The OVPR is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Egan as the Associate Vice Provost for Research / Associate Counsel and Director of the Research Integrity Office. In this role Patrick will oversee the Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) Program and the Research Integrity Office. Patrick is responsible for Penn’s research compliance initiatives and...

Penn is joining the Dryad Data Platform as an institutional member to provide easy access for our faculty to a generalist data repository in anticipation of needs based on the 2023 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), working with Penn Libraries and the Office of...

Senior Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Davis, DVM, DACLAM, CPIA as Director of Animal Welfare Programs and Operations. In this role Jennifer is responsible for the oversight of regulatory compliance, post-approval monitoring, and administration of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). She will oversee the units...

The University Research Foundation (URF) is now accepting grant applications for the October 14, 2022 deadline. The URF is an intramural funding program that provides up to $75,000 support for research projects and up to $3,000 for conference support. The URF provides seed funding for research activities that are expected to lead to external sponsorship...

Senior Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard C. Wender, MD as Executive Director of the Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI) effective July 1, 2022. “Richard Wender is uniquely qualified to lead CPHI,” said Senior Vice Provost Bonnell. “He is committed to leading teams who share his...

A message from the Vice Provost for Research: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of F. Claire Hankenson, DVM, MS, DACLAM, as the Associate Vice Provost for Research and Executive Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR).  Claire will also serve as Penn’s Attending Veterinarian (AV). In these roles, she will oversee...

A message from the Vice Provost for Research: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Jessica Yoos, MA, M.Phil. Ed, CIP has been appointed the Director of University of Pennsylvania’s Human Research Protections Program.  Jessica has been acting in this role since July of 2020 and has been with the Institutional Review Board (IRB)...

Provost Wendell Pritchett announced the appointment of Dawn Bonnell as senior vice provost for research. Dr. Bonnell, Henry Robinson Towne Professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, was appointed vice provost for research in 2013 and reappointed in 2017. “Dawn Bonnell has been an extraordinary leader of our research enterprise at Penn, especially...

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Maureen O’Leary, PhD, MBA, CBSP, Executive Director of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety (EHRS), as Associate Vice Provost for Research. This new title recognizes Maureen’s leadership role and critical contributions to the University in developing and implementing comprehensive safety programs. On her arrival at Penn in July...

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Stach, PhD, MBA, as director of the Laboratory of Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), effective July 1, 2020. Eric is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Faculty Chair of the Nanoscale Characterization Facility in the...