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CHOP Among Best Hospitals, Opioid Rx Rates, Ronald McDonald House Honors

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Oct 11, 2024
CHOP Named a Top Hospital by U.S. News & World Report
In The News this week, we celebrate CHOP being named a top children’s hospitals in the nation for the 17th consecutive year.
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More Than Numbers on a Scale: How CHOP Cultivates Childhood Obesity Awareness

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Sep 20, 2024
CHOP Researchers Encourage Holistic View of Childhood Obesity
CHOP researchers are encouraging a holistic view to understand one of the most common childhood diseases.
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How to Communicate Research to Diverse Audiences

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Sep 5, 2024
How to Communicate Research to Diverse Audiences
Charlotte Moser of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center offers three ways for researchers to engage, inform, and build trust with non-scientific audiences in an increasingly polarized, digital world.
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As Mpox Spreads, CHOP Researchers Explore How the Virus Evades and Infects

Published on
Aug 27, 2024
Mpox virus
Understanding orthopoxvirus virulence could lead to the development of new antivirals.
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CHOP’s New Research Initiative Seeks to Demystify the Body’s Defense System

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Aug 6, 2024
CHOP’s Immunology and Infectious Disease Research Initiative
The Immunology and Infectious Disease Research Initiative will serve as a launch pad for researchers from 20 CHOP divisions.
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CHOP Researcher Discovers Rare Immunodeficiency Disorder

Published on
Jul 17, 2024
CHOP Researcher Discovers Rare Immunodeficiency Disorder
Dr. Sarah Henrickson identified a newborn’s immunodeficiency in 2015, and an international team characterized the rare disease this year.
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CHOP Research Poster Day and Scientific Symposium: Making the Microbiome Less Mysterious

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May 15, 2023
Making the Microbiome Less Mysterious
This year’s Poster Day and Scientific Symposium featured all manners of bugs, breakthroughs, and big discoveries.
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CHOP Researcher to Lead U.S. Immunodeficiency Network

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Mar 27, 2023
CHOP Researcher to Lead U.S. Immunodeficiency Network
USIDNET will enhance its resources to improve the state of genetic diagnostics for patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases.
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CHOP Research Institute Scientific Symposium: Harnessing the Immune Response

Published on
Jun 2, 2022
Scientific Symposium 2022: Harnessing the Immune Response
CHOP and Penn researchers discussed the latest findings about the mechanisms of immunity at the CHOP Research Institute 2022 Scientific Symposium.
Evan Weber, PhD
Evan W. Weber

Dr. Weber is developing approaches to enhance CAR-T cell therapies for pediatric cancer by reprogramming T cells with improved durability and exhaustion resistance. His work will uncover molecular mechanisms that promote CAR-T cell exhaustion and identify new targets for therapeutic intervention.

E-mail:
weberew [at] chop.edu