Dr. Pei's research aims to understand the molecular underpinnings of cardiac remodeling associated with cardiomyopathy and heart failure. He is particularly interested in two areas of cardiac remodeling: metabolic reprogramming, and secretion of heart-derived hormones to communicate with other organs.
Dozens of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) clinicians and researchers contributed to a recent special issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics.
"There is a great sense of community and interconnectedness among the folks who are here," said an attendee of the 10th Annual Friedreich's Ataxia Symposium.
Three cheers for our Children's Hospital of Philadelphia team for once again achieving outstanding rankings in the U.S. News & World Report 11th annual Best Children's Hospitals rankings. CHOP earned second place on the Honor Roll, a distinction awarded to pediatric centers that deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has once again ranked among the country’s finest in the 2017-18 U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of Best Children’s Hospitals announced today.
Fitness tools that monitor your daily use of energy, from counting steps to tracking sleep, have exploded in popularity. Researchers are developing better noninvasive, high-resolution methods to estimate how well the fundamental source of that energy - your mitochondria - are working, and they have recently had some important successes. Mitochondria are the tiny energy factories of our cells,
Our weekly installment of In the News keeps an eye out for the latest research happenings. This week we're excited to report on a second award for an innovative technology solution to access, filter, and harness emerging disease updates.
The results are in! The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ranked second overall on the 2016-17 U.S.News & World Report's Honor Roll of Best Children's Hospitals and is the only pediatric hospital in the tri-state region named to the prestigious list. CHOP earned a top 10 spot in all the specialty programs evaluated by the U.S. News survey.
