Academic Training News & Announcements

Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Research Staff Award winners and nominees.

Congratulations to the 2025 Outstanding Research Staff Award winners and nominees.

Nominations for the 2025 Outstanding Research Staff awards are due Friday, April 18.

Nominations for the 2025 Outstanding Research Staff awards are due Friday, April 18.

Join this multidisciplinary conference focused on improving the care and outcomes for infants with severe chronic lung disease.

This program provides up to $750.00 to eligible trainees for virtual or in-person attendance at scientific conferences and events.

This program provides up to $750.00 to eligible trainees for virtual or in-person attendance at scientific conferences and events.

Applications are open for the 2025 Grant Proposal Success (GPS) Workshop Series.

Cell Biology and Spatial and Functional Genomics Research Affinity Groups are hosting the 2025 Recruitment Summit for Postdoctoral Scholars.

Enhance your impact in the health care field with crucial legal insights that intersect with health policy, innovation, and technology.

Join the K Club for a reception Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in the Hub for Clinical Collaboration.

The goal of this program is to recognize outstanding research trainees at the CHOP Research Institute.

Apply today to gain CV-building experience in research administration at CHOP.

The opportunity to work in CHOP labs with faculty mentors creates some of the most memorable research experiences for interns in our CHOP-RISES and CRISSP.

The Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs invites current and recently promoted Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia postdoctoral fellows to apply for the that begins in October 2024.

ATOP is preparing broad professional development programming for our postdocs and research staff in the new fiscal year!

Applications are now open for the CHOP Academic Certificate in Teaching Program.

ATOP is preparing broad professional development programming for our postdocs and research staff in the new fiscal year!

During Women’s History Month, student intern Sarai Sales reflects on women who have empowered her to further her career.

Students from Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences share their CHOP experiences through the “Researchers of the Future” program.

Learn who to contact within the Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs.

Learn who to contact within the Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs.

High school and undergraduate interns reflect on knowledge gained through CHOP’s summer programs.

Native American Research Internship alumni share how STEM communities can support more Native Indian/Alaska Native representation.

This month’s Featured Research Trainee is Petra Molnar, PhD, who studies metabolic regulators to develop antimalarial therapies.

Outside of the Eisch Lab, Fred Kiffer, PhD, pushes his limits in a different way by entering endurance rock climbing competitions.

This year’s Poster Day and Scientific Symposium featured all manners of bugs, breakthroughs, and big discoveries.

Susan Furth, MD, PhD, received the 2023 Mentorship Innovation Award from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.

Our Featured Research Trainee for February, Stephanie Bowles, PhD, studies the role of stress in disease development.

Students from four local high schools got a glimpse of the possibilities and promise of a career in STEM-M.

High school students and undergraduates spent their summers with science through our CRISSP and CHOP-RISES internships.

The non-partisan civic leadership organization appointed Wendy Williams, PhD, to its Board of Directors.

Meet this year’s CHOP-RISES scholars, who engaged in a unique hybrid curriculum involving hands-on work in our labs and virtual learning.

The CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

This week’s research news features CHOP Oncologist Stephen Hunger, MD, as quoted in a “TODAY Show” article about pediatric cancer research.

Our most engaging stories of 2020 highlight moments of positivity, hope, and inspiration in a year of challenge and change.

Paulette McRae, PhD, not only works to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment in the office, but also at home as a foster parent.

From principal investigators to teaching-focused faculty, CHOP postdocs use their unique experiences in a variety of roles.

The six-week CHOP-RISES internship gives students the chance to work in some of our most innovative laboratories.

We peeked into our data to see which research stories captivated our readers the most in 2018: Here are our top six.

A summer of science hosted by the CHOP-RISES program sparked the curiosity of six students from under-resourced high schools.

Don't miss some of the moments & memories from our 2018 CRISSP students' summer.

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs hosted a Q&A session featuring five expert panelists and designed to help the next generation of research scientists.

Collaborating with clinicians and getting involved with patient advocacy groups can help basic scientists connect their benchwork to the bedside.

At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, our investigators are continuously helping to develop evidence-based technology that will improve the way we care for and protect children's health.

If you glance at a diagram of the continuum of translational research, the arrows point orderly to five phases — from basic research to improving population health.

Synapses were firing throughout the conference room in the Colket Translational Research Building as attendees at the 2017 Research Institute Scientific Symposium held May 2 learned about their colleagues' intriguing research endeavors. The four sessions' themes…

Diversity has long been a key driver of achievement at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, particularly when it comes to innovation and performing more accurate and inclusive research.

The latest translational research project for Rajarshi Sengupta, PhD, just might be his own career. He was inspired to look beyond his current work as a staff scientist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute to get a better perspective of how…

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute’s Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs announced the selection of two new Research Administration fellows. Katherine Yang-Iott and Danika Johnston, PhD.

CHOP Research was awarded more than $500,000 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to support the CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP).

As one of the premier pediatric research institutions in the country, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute has long been committed to education and to training the next generation of pediatric pioneers. CHOP Research offers educational programs at all…