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Edward Morrisey: Director of Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology

Edward E. Morrisey

Edward E. Morrisey, professor of cell and developmental biology, is the inaugural director of the Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, a new center bridging basic and translational research programs on airway health at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Morrisey is also the scientific director of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

“In addition to the strengths of the Pulmonary Medicine Divisions at Penn and CHOP, the Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology will help promote pulmonary research in several notable areas of excellence, including cardiovascular, pediatric, immunology and cancer research,” Dr. Morrisey said. “The ultimate goal is to build a world-class center that will have an important impact on human health.”

“I am confident that under Ed’s leadership, the Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology will become the nation’s leading research program focused in the area of basic and translational lung biology,” said Michael S. Parmacek, chair of the department of medicine. Throughout his career, he has incorporated evolving technologies in his research, including iPS cells and genome editing.”

Dr. Morrisey’s lab at Penn focuses on the molecular pathways that regulate heart and lung development. His seminal discoveries include the identification of a multipotent cardiopulmonary progenitor cell, transcriptional programs that direct lung epithelial cell differentiation, and molecular pathways that govern lung repair and development.

Dr. Morrisey holds a PhD in molecular biology from Northwestern University. His work has been published in more than 100 academic journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Medicine, Nature Genetics, PNAS, Genes and Development, Developmental Cell and Science Translational Medicine.

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