Clinical Research Week is designed to demonstrate our unwavering support of our more than 1,200 Clinical Research Professionals and to celebrate their contributions. Please click the link for the 2025 schedule of activities.
A cross-disciplinary gathering celebrated the launch of the Penn AI Initiative with a panel discussing AI research at Penn- and writ large.
Research finds that introducing medication sooner than current guidelines call for can help patients with obesity who struggle to lose weight with diet and physical activity alone
“I really have to give resounding kudos to our team of research nurses and research coordinators because coordinating CAR T cell therapy is very complex,” said Lester Lledo, DNP, RN, CRNP, the unit’s director.
The clinical trial, led by Dr. Angela DeMichele aims to take a more active approach than “watchful waiting” after a patient completes breast cancer treatment and is deemed cancer-free, by monitoring the bone marrow for “sleeping” cancer cells and treating them if found, with the goal of preventing a recurrence.
Contributors from the ACC CRU include:Maria Hendricks (ACC CRU Central) for Advisory Panel, Danielle Zubka, CRN (Myeloma Research Team) as Content Expert, and Lynn Glenn (CRN from Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center) as Content Expert.
The Council consists of five faculty members collaborating to enhance visibility and impact of AI research across Penn.
The gene therapy comes seven years after another research group at the university helped come up with the first FDA approved gene therapy for an inherited disease.
Edward Lee, MD, PhD, associate director of the Penn Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and co-director of the Penn Institute on Aging, delivered this year's first plenary talk at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
Rivera-Sanchez has been in remission for nine years now, started two nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting underserved cancer patients and bridging the gap between them, their providers, and clinical trials.
Penn Medicine team’s study lays the foundation for a biomedical database that will be critical for studying health risks for civilian crews.
Each member of the family—Jackie, Rachel, and Kim (CRN)—touched an important part of this patient’s care journey,” said David Porter, MD, director of Cell Therapy and Transplant, pictured at left with the three nurses.
Carl June accepted the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a Los Angeles ceremony, making him the sixth recipient from Penn.
Dr. Fajgenbaum and his research on Castleman's disease featured in the Wall Street Journal
The BRCA1 (BReast CAncer gene 1) and BRCA2 are genes that produce proteins crucial for DNA repair. Women with inactivating mutations in BRCA genes face elevated lifetime risks of recurrent breast and ovarian cancers. Dr. Katherine L. Nathanson of the University of Pennsylvania discusses the complexities of BRCA related breast & ovarian cancers, ongoing research and the potential avenues for future breakthroughs.
Dr. Marina Cuchel speaks about Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency, a genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to process cholesterol. It is characterized by cloudiness of the clear front surface of the eye (corneal opacities), a shortage of red blood cells (hemolytic anemia), and kidney failure.
AACI Clinical Research Innovation 2023 Abstracts and Posters book is now available featuring seven abstracts, posters from ACC-CRU Clinical Research Professionals
An initiative developed at the ACC-CRU engages CRPs by encouraging them to develop proposals for projects aimed at improving the process of conducting clinical research.
Link: Philadelphia Inquirer - Health (Penn Medicine BioBank) More than 260,000 people have signed up to participate in the project, called Penn Medicine BioBank,agreeing to have their samples stored in secure, negative-80 degree freezers. By cross-referencing participants’ DNA with their electronic health records,researchers have discovered genetic variants related to heart disease, hearing loss, diabetes, glaucoma, and muscular dystrophy, among other conditions.
IACRN held its annual conference in Philadelphia in 2023. 20 Clinical Research Nurses from Penn Medicine attended, and presented 9 sessions at the conference demonstrating their robust expertise in the field, represented Penn Medicine and networked with CRNs from around the world.
Susan Domchek, MD discusses the INO 5401 Vaccination in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers Study, which is testing an experimental vaccine to potentially prevent cancer for people with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.
The Future of Medicine Rises in University City: University of Pennsylvania Opens New Multi-Disciplinary Research Labs in One uCity Square
Tune into Good Morning America on Monday, Oct. 2 to hear Kate and her doctors, including oncologist Hayley Knollman and breast surgeon Lola Fayanju, share her incredible story.
Findings indicate the potential for monitoring disease risk through inexpensive, unintrusive continuous measures of skin temperature
Highest Honor Bestowed for Foundational Discoveries that Gave the World a Vaccine to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
We strive to increase patient care options through new drugs and devices not yet available to the general public. We support investigators as they work to improve and advance medical care, while ensuring that all our research remains safe for patients and other study participants.
