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Winter 2022

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Gun Violence: A Reckoning

Exacerbated by COVID-19, gun violence is rising to record levels, both across the country and in Philadelphia. Four Penn Medicine experts close to the epidemic of community violence speak up about the toll and call for bold, urgent solutions.

Helen O. Dickens, MD, wearing a white coat and seated at a desk in 1947

Helen Octavia Dickens: An Expanded View of a Trailblazing Obstetrician/Gynecologist

The curator of a new, expanded display surrounding the portrait of Penn’s first African-American OB/GYN faculty member reflects on her legacy and the process behind the exhibit.

300 drones in the night sky above Philadelphia make the shape of the Penn shield

Dress Rehearsals and Drone Flights

After more than four years of construction, preparation and celebration marked the final weeks before the opening of the Pavilion, Penn Medicine’s state-of-the art new 1.5-million-square-foot inpatient facility at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, and Katalin Kariko, PhD, in the lab

From Foundational Discoveries to Pandemic Proliferation of Impact

How mRNA research at Penn over decades made powerful new COVID-19 vaccines possible — and opened a new vista for future discoveries.

  • Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, and Katalin Kariko, PhD

    The Promise of mRNA

    How philanthropic gifts to support mRNA research can keep fueling hope for the future

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In This Issue:

Gun Violence: A Reckoning

Helen Octavia Dickens: An Expanded View of a Trailblazing Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Dress Rehearsals and Drone Flights

From Foundational Discoveries to Pandemic Proliferation of Impact

Editor's Note: Legacies, Living and Cultivated

Somewhere That’s Green

Reinvesting in Research

A FAST Approach to Helping Food Insecurity

All Together Now

10 Crucial Years for Rare Disease Research

‘So Many Ways to Make a Difference’

Creating the Evidence for Equity

Clearing the Path

The Promise of mRNA

The Place to Be

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