The Abramson Cancer Center offers cancer researchers and health care professionals numerous opportunities in supplemental training and career development.
Emerging Scholars Exchange Program: This program is designed to provide career development opportunities for early career faculty cancer center members via invited presentations at prestigious peer universities. Through the Exchange Program, early career faculty will have the opportunity to develop relationships with potential research collaborators, mentors, and sponsors, hone their oral presentation skills, and bolster their CVs as they prepare for promotion.
Abramson Cancer Center Events and Seminars:
The Abramson Cancer Center supports regular Grand Rounds and other seminars and events for cancer
researchers in basic, clinical, and population sciences.
AFCRI/HemOnc/Wistar Seminar Series:
The recently combined AFCRI/Hem-Onc/Wistar Institute series presents weekly seminars from
pre-eminent scientists representing a broad scope of cancer-related research. These seminars are jointly hosted by the
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, the Division of Hematology/Oncology
at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and The Wistar Institute.
Continuing Medical Education (CME):
The Continuing Medical and Interprofessional Education Program (CME-IPE)
at the University of Pennsylvania is committed to providing lifelong learning
opportunities for physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers and
healthcare professional teams with the goal of improving the health and
well-being of people and communities through strong emphasis on research,
education, and clinical care. Penn’s
CME-IPE Program coordinates efforts with others within the University, the
Perelman School of Medicine, Penn Medicine and the School of Nursing to
optimize the development and meaningful engagement of healthcare professionals
in effective learning and improvement experiences. The Program includes cancer-specific CME events.
Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR):
The Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research (CECCR)
oversees the EPIC training program, which trains both physician and
non-physician fellows to be rigorous independent academic investigators skilled
in the use of cancer communication research approaches, methods and techniques
and prepared to address important questions in cancer communication research.
National Clinical Scholars Program:
The National Clinical Scholars Program provides training in health policy and community-relevant
research to outstanding physicians who are committed to improving health and
health care in the United States. Penn Clinical Scholars become highly capable
health services researchers and leaders in the transformation of health care,
both by developing research that is highly relevant to the broader community
and by translating research findings into action.
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA):
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA) conducts
interdisciplinary research focused on improving the treatment of nicotine
dependence for smokers who wish to quit smoking. The highly collaborative
research of CIRNA investigators spans from "cells to society," crossing
departments and schools at the University of Pennsylvania and extending to institutions
across North America. Over the past 15 years, CIRNA has evolved to include four
overarching and interrelated programs of research.