Karen Brooks

CHOP • 20th February 2025

Uncovering the Mystery of Lamb-Shaffer Syndrome

With fewer than 1,000 known cases worldwide, LAMSHF draws little attention from academic and pharmaceutical industry researchers. One of few experts in the condition, Véronique Lefebvre, PhD, leads a laboratory at CHOP.

CHOP • 17th December 2024

Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome: Nina’s Story

Debilitated by AMPS, 13-year-old Nina entered CHOP in a wheelchair. Six weeks later, she finished a personalized treatment program and walked out unassisted.

Haverford Magazine • 7th December 2023

Exploring the Biology of Adversity

A Q&A with Michelle Albert, past president of the American Heart Association, the Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor in Medicine at UCSF, and admissions dean for UCSF Medical School.

Omnia - Penn Arts & Sciences • 14th November 2023

Flow Motion

Courses across Penn Arts & Sciences show how immersion enhances a liberal arts education.

Haverford Magazine • 7th August 2023

Training Dogs—and Their Humans, Too

Kim Wegel tells us about her work as a canine behavior consultant.

Omnia - Penn Arts & Sciences • 24th July 2023

Silver Screen Time

Faryn Pearl discusses co-directing the DreamWorks Animation film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.

Omnia - Penn Arts & Sciences • 16th June 2023

Hidden Histories Revealed

Students in a Penn course taught by Professor of English Heather Love and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Brooke O’Harra bring queer archival materials to life.

Penn Medicine Magazine • 25th April 2023

Making What's Next in Medicine

Since 2017, the FDA has approved more than two dozen new therapies with roots at Penn Medicine — almost half of which are first-in-class for their indications. Becoming a hub for drug research and development took a lot more than luck.

Lankenau Leaders Magazine • 21st December 2022

Without Missing a Beat

Lankenau physicians perform the first-ever robotic coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on a pregnant patient.