Looking at a scientific problem from new and different perspectives is what research is all about, which is why Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Research Institute is dedicated to cultivating a more diverse workforce. "We value diversity within our research community and it is undoubtedly part of what makes us successful," wrote Bryan A. Wolf, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and Director
A special space is open on the walls of Adeline Vanderver, MD's, new office for a framed collage of "Commander" Massimo "Mo" Damiani, a toddler wearing an orange jumpsuit who looks ready to join a NASA astronaut team. Dr. Vanderver, a child neurologist and geneticist, helped to pinpoint his rare subtype of leukodystrophy, a group of inherited degenerative diseases that
