Prior to leaving my position at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute in early December 2016, I wrote the following stories which were later published in February and March 2017:
Tag: bioinformatics
December 2016/January 2017 Writing for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
I wrote the following stories published in December 2016 and January 2017 by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute:
Q&A with Sage Myers: How a National System of Health Data Can Improve Care
CHOP Research In the News: Hypertension, Cancer Survivors’ Parents, Breastfeeding, Antibiotics, Allergies
Frankly, My Dear, That’s Clear to an Expert: A Q&A on ‘Frank’ Presentations of Autism
Our 12 Top Stories Show Great Things Happened for Children’s Health in 2016
A Look Back at 2016: A Banner Year for Pediatric Research at CHOP
Researchers Find Compelling Preclinical Evidence for High-Risk Leukemia Therapies
Trio of Studies Shows Oral Antibiotics Are As Good As IV Antibiotics After Discharge
Neuroblastoma Genetics Study Seeks to Spell Out Structural Errors
Transformational Science: Q&A with Douglas Wallace, PhD, Winner of Franklin Medal
November 2016 Writing for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
I wrote the following articles published in November 2016 by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute:
Linking Patients and Data, Medicine and Science: CAVATICA Data Analysis Platform Launches
Untangling Attention Difficulties in Autism
Smart Robotic Toy Gym Could Identify Early Signs of Babies’ Developmental Delay
Cellular Energy Flaws Studied as Contributor to Schizophrenia
A ‘Critical Mass’ of Mitochondrial Disease Research Accelerates Treatment Quest
CHOP Research In the News: Body and Mind, Stayin’ Alive, ADHD Guidelines, Innovation Leadership
Q&A: How Pediatricians Can Help Suburban Families in Poverty
CHOP Research In the News: From Good Starts to Young Adult Transitions
CHOP Honors Superhuman Abilities of Clinical Research Coordinators
October 2016 Writing for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
I wrote (or edited, as noted) the following articles published in October 2016 by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute:
Scientists Seek Mitochondrial Mechanism to Overcome Cancer Treatment Resistance
Finding of Variability in Antibiotic Prescribing Yields Improvements, Accolades
Project Aims to Automate Adverse Event Reporting in Cancer Clinical Trials
In a Teenager’s Brain, HIV Infection Could Cause Unique Damage
How to Address Four Factors That Limit Gender Equality in Academic Medicine
I noticed a CHOP-affiliated co-author, Dr. Ganetzky, listed on a piece in the journal Academic Medicine calling for action on gender equality. I approached Dr. Ganetzky with the idea for a guest blog post on the subject and worked with her to refine and edit the post for publication.
CHOP Research In the News: Ear Infection Genetics, Childhood Cancer Heredity, Vaccine Anniversary
CHOP, Penn Researchers Share Progress and Tips for Using mHealth Tools
CHOP Research In the News: Cancer Moonshot Yields Data-Sharing Initiatives, Hemophilia Surprise, Mitochondrial Medal
Mentorship in Medicine, Zebras, and Holsteins: Q&A with Elaine Zackai
CHOP Big Data Center Visits White House for Precision Medicine Summit
Originally published on Cornerstone, the CHOP Research Blog.
I composed this original article based on an interview with the investigator.
Excerpt:
Today at the White House, President Obama welcomed guests, including Adam Resnick, PhD, representing The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, for a morning of remarks and discussions about what the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) has achieved to date, and how it can take the next steps into the new era of medicine that delivers the right treatment at the right time to the right person. One way CHOP will be an integral part of that effort is through its commitment to data-driven discovery in pediatrics.
The PMI, which President Obama first announced in his 2015 State of the Union speech, launched last year with a White House event attended by CHOP leukemia patient Emily Whitehead and by the hospital’s then-CEO, Steven Altschuler, MD. The pair was invited in recognition of the progress at CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania in developing an investigational precision-medicine T-cell therapy for cancer patients like Emily.
But that type of discovery is only one part of the precision medicine equation, according to Dr. Resnick, co-director and co-founder of CHOP’s new Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3B).
“Even to make a new T-cell therapy, you have to begin with data about what to target,” Dr. Resnick said. “The other side of the coin in harnessing the potential of precision medicine is empowering the pediatric community to share and use data transparently and collaboratively through initiatives that connect patients, clinicians, and researchers to that data.”
New CHOP Investigator Combines Bioinformatics and Cancer Genomics
Originally published on Cornerstone, the CHOP Research Blog.
I composed this profile based on an interview with the investigator.
Excerpt:
“I’m excited being here at the right time,” said Kai Tan, PhD. “Hopefully we can really push translational medicine in cancer, faster, with our new algorithms.”
It is the “right time” because Dr. Tan, a cancer genomics and bioinformatics researcher, joined The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in January. Within weeks of his arrival, Vice President Joe Biden launched the cancer “moonshot” initiative during a visit with cancer researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and CHOP at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.
The rapid expansion of precision medicine in cancer — in which researchers aim to develop clinical treatments precisely targeted to a tumor’s genetic profile — has created an urgent need for scientists like Dr. Tan, who has pioneered the development of novel computational strategies and systems biology to identify molecular events that drive cancers.
Rachel Ewing 