Department Experts in the News

October 30, 2020

Dr. David Roth on NBC News, Dr. Una O'Doherty in the New York Times, Dr. Sara Cherry in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dr. Eline Luning Prak on ABC News, and Drs. Carl June and Virginia Lee among Philadelphia Magazine's 76 "most influential people."

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Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD, 2020 Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

October 27, 2020

Arthur K. Asbury Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Perelman School of Medicine for fostering the professional development of other faculty members.

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COVID-19 Molecular Testing

COVID-19 Molecular Testing. We will not rest until it's done.

Collaborative Research Team Receives Grant to Use AI to Improve Heart Transplant Outcomes

October 06, 2020

$3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to utilize artificial intelligence (AI)-driven precision medicine research to determine likelihood of acceptance or rejection of donor hearts.

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New, Rare Genetic Form of Dementia Discovered by Edward Lee Lab

October 01, 2020

Paper in Science describes novel autosomal dominant dementia called Vacuolar Tauopathy (VT).

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Penn Medicine is Looking for Talented Laboratory Professionals to Join Our Team

September 18, 2020

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Penn Medicine are looking for talented individuals to work with a diverse team of medical professionals dedicated to COVID-19 testing (Medical Assistant, Clinical Services Associate, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Genomic Development Specialist).

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Dr. Zubair Baloch Receives H.P. Smith Award from ASCP

September 12, 2020

Prestigious award from the American Society of Clinical Pathology for Distinguished Pathology Educator.

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How to Interpret Antibody Testing: Making Decisions

Part 4 in a series on serologic testing.

Faculty in the News Summer 2020

August 24, 2020

New machine-learning approach to support patient data privacy, McCabe Award for Dr. Danielle Fortuna, rapid antigen test for COVID-19 testing, Dr. Lauren Schwartz elected to ASCP 40 Under Forty program, COVID-19 impact on pathology residents, and untangling the mysteries of neurodegenerative disease.

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Researchers Identify Drug That Acts as Immunosuppressant and Antiviral Against COVID-19

August 24, 2020

A study led by Sara Cherry, PhD, scientific director of the High-Throughput Screening Core at Penn, has identified nine drugs that inhibit infection of the novel coronavirus in human lung epithelial cells.

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