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Catherine Lai
Catherine Lai, MD, MPH, is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and the Physician Leader of the Leukemia Clinical Research Unit at Abramson…
ISC3: Penn Implementation Science Center in Cancer Control
Project Description The Penn Implementation Science Center in Cancer Control (ISC3) is a $4.9 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute that is part of the national network…
Empowering Pediatric Patients through Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring
Project Description While clinician reports are often the standard for recording adverse side effects of cancer treatment, patient reported outcomes (PROs) are an increasingly important assessment tool through which…
Optimizing Biomarker Detection and Extending Life for Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Project Description When patients are diagnosed with metastatic, non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), biomarker testing is crucial to determine the optimal treatment. For example, for the 30% of…
PROSPR: Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process
Project Description Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, with the lowest 5-year relative survival rates of all cancer types. Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates are…
Embedding Cancer Clinical Pathways in the Electronic Health Record for Value-Based Care
Project Description Clinical pathways help to reduce variation in cancer treatment and care, and have been shown to reduce costs as well as improve patient outcomes. In spite of…
Charu Aggarwal
Leslye M. Heisler Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence Section Chief, Thoracic and Head & Neck Cancer Dr. Charu Aggarwal is the Leslye Heisler Professor for Lung Cancer Excellence at the University of…
Ramy Sedhom
Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care Physician, Penn Medicine – Princeton Medical Center Assistant Professor, Hematology & Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine Ramy Sedhom, M.D. is the Director for the…
Christopher A. D’Avella
Christopher D’Avella, MD is an Innovation Faculty member at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I), Assistant…
TIME: Text-based Intervention to Minimize the Time Burden of Routine Cancer Care
Project Description Patients with advanced cancer spend a significant portion of their remaining survival time interacting with the health system: commuting to, waiting for, and receiving care. For instance,…