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.

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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.

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Plasmapheresis Donors Wanted and a Message to Healthcare Colleagues

April 10, 2020

Update April 10: Investigative study looking for COVID-19 recovered plasmapheresis donors, a message from the Penn President, and more information around blood test for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19 Research Funding Opportunities

April 09, 2020

Update April 9: COVID-19 research funding opportunities, evidence for the use of face masks in public, and the recipe for the perfect sourdough pancakes!

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Important New Developments and Questions around Serological Testing

April 08, 2020

Update April 8: "The coronavirus pandemic in China, and what my family there went through, is still very fresh in my memory. I know what America is up against ... I just feel that I have to do something, and giving blood is one big way that I can help."

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Clinical Care Resources

April 07, 2020

Update April 7: Clinical care during COVID-19 training website and a video message from our CEO.

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Preparing for the Upcoming Week

April 06, 2020

Update April 6:  Resources for all clinicians and staff at Penn Medicine to help deal with the challenges posed by COVID-19 and important guidelines for all of the staff, housestaff and faculty around social and physical distancing.

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Frequent Questions and Update Archive

April 03, 2020

Update April 3: HUP has COVID-19 tests in place, which can deliver very rapid results.

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New Resources and Your Creative Efforts

April 02, 2020

Update April 2:  It seems that your creativity knows no bounds. I have heard from many about the creative and inspiring ways in which you are coping with this new situation. But please know that Penn Medicine is also there for those who worry about managing basic needs for themselves and their families during this challenging time.

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Smile Therapy and COVID-19 Journal Club

April 01, 2020

Update April 1: "When I think of all the individuals on the front lines of this war with the Corona virus -- all our department faculty mostly working at home and online and lab staff who are at HUP daily, the physicians and nurses seeing patients, all the transportation providers, police, restaurants who provide meals, the food pantries, and so many others, it is very impressive what the responses are."

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