BENCH to BEDSIDE

100 Years of Research: Solutions-oriented Health Equity Research

Dr. Diana Montoya-Williams wants her advocacy-informed research to matter to the communities she is trying to help. She's an attending neonatologist and faculty member of PolicyLab at CHOP whose research covers health disparities, social determinants of health, perinatal health policy, and immigration policies.  

100 Years of Research: Building an Environment Where People Want to Be

Paulette McRae, PhD, Associate Director of Specialty Programs and Diversity in the Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs, has devoted her career to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives that open doors for the next generation, so that they can see how they can make a difference in research.

100 Years of Research: Health Equity is Everybody’s Work

The Center for Health Equity at CHOP aims to address social disease and provide unbiased clinical care so that children in Philadelphia and beyond can achieve their best health. The Center's Director Tyra Bryant-Stephens, nationally recognized for her work in community-driven, evidence-based research in asthma interventions, shares why "health equity is a state of mind.

100 Years of Research: Pursuit of Discovery ’Built In’ From Very Beginning

Seeing discoveries happen is "one of the most invigorating and exciting parts of my job," shares Bench to Bedside guest, Madeline Bell, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia President and Chief Executive Officer. Hear how research touches every part of CHOP, and the ways we're continuing our legacy of 100 years of trailblazing research.

100 Years of Research: Insights Into Evolution of Vaccine Development

Much like the scientist who led the first research lab at CHOP in 1922, our Bench to Bedside guest, Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center, has spent most of his career studying infectious diseases with a focus on vaccine development. He gives us a look back at how vaccine development has evolved and shares "the most fun time of his life" as a scientist.

100 Years of Research: From the Basement to a Bird’s Eye View

We’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first research lab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia! Our Bench to Bedside guest hasn’t been a CHOP employee for quite *that* long, but he has dedicated three-and-a-half decades of his career here. Meet Howard Eck, director of Research Resources, who knows every corner of the Research Institute and sets our scientists’ laboratories up for success.