The Penn Lab

Dr. Penn is a neonatologist and neuroscientist who does translational work aimed at understanding and ameliorating preterm brain injury. She has over 10 years experience in this research field.

Ms. Burgess is a Project Administrator in the Penn lab who started in June 2018.  She is responsible for the oversight of operations, project management, financial and budget management.  She has over 7 years of extensive research administration experience with managing NIH, DOD, NSF, American Cancer Society, and PCORI grants from concept to closeout.

Claire-Marie Vacher, PhD

Dr. Vacher is a French developmental neurobiologist whose research interest has focused on the influence of pre- and postnatal factors on brain development. She has been developing a new project which addresses the role of placental hormones on cerebellar development in a novel autistic-like mouse model.

Dana Bakalar, PhD

Jiaqi Julia O’Reilly, PhD (c)

Jacquelyn Salzbank, BS, M.Ed

Helene Lacaille, PhD

Panagiotis Kratimenos, MD