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Game-changing Talent

No matter what your role at the Research Institute, your commitment to excellence will help to advance child health discoveries and achieve new clinical practice paradigms. You are joining a vibrant, global research enterprise of distinguished researchers and up-and-coming scientists who are valued, appreciated, and rewarded for their extraordinary work. Our Research Administration professionals take great pride in their contributions and provide key regulatory guidance and support across all levels of scientific investigation: basic, applied, clinical, and translational. Many professional development and community-building events give employees the opportunity to interact, learn about the work of their colleagues, collaborate, and gain critical communication and leadership skills. Bringing together the brightest scientific minds at the intellectual intersection of the Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of Pennsylvania promotes dynamic mentorship experiences and prolific career paths that are unparalleled.

Interconnected Faculty Families

While CHOP and Penn are independent entities, they foster a collegial atmosphere to facilitate academic exchange. Most CHOP Research investigators are members of the Penn faculty (CHOP-based Penn faculty members), and they follow both institutions’ policies and oversight. Trainees and students also benefit from this collaborative agreement through postdoctoral, fellowship, and residency programs.

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Interconnected Faculty Families

Academic Homes for Innovation

CHOP’s long-term connection to the Perelman School of Medicine at Penn is especially close. Pediatrics operates as a fully integrated department of both CHOP and Penn. Six more academic departments — Surgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pathology, Radiology, Psychiatry, Biomedical and Health Informatics — share staff and resources with their corresponding departments at Penn.

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Academic Homes for Innovation

Sharing Services and Knowledge

The Research Institute’s Core Facilities increase the efficiency, speed, and cost-effectiveness of research, and many of their services are available to Penn’s scientific community. CHOP-based researchers can apply for access to select Penn-based services, such as the library system. CHOP and Penn also jointly host several multidisciplinary educational and professional development opportunities.

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Sharing Services and Knowledge

Growth of Joint Programs

Leveraging the infrastructure, expertise, and synergy between CHOP and Penn propels scientific understanding along the fetal to adult continuum. Major collaborative programs include the Roberts Collaborative for Genetics and Individualized Medicine, the Penn-CHOP Lifespan Brain Institute, the Penn-CHOP Microbiome Program, and the Penn Orphan Disease Center.

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Growth of Joint Programs