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At Penn, endowed professorships are enabled by a minimum donation of $3 million.
According to Penn Med leaders, facilities are designed to breed innovation and bridge the gap between scientific discovery and patient care.
The initiative places five faculty in the Provost’s Office for the academic year.
Cardiology professor Sameed Khatana led the study, identifying a correlation between policies that improve access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and fewer heart deaths.
The partnership comes as the nursing field faces rising education costs and growing challenges from the Trump administration.
Penn dropped three places from last year’s list, and was ranked behind Princeton University, Duke University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dartmouth College.
The daylong event featured a keynote presentation from pediatrics professor emeritus Stanley Plotkin, as well as speakers from several other universities and medical institutions representing a range of pediatric specialties.
Anuja Dokras, women’s health professor and Penn PMOS center director, said that the change was a matter of scientific accuracy.
The AIRFoundry facility — funded by a six-year, $18 million National Science Foundation grant — brings together researchers to design and test lipid nanoparticles that deliver RNA-based therapies.
Robert Vonderheide — who leads cancer research and clinical programs at Penn — will officially assume the role on April 20.
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