Thursday • August 18, 2022
Research Funding Announcements and Events Seminars, Lectures, and Symposia Professional Development
Research Funding
The Mark Foundation - Research Programs

The Mark Foundation provides grant support to an expanding network of scientists conducting research across cancer types. From individual investigators to multidisciplinary collaborative teams, our awardees represent the best scientific minds in cancer research and technological innovation and become a vital part of our scientific network.

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SBDRC Pilot and Feasibility Funding Proposals are Now Being Accepted
calendar August 26, 2022

The Skin Biology and Disease Resource-based Center is accepting applications for Pilot and Feasibility Grant Awards. Please see website: https://dermatology.upenn.edu/sbdrc/funding-opportunities/grant

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2022 MPS I PILOT GRANT PROGRAM
calendar September 6, 2022

One-year grants up to $150,000 (direct costs) will be available to develop novel treatments for MPS I.

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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - Advancing Imaging Through Collaborative Projects
calendar September 8, 2022

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for two-year grants to support collaborative projects aimed at accelerating the dissemination and adoption of imaging technologies, methods, platforms, or training resources.

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DEADLINE REMINDER: PSOM Limited Application - Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2d Scholars Program
calendar September 9, 2022

J&J's WiSTEM2D Scholars Program supports women pursuing research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing & Design. The University may nominate one candidate in each area of research.

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New Funding Opportunity with HHMI - The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program
calendar September 28, 2022

Please take note of this new HHMI opportunity, a program that pledges $1.5 billion over the next 20 years to up to 150 outstanding early career faculty committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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NEGEA Call for Grant Applications
calendar September 30, 2022

The NEGEA is excited to announce this year's MESRE and Scholars grants.

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Announcements and Events
Academy of Master Clinicians Nominations Now Open -Due October 15, 2022
calendar August 2, 2022

The Academy of Master Clinicians Nomination Committee is thrilled to open the nomination process for 2022.

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Penn Libraries - Qualitative Data Analysis

Looking for Qualitative Data Analysis Tools and Resources? The Library offers NVivo and Atlas.ti consultations. We are also an institutional member of the Qualitative Data Repository.

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Office of Academic Affairs Staffing Updates

The Office of Academic Affairs would like to take this time to announce the following changes to our administrative team:

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Join the Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra!

The Penn Med Symphony Orchestra is inviting you to join us this fall! We are a diverse group of students, faculty, physicians, family, and friends from all over the Penn, UPHS, CHOP, and greater Phila

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Join FAIR in creating a culture of fairness, understanding, and humanity.

FAIR is an organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all people, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity.

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PSOM Human Anatomy Online Courses through Penn LPS (Fall 2022 Term)

PSOM offers a series of fully online human anatomy courses. Fall courses start on August 30, 2022. Please let students and employees in your laboratories/Department know about this opportunity.

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Sign up to be a faculty mentor for women medical students!

The Perelman School of Medicine chapter of the Elizabeth Blackwell Society is seeking mentors for its annual Student-Faculty Mentorship Program. Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/r/SBvmg64PYv

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9/15 Virtual Cores Day Registration Now Open!
calendar September 15, 2022

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for Virtual Cores Day on September 15th, 2022!

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Breakthrough Challenge - Bike, Spin, Run, Walk to support ACC Research!
calendar September 18, 2022

100% of participant-raised funds support breakthrough cancer research at Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center. This funding is available to faculty via a February 2023 RFP.

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Seminars, Lectures, and Symposia
Symposium on Diagnostic and Innovation Alliances at Penn Medicine
calendar September 8, 2022

Save the Date – join us to hear about diagnostic and innovation alliances at Penn Medicine. Keynote by Anant Madabhushi, PhD from Emory University.

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Medical Science Abused: The Holocaust Legacy and Post-War Medical Ethics
calendar September 12, 2022

Prof Ulf Schmidt will be leading the talk "Medical Science Abused: The Holocaust Legacy and Post-War Medical Ethics" as part of the annual Bronstein Lecture. Lunch is provided; livestreaming available

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Professional Development
Penn CHIPS Fall Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Course Opportunities

The Penn Center for Healthcare Improvement & Patient Safety (Penn CHIPS) welcomes faculty to register for fall Quality Improvement & Patient Safety courses.

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The American Health Care System (online graduate graduate course): Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

This 6-week online course is designed for those who are interested in the national policy context for their workplace.

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Evaluating Health Policy and Programs (online graduate course): Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD

This 6-week online course is designed for those who want to study the impact of policy and programmatic changes, and apply course concepts to evaluating and recommending real-world policies and progra

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Translating Ideas Into Outcomes (online graduate course): Roy Rosin, MBA & Sarah Rottenberg, MA

This 6-week online course is for people who want to engage in applying state-of-the-art innovation methodology to make a meaningful difference for patients, providers, and health care organizations.

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Health Care Operations (online graduate course): Christian Terwiesch, PhD

This 6-week online course is designed for those who have been in their workplace long enough to observe and reflect upon procedures, and are interested in process improvement.

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Behavioral Economics and Decision Making (online course): Kevin G. Volpp, MD, PhD

This multi-term course is for those who are interested in testing and applying ideas from psychology to incentivize behavioral change in their workplace and among patients.

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