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CHOP Researchers Establish Novel Approach for Developing New Antibiotics
CHOP researchers have developed a novel method for producing new antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria, using a prodrug as a “Trojan horse” to mask the antibiotic.
2021 Disability Equality Index Names Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia A “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion”
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has been recognized by the 2021 Disability Equality Index (DEI) as a leader in “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion.” The DEI is the nation’s most comprehensive annual benchmarking tool used to survey employers’ disability policies, practices, and initiatives. For the third year in a row, CHOP received a 100 out of 100 score, the Index’s highest ranking.
CHOP and COG Will Validate New Tool to Measure NF1-Related Progressive Vision Loss
CHOP researchers will use optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure vision changes associated with NF1-related optic pathway gliomas.
Savoy Profiles CHOP Diversity Leader Gilbert Davis
Gilbert Davis, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), was recently featured in an article in Savoy.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Announces Inaugural Healthier Together Grant Recipients
Today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) announced its inaugural Healthier Together Grants, which will fund two community-based programs that tackle food insecurity. The recipients of the Healthier Together Grants will receive funding over the next two years to execute their vision in West and Southwest Philadelphia and fulfill Healthier Together’s mission of addressing the social factors that influence children’s health and well-being.
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, MD Named a 2021 Honorific Award Recipient by the American Society of Hematology
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, MD was named a 2021 Honorific Award Recipient by the American Society of Hematology.
CHOP Researchers Use Base Editing in Preclinical Model to Correct Lethal Lysosomal Storage Disease Before Birth
In a proof-of-concept study, CHOP researchers used a vector to edit a single base mutation in Hurler Syndrome, halting progression of a disease that causes irreversible damage before birth.
CHOP Once Again Named to IDG Insider Pro and Computer World’s 2021 Best Places to Work List
Since 2013, CHOP IT has been selected as one of Insider Pro and Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT.
Leading the Way in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In 2020, Gilbert Davis, MHA, was named CHOP’s first Chief Diversity Officer to provide vision and oversight for the hospital’s diversity strategy. He spoke to us about why diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are CHOP priorities.
A Day in the Life
Erin Gallagher, MA, BC-DMT, has worked in the Creative Arts Therapy Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia since 2017. A dance/movement therapist, Erin supports patient health and healing through creative movement-based interventions that encourage mind-body connection. This is a day in her life.