Joint Research Practices Working Group Receives Honorable Mention for Penn Medicine Award

The Joint Research Practices (JRP) Working Group, a partnership between PAIR and CHIBE, received an honorable mention for one of Penn Medicine’s highest honors for service to the community at the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium.

The directors of CHIBE and PAIR, Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, and Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, respectively, nominated the group for the award, commending them for facilitating important discussions among faculty and staff, leading a workshop at a retreat with more than 125 participants, conducting literature review of wide-ranging topics such as patient-centered care and using payment in clinical research, and creating resources for researchers.

“The JRP is comprised of volunteer staff and faculty,” Drs. Halpern and Volpp wrote in their nomination. “This expansive body of work is being pushed forward because of the collaborative and determined spirit of each team member. They are fiercely and fearlessly working to overcome long-standing structural and operational barriers that make it difficult for researchers to conduct equitable research.”