The Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology (PCPB) is housed on the second floor of the newly renovated Stemmler Building and occupies 12,500 square feet of space including some of the most advanced research facilities at Penn. The PCPB is directed by Dr. Edward Morrisey and serves as an institution-wide locus to foster and integrate collaboration of basic lung biology faculty members and trainees across disciplines, schools, and departments at Penn.
The PCPB brings together a diverse group of investigators and clinicians with the goal of unraveling the underlying mechanisms of respiratory disease and begin to utilize such findings to improve clinical medicine.
The primary goals of the PCPB are:
- Create resources at Penn and CHOP to facilitate basic discovery through translational research in pulmonary biology with a focus on using humans as a “model system”.
- Bring together researchers directly involved in pulmonary research, as well as those outside the field to build an interactive and rigorous community capable of addressing the most compelling and important questions in pulmonary biology.
- Educate and train the next generation of scientists and physician-scientists who are critical for the future success of pulmonary research.