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November 22, 2018

Penn LDI: Scott Halpern-Led Penn Research Team Wins $11 Million PCORI Grant

A research team led by University of Pennsylvania Professor of Medicine and LDI Senior Fellow Scott Halpern has received an $11 million PCORI grant for the largest study ever done comparing different strategies to help lung cancer screening patients to stop smoking. Read more at Penn LDI

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Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE

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Smoking Cessation

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