The award is given to a medical school faculty member who has “made major contributions to improving public health and health care.”

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to facilitate enhanced international collaboration and further propel the quality of medical education, research, and patient experience within the UAE.

Alongside conducting critical research, many faculty members at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia play dual roles as mentors to postdocs and fellows in their labs, imparting scientific knowledge about their respective fields, sharing career guidance, and creating an environment conducive to building the next generation of successful scientists.

In a new partnership between the Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs with Central High School of the School District of Philadelphia, three students selected by their teachers conducted research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute.

In a retrospective study, researchers from the Mitochondrial Medicine Frontier Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Lund University in Sweden determined the prevalence, severity, and timing of onset for hearing loss across different genetic subtypes of mitochondrial disease.

CHOP will work with the tri-venture to construct new Schuylkill Avenue Research Building.

Beginning as a single laboratory in the hospital’s basement, the CHOP research program has grown into one of the largest in the country, with 525 investigators and a staff of thousands.

Parents can’t make friends for their kids, but they can give them the tools to navigate the process on their own.

CHOP researchers have shown that two kinases are essential in melanosome biogenesis, and that these kinases localize sequentially.

As part of an ongoing commitment to supplier diversity, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) recently launched the inaugural class of the CHOP Mentor/Protégé program.