The mission of Penn LDI is to achieve effective and efficient health care for all people by supporting collaborative, interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research, and education. As Penn’s hub for health care delivery, health policy, and population health, the LDI connects and amplifies over 500 Fellows across the University, and trains the next generation of researchers.
View ResourceMahoney Institute for Neurosciences
September 1, 2022
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Founded as the Institute of Neurological Sciences in 1953 by the visionary professor of Anatomy, Dr. Louis Flexner, our Institute was renamed in 1985 to reflect the keen interest and support that corporate magnate David Mahoney brought to neuroscience. MINS founded and continues to provide substantial support for the Neuroscience Graduate Group (NGG), Penn’s award-winning doctoral program in neuroscience.
View ResourceNewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health
June 6, 2022
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The mission of the Center is to influence, via rigorous evidence, practices and policies designed to enhance transitions in health and healthcare, improve health and quality of life outcomes and promote wiser use of resources for the growing population of chronically ill adults in the U.S. and globally.
View ResourceOffice of Inclusion and Diversity (OID)
March 5, 2023
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The mission of OID is to strengthen the quality of education, and to produce innovative research and models of healthcare delivery by fostering a vibrant inclusive environment and fully embracing diversity.
View ResourcePenn Center for Health, Devices and Technology (Penn HealthTech)
June 6, 2022
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Sponsored in part by a generous gift from Penn alum Jonathan Brassington, the Penn Center for Health, Devices and Technology, known simply as Penn Health-Tech, was established as a collaboration between the Perelman School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Office of the Vice Provost of Research. Penn Health-Tech provides resources and links innovators to regional partners, including the University of Pennsylvania health system and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, expanding Penn’s biomedical technology pipeline
View ResourcePenn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
March 5, 2023
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The Division of Medical Ethics aims to improve patient care, medical sciences, and health care policy through outstanding bioethics scholarship and the training of the next generation of bioethics scholars. With strengths in research ethics, neuro- and mental health ethics, global bioethics and the ethics of health care policy, it is among the leading centers of bioethics scholarship in the world.
View ResourcePenn Injury Science Center
September 1, 2022
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Funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Penn Injury Science Center brings together university, community, and government partners around intervention programs with the greatest potential for impact. They promote and perform the highest quality research, training, and translation of scientific discoveries into practice and policy in order to reduce injuries, violence and their impact on people around the world.
View ResourcePenn Institute on Aging
September 1, 2022
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The mission of the Institute on Aging (IOA) at the University of Pennsylvania is to improve the health of older adults by increasing the quality and quantity of clinical and basic research as well as educational programs focusing on normal aging and aging-related diseases across the entire Penn campus.
View ResourcePenn Memory Center
June 6, 2022
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The Penn Memory Center is a single, unified Penn Medicine source for those age 65 and older seeking evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, information, and research opportunities related to symptoms of progressive memory loss, and accompanying changes in thinking, communication and personality. The Center offers state-of-the-science diagnosis, treatment and research, focusing on individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and other age-related progressive memory disorders.
View ResourcePenn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center (PNGC)
September 1, 2022
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Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center (PNGC) is part of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in the Perelman School of Medicine, at the University of Pennsylvania. PNGC studies genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and other related dementia. Our researchers apply high throughput genotyping and sequencing technologies to analyze tens of thousands of genomes and find novel genes. New experimental approaches, algorithms, and databases are developed in order to translate these findings into biological knowledge about the disease and new directions for drug discovery and preventive strategies.
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