Venkata (Sai) Chaluvadi
Venkata (Sai) Chaluvadi, a graduate student in Neuroscience, has been awarded the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation of $50,000 to continue his innovative research. He began exploring the intersections between immunology and other fields such as oncology and neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine. He is also a member of the Frederick “Chris” Bennett Lab, studying the contributions of diseased immune cells to the progression of Krabbe disease — a fatal neurodegenerative condition with limited available therapies.
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, an assistant professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, has been named an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine (ELHM) by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for a three-year term. Each year, the NAM selects 10 exceptional ELHM Scholars to engage around, and learn from, activities under the umbrella of the NAM, addressing topics that are shaping the future of health and medicine.
Sarah Rowley
Sarah Rowley, a third-year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine, has received a Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship. Rowley is one of five students selected for the prestigious scholarship, which is given to students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship.
Mark Sellmyer, MD, PhD
Mark Sellmyer, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Radiology,is among 21 early career researchers on 10 multidisciplinary teams to receive nearly $1.2 million in combined funding from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation, and Walder Foundation in the second year of Scialog: Advancing BioImaging, an initiative that aims to accelerate the development of the next generation of imaging technologies. The 21 individual awards are for $50,000 each in direct costs. Read the full announcement here.
The Emergency Department at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has been awarded a Lantern Award from the Emergency Nurses Association. The honor is given to emergency departments demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research.
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
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