University of Pennsylvania | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Lab Week Update and Dissertation Award

April 21, 2020

Update April 21: A thank-you to all the medical laboratory professionals and this year's Saul Winegrad Outstanding Dissertation Award in Immunology.

Immunology Dissertation Award

April 21, 2020

Award recognizes MD/PhD student Samir Devalaraja's dissertation for significant contribution to biomedical science.

Lab Week 2020 and Convalescent Plasma Therapy Initiative

April 20, 2020

Update April 20: The 45th annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Week celebrates the essential role of medical laboratory professionals.

Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 Patients

April 20, 2020

Experimental approach of giving a transfusion of plasma collected from a donor who has recovered from COVID-19 to a patient with an active infection is the focus of a new two-part research initiative.

Covid-19 Clinical Testing Oversight Committee Established

April 18, 2020

Optimal utilization of UPHS testing capacity and recommendations for serology testing.

Residents Efforts and Resources for Mental and Physical Wellbeing

April 17, 2020

Update April 17: Our residents are making viral transport media for collection kits, more resources for your physical and mental well-being, and clinical operations updates.

Project Resurgence and Research Resumption Task Forces

April 16, 2020

Update April 16: Research resumption strategies and the loss of our colleague Madlyn Abramson, co-founder of the Abramson Cancer Center and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute.

COVID-19 Milestones and Hospital Operations Planning

April 15, 2020

Update April 15: A fascinating 3D-simulation on why social distancing is necessary, a web-based model for COVID-19 hospital planning, and the "Nothing Else Matters" video.

PennCOBALT and Donations to Employee Assistance Fund

April 14, 2020

Update April 14: Finding meaning amid misfortune, helping our staff through the Employee Assistance Fund, and a new digital behavioral health platform.

Emerging NIH Funding Resources and COVID Opportunity Facilitators

April 13, 2020

Update April 13: Emerging COVID-19 NIH funding opportunities, identifying COVID Opportunity Facilitators, and an investigation into the obstacles that academic laboratories ready and able to run diagnostics currently face.