Albert Yan, MD, at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and co-developers Elena Bernardis, PhD, and Jianbo Shi, PhD, are creating a software program using computer vision algorithms that will expedite clinical visits for acne and allow physicians to spend more valuable time on patient education.
Children’s Hospital immunogenetics experts developed a unique laboratory test to characterize the genes that encode human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules, which are complex proteins on cell surfaces that are essential to immune function.
Funded by the National Cancer Institute, the LEGACY study is unique in its focus on healthy, young girls and how their habits and development are related to breast health.
Investigators at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are on the cusp of an innovative approach to caring for preterm babies, one that could radically transform the way they are treated and significantly improve their outcomes.
In many ways, 2013 was a banner year for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Research Institute. We achieved a number of firsts, notably being named the best children's hospital in the country by both U.S. News & World Report and Parents magazine.
Personalized medicine: it's all about you. The idea of "personalized" medicine isn't just about a one-on-one encounter with a doctor, the use of sophisticated mobile applications, or heightened access to healthcare providers, medical records, and services. Personalized medicine also extends into the depths of who each of us are at our essence - to our individual genetic makeup.
Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE, co-medical director of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Pediatric Research Consortium and a PolicyLab faculty member Let's face it: we live in the future. At no point in human history has so much information been so accessible to so many people. The rise of the personal computer, then the internet, and then smartphones that (in addition
