Content tagged "neuropathology":

Wang (Li-San) Lab

The Wang Lab focuses on Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, aging, and psychiatric disorders including autism and bipolar disorder
Principal Investigator: Li-San Wang, PhD 

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$12.6 Million NIH Grant to Study Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease

July 10, 2014

Department researchers are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to identify rare genetic variants that may either protect against or contribute to Alzheimer’s disease risk.

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2014 Taylor International Prize in Medicine

July 09, 2014

Drs. John Q. Trojanowski and Virginia M.-Y. Lee are co-recipients of the 2014 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine for outstanding contributions made in the area of the molecular basis of neurological disorders.

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The Division of Neuropathology provides clinical services, trains the next generation of leading academic neuropathologists, teaches medical students and residents, and carries out basic biomedical research.

Fellowship Overview

A two-year ACGME –accredited clinical training program is offered to qualified candidates. Fellows are responsible for approximately 220 brain autopsies and over 1,100 surgical cases, nerve, and muscle biopsies and consults. Rotations at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and at the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research are an integral part of the fellowship. Senior fellows supervise junior fellows and are exposed to ongoing research projects in the Division, the Department, and the Medical Center.

Representative of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Tours Brain-Related Research Facilities at Penn Medicine

August 19, 2013

Recently, Penn's Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research was one of the stops during an informational tour conducted for Philip Rubin, Principal Assistant Director for Science at The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to demonstrate the breadth of brain-related research at Penn Medicine.

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