Scanzello Lab for Translational Osteoarthritis Research
Our laboratory focuses on understanding the stimuli and clinical consequences of immune system activation and inflammation in osteoarthritis (OA) and related joint injuries, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics to treat this debilitating joint disease. OA is the most common musculoskeletal disease and a leading cause of chronic joint pain and musculoskeletal disability worldwide.
Growing Up Queer: Coming of Age in Contemporary Literature
This project examines the explosion in contemporary coming-of-age literature, film, and television that depicts the lives of diverse queer people. It's not limited to the German-speaking world.
Using chemistry to better identify and treat cancer
Our organic and chemical biology lab, in close collaboration with clinicians, is on a mission to develop molecules to treat or identify tumors in efforts to improve the lifespan of cancer patients.
Immunoengineering for Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. There is an urgent clinical need for treatments distinct from current options. To tackle this problem, we leverage the immune system, protein engineering, and pharmacokinetic modeling.
Europeans, Remembrance of the American Civil War, and Black Art Today
How did nineteenth-century Europeans shape how Americans commemorate the Civil War? Whose story was told in art and performance, whose was excluded from these narratives? How have contemporary Black artists today in America reflected on this moment of transatlantic memory work in their artistic practice?
Family Sociology and Family Demography
I am a sociologist and family demographer. I study how families change through events like childbearing, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, and widowhood and the consequences of these changes for adults, children, and communities. I am particularly interested in how family life reflects and reproduces social and economic inequality. I use quantitative methods and data visualizations to answer research questions. Most of my work is focused on the contemporary and historical United States.
Intersectional Health Promotion and Prevention of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth
Dr. Sanders work focuses on building intersectional health promotion and prevention interventions for sexual and gender diverse youth, with a particular focus on expanding access to gender affirming care and optimizing adolescent and young adult sexual health, HIV/AIDS, and substance treatment and prevention interventions.
Basic Epilepsy Research: Exploring the Interface Between Neuroscience and Engineering
Join us to study how epilepsy develops using in vivo and in vitro models, along with engineering approaches.
Ancient Chinese Civilization: Bibliography of Materials in Western Languages
Helping to update, maintain, and correct the largest bibliography of materials on ancient Chinese civilization in Western languages.
Water quality in the Pennsylvania streams and rivers
We're interested in investigating the flow and fluxes of nutrients and metals in Philadelphia waterways to see impacts of land use and human activity on aquatic ecosystems. We use advanced analytical instrumentation and methodologies to measure elements and compounds of environmental interest, and have the capacity for incubation experiments to mimic environmental conditions.