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Compassion Key to Helping Families Experiencing Food Insecurity
CHOP’s Food Pharmacy 2.0, launched in March 2021, is an expansion of the original Food Pharmacy (FP), which offered healthy food to food-insecure families with a child in the Healthy Weight Program.
Disparities in Asthma Outcomes: Personal Touch Can Make a Difference
A few years before Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia launched the Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP) in 1997, our colleagues in the Emergency Department sent weekly tallies of how many patients from CHOP’s original off-site primary care practice at 39th Street came to the ED for asthma-related problems.
Fellow’s Corner: Moving from Identifying to Addressing Disparities: Equity-focused Quality Improvement
Early in my clinical training, I learned that as a clinician, treating diseases relied not only on my knowledge of pathophysiology and evidence-based medicine, but also on thoughtful evaluation and understanding of each patient’s unique social and environmental factors and the interactions with a patient’s race and ethnicity.
Holistic Care of Teens Requires Compassion, Connection and Confidentiality
According to a groundbreaking report released April 2021 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has been a 30% increase in reportable STIs from 2015 to 2019.
News at CHOP: Summer 2021
The Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS) at CHOP has published a paper in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology that reports on the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales (CEFIS) it had created in the first few weeks of the pandemic.
A Warm Welcome to Our New Pediatric Nephrologists and Pediatric Nephrologists in Training
Our three new fellows reveal what makes Philly such a great place to live and work.
Next Level Kidney Care: The New Glomerular Disease Center
CHOP and Penn collaborate to establish a unique center that provides continuity of care for children with glomerular disease.
When Innovation Meets Necessity: CHOP Researchers’ Critical Contributions to the Battle Against COVID-19
Since March 2020, CHOP researchers have played a vital role in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Read highlights of their game-changing work.
CHOP Study Finds Children with Fontan Circulation Have Slightly Shorter Stature
CHOP researchers found that children with Fontan circulation are slightly shorter than their peers, but further studies are needed to determine whether this effect is long-lasting.
Positive Preliminary Data on CRISPR Treatment for Blood Diseases
A collaborative team of researchers, including Dr. Stephan Grupp, recently presented preliminary data showing that a CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy for inherited blood disorders is safe and effective.