-of-donita-brady-phd-as-assistant-dean-for-inclusion-diversity-and-equity-ide-in-research-training.html

Donita Brady, PhD on receiving the Michael S. Brown New Investigator Research Award as part of the 2020 Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence.

https://www.med.upenn.edu/evpdeancommunications/2020-10-27-236.html