Research
Nurse Scientist Rosemary Polomano Earns National Accolades for Pain Research
February 4, 2026Rosemary Polomano, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, a nationally recognized leader in pain science and a nurse scientist in ChristianaCare’s Department of Research and Evidence-Based Practice, received the 2025 Excellence in Pain Research Award from the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN). The honor recognizes the influence of a pioneering research career and represents ASPMN’s highest […] Read more
Gene Editing Breakthrough Offers New Hope for Head and Neck Cancer PatientsJanuary 26, 2026
New Study Points to How Colorectal Cancer StartsJanuary 14, 2026
NCI Renews Major Grant Bringing New Cancer Discoveries to Patients SoonerDecember 5, 2025
CorriXR Launches Bold Collaboration to Create First Inhaled CRISPR Therapy for Lung CancerDecember 5, 2025
Way Awards Highlight ChristianaCare’s Culture of Love, Excellence and Care ImprovementNovember 24, 2025
ChristianaCare Launches Organoid Core to Personalize Cancer TreatmentNovember 18, 2025
Cancer Breakthrough: ‘Like an Arrow That Hits Only the Bullseye’November 17, 2025
Lacing Up for Hope: ChristianaCare’s Friends 5K Run/Walk Raises Over $300,000 to Fight CancerOctober 29, 2025
Delaware INBRE Summer Scholars Complete Biomedical Research Projects at ChristianaCareAugust 21, 2025
ChristianaCare Research Pinpoints Drivers Behind Advanced Breast Cancer in Delaware HotspotsJuly 24, 2025
Gene Editing Institute Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Impact and DiscoveryJune 17, 2025
ChristianaCare Charts New Course With Nurse Robotics Research FellowshipMay 12, 2025
3D-Printed Facial Shields Improve Skin Cancer TreatmentMarch 31, 2025
Lauren Barone Honored With DAISY Leader Award for Extraordinary NursesMarch 31, 2025
Breakthrough in Electronic Symptom Tracking for Cancer PatientsMarch 27, 2025
Nurse Scientist Susan Smith Birkhoff Makes Two Research ‘Firsts’ in DelawareMarch 17, 2025
CorriXR Therapeutics Names Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., as Chief Executive OfficerDecember 13, 2024
National Leader in Cancer Clinical Trials: ChristianaCare Advances Pioneering TherapiesDecember 6, 2024
Scientists Use CRISPR Tools to Safely Disable Gene Mutation Linked to Advanced Skin CancerOctober 15, 2024
Cancer Program Receives Platinum Award for Patient Participation in Cancer Research Clinical TrialsOctober 3, 2024
Pioneering Clinical Immersion for Biomedical Engineers Inspires ‘Out-of-the-Box’ ThinkingMay 23, 2024
Kelly Banas, Ph.D., To Present Her Latest Discovery at CRISPR Medicine’s First International ConferenceApril 12, 2024
Gene Editing Institute Brings CRISPR in a Box™ to Philadelphia High SchoolMarch 1, 2024
ChristianaCare Scientists Discover New Link to Colon Cancer Stem Cell GrowthFebruary 1, 2024
Deirdre Hake of Gene Editing Institute Named a DelawareToday Women in Business HonoreeJanuary 4, 2024
CorriXR Therapeutics Announces Deborah Moorad as New Chief Executive OfficerNovember 13, 2023
First Delaware Patient Receives New Radiation-Free Treatment for Rectal CancerSeptember 16, 2023
Amanda Hewes Selected as a 2023 Outstanding Delaware Woman in STEMJune 12, 2023
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute Achieves FACT Reaccreditation for Bone Marrow and Stem Cell TransplantFebruary 17, 2023
Landmark Study Uses AI Technique to Improve Cancerous Brain Tumor Detection by 33%January 27, 2023
ChristianaCare Spins Out CorriXR Therapeutics, New Gene Editing Start-UpOctober 11, 2022
Omar Khan Named Enterprise Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research Administration and Scientific AffairsAugust 8, 2022
New Post-Doctoral Fellowship on Cancer Stem Cell Research Announced at Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research InstituteDecember 9, 2021
Study Shows Strata Oncology Advanced Sequencing Can Increase Patient Access to Tissue-Based Tumor ProfilingSeptember 13, 2021
Graham Cancer Center Ranks as a National Leader for Patient Participation in Clinical TrialsApril 12, 2021
Study Shows Spike in Alcohol Withdrawal Rates During PandemicMarch 8, 2021
ChristianaCare Collaboration Wins $50,000 Grant for Health Care Worker Well-beingNovember 6, 2020- Sen. Carper Visits ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing InstituteOctober 14, 2020
Future scientists can dig into CRISPR in a Box™September 24, 2020
Innovative use of data helps patients with cancer avoid return hospital visitsAugust 18, 2020
ChristianaCare cancer specialists aid in discovery suppressing chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancerAugust 18, 2020
New CRISPR advance delivers a one-two punch to lung cancer cellsJuly 6, 2020
ChristianaCare study: Low-dose aspirin therapy may help prevent premature birthMay 15, 2020
ChristianaCare treats its first hospitalized COVID-19 patient with convalescent plasmaApril 23, 2020
Federal guidelines will speed bench-to-bedside research and advance clinical trials using gene editing technologyMarch 3, 2020
Study: Inflammation caused by radiation can drive triple-negative breast cancerFebruary 27, 2020
New tool for rapid analysis of CRISPR reveals frequent, unintended DNA changesDecember 10, 2019
Surgeon Robert Witt brings landmark research to world stage as co-chair of International Salivary Gland CongressNovember 26, 2019- $650,000 Moseley Foundation grant will advance breast cancer researchOctober 30, 2019
Delaware Bio Breakfast features two Christiana Care gene editing scientistsJuly 29, 2019
Graham Cancer Center physician-scientists collaborate on landmark studyJuly 11, 2019
Honoring the difference-makers: Patient Advocates for Clinical TrialsMay 14, 2019
Gene Editing Institute takes next step to advance lung cancer trial using CRISPRMay 2, 2019
The Gene Editing Institute licenses CRISPR technology to NovellusDx to drive next-generation cancer careApril 18, 2019
Research: COPD Trial at Christiana CareMarch 5, 2019
Kandie Dempsey receives Outstanding Administrator Award from National Cancer InstituteFebruary 11, 2019
$900K grant will advance stem cell research in colon cancerFebruary 5, 2019
Prone positioning of some critically ill patients becomes new standard of careJanuary 28, 2019
Combining CRISPR and chemotherapy restores effectiveness of lung cancer treatmentJanuary 18, 2019
PROWALKS study addresses urgent need for stroke survivorsDecember 6, 2018
Discovery could lead to new possibilities in colorectal cancer treatmentDecember 6, 2018
Frontiers of medicine in Delaware: gene editing, smart medications and ZNASeptember 10, 2018
Experts address ethical, legal and insurance issues surrounding CRISPR gene editing technologyJuly 29, 2018
Preventing hospital readmissions improves health, lowers costJuly 6, 2018
29th Update in Cardiology Symposium focuses on findings in researchJune 29, 2018
Gene Editing Institute receives innovation award from Philadelphia-Israeli Chamber of CommerceMay 30, 2018
First in the nation: gene editing curriculum for community college studentsMay 7, 2018
Student engineers learn to design for the operating roomApril 30, 2018
Christiana Care innovation shines at Delaware BioScience Association’s 2018 GalaApril 26, 2018
Graham Cancer Center offers no-cost tumor profiling and DNA sequencing to patients with advanced or rare cancersMarch 28, 2018
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute sets the standard for radiation oncologyFebruary 21, 2018
CRISPR in high school? Delaware students get hands-on gene editing trainingFebruary 19, 2018
Christiana Care cancer specialists aid in discovery of cellular network that ‘short circuits’ anti-tumor effects of immunotherapyJanuary 16, 2018
Value Institute symposium explores issues affecting people with chronic kidney diseaseOctober 23, 2017
Christiana Care researchers discover new blood test to diagnose breast cancerOctober 19, 2017
Christiana Care researchers explore the cost vs. benefit of intensive blood-pressure treatmentOctober 10, 2017
Gene Editing Institute and Analytical Biological Services partner to accelerate cancer therapiesOctober 3, 2017
Unleashing the power of data and predictive analytics in health careAugust 11, 2017
Genomic research partnership speeds progress toward personalized cancer medicineJuly 20, 2017
Friends of the Graham Cancer Center learn about new diagnostic blood test for invasive breast cancersJune 18, 2017
Awards celebrate clinical trials at Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research InstituteJune 16, 2017
Collaboration in action as Wistar scientists and Christiana Care clinicians exchange ideasJune 16, 2017- Christiana Care and Thomas Jefferson University launch new genetic counseling master’s degree programApril 6, 2017
Christiana Care dietitians and UD researchers explore basic questions in human physiologyMarch 23, 2017
Young Friends learn how genetic editors rewrite DNA code to save livesMarch 16, 2017
28th Annual Update in Cardiology explores heart-health science and innovationMarch 15, 2017
Christiana Care researchers reveal advance in breast cancer detectionMarch 10, 2017
Christiana Care and Delaware: national leaders in maternity careFebruary 27, 2017
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute among nation’s leaders in clinical trialsFebruary 10, 2017
Genomic cancer research partnership brings personalized cancer therapy closer to realityFebruary 8, 2017
Bacchieri Family $1 million gift to propel head and neck cancer care and researchFebruary 1, 2017
Christiana Care wins National Library of Medicine grant to develop sepsis alert systemJanuary 23, 2017
Research supports longer zoledronic acid dosing intervals for cancer patientsJanuary 12, 2017
Gene Editing Institute develops new system for precise ‘surgery’ on the human genomeJanuary 6, 2017
Research: Babies of mothers with mental illness more likely to need hospital, emergency careDecember 16, 2016
NICU fosters first-hold bonding between parents and critically ill infantsDecember 5, 2016
Evening of Hope celebrates advances in cancer research and treatmentNovember 15, 2016
Student researchers celebrate success and collaboration at Scholars Research DayNovember 15, 2016
Christiana Care approved to confer Maintenance of CertificationOctober 14, 2016
Christiana Care research and advances in care highlighted at Delaware BioBreakfastSeptember 14, 2016
Researchers make breakthrough discovery to improve CRISPR/Cas 9 gene editing toolSeptember 12, 2016
Research leads to better control of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomitingAugust 30, 2016
Symposium shows importance of research for clinical practiceAugust 1, 2016
Graham Cancer Center, Wistar partnership expands gene editing researchJune 29, 2016
Targeting aggressive breast cancerJune 3, 2016
Tissue engineering researchers win top award at national conferenceJune 3, 2016
Value Institute study reveals need for more research on team-based roundsMay 16, 2016
Nurse researchers develop peppermint inhaler to relieve post-op nauseaMay 16, 2016
Nursing research competition advances critical thinkingMay 12, 2016
Achieving Competency Today teams present latest projectsApril 1, 2016
Christiana Care researchers study impact of aspirin on pregnancies around the worldMarch 24, 2016
Nursing research conference marks 10th anniversaryJanuary 11, 2016
Delaware CTR-ACCEL program grant recipients will advance research at Christiana CareJanuary 11, 2016
Summer scholars complete successful INBRE projects at Christiana CareNovember 16, 2015
Christiana Care and Wistar announce bold new step in cancer partnershipNovember 12, 2015
Researchers pioneer quality-of-life intervention for throat cancer survivorsOctober 12, 2015
Christiana Care ranks among top 10 National Community Cancer Centers enrolling patients into cancer clinical trialsOctober 7, 2015- Surgery on our genes?September 9, 2015
Leveraging science and technology to speed diagnosis of sepsisAugust 24, 2015
Golf & Tennis Classic supports Center for Translational Cancer ResearchJuly 15, 2015
Fellowship proves fertile ground for research accomplishmentsJuly 10, 2015
Project Engage gains national attention for success in treating substance-use disorderJune 16, 2015
Followup study affirms safety of reducing cardiac telemetry use outside ICUJune 16, 2015- Use of interpreters by physicians for hospitalized limited english proficient patients and its impact on patient outcomesJune 1, 2015
CTR-ACCEL accelerates research in DelawareApril 17, 2015
Study shows grafting surgery performs better than angioplastyMarch 5, 2015
ACE Research Awards program helps advance community-based researchFebruary 10, 2015
Students share research at INBRE Scholars Research DayJanuary 13, 2015
Nursing and Value Institute researchers collaborate to reduce patient fallsNovember 25, 2014
Innovative Bridges program shows the future of care managementSeptember 5, 2014
Christiana Care hosts research administration conferenceAugust 5, 2014
Christiana Care presents 13 research posters at AcademyHealth annual meetingJuly 28, 2014
Symposium spotlights Value Institute innovation, successJuly 15, 2014
Mark Garcia, M.D., leads national deep vein thrombosis research studyJuly 1, 2014
Christiana Care pioneers U.S. trial of absorbable scaffold for heart patientsApril 3, 2014
Delaware Health Sciences Alliance partners with Christiana Care in global research for women’s and children’s healthMarch 25, 2014
New grants fund clinical and translational research at Christiana CareMarch 14, 2014
A decade of transformational cancer careNovember 19, 2013
Nurses advance clinical practice through researchOctober 16, 2013- Study: emergency department information systems pose potential threats to patient safety and quality of careJune 28, 2013
Study finds new anti-clotting drug more effective than current treatmentMay 23, 2013
Clinical trial explores gene-replacement therapy to slow progression of heart failureMay 14, 2013
Christiana Care study shows that free diabetes meds and supplies improve disease managementApril 22, 2013
Christiana Care joins national cardiac rehabilitation registryApril 15, 2013
Graham Cancer Center trains international researchers for participation in Cancer Genome Atlas ProjectFebruary 6, 2013- Christiana Care investigators present landmark cardiology outcomes at AHA Scientific SessionsJanuary 4, 2013
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center contributes to landmark breast cancer study within The Cancer Genome AtlasDecember 3, 2012
Seema Sonnad, Ph.D., named director of Health Services Research for Christiana Care Value InstituteOctober 4, 2012
Biomedical student researchers and their mentors share spotlight at Value Institute luncheonSeptember 4, 2012
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center researchers seek breakthrough for throat cancer survivors in NIH funded studyAugust 14, 2012
International study examines clindamycin’s effectiveness in reducing preterm birthsAugust 10, 2012
Student cancer researchers are stars at annual health sciences symposiumJuly 18, 2012
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center hires pioneering scientific coupleJune 8, 2012
Students develop a healthy interest in learning at Mini Medical SchoolMay 11, 2012
Value symposium speakers: ‘Start with the patient’May 1, 2012
Health care experts to present at Christiana Care’s inaugural Value SymposiumApril 24, 2012- Marci Drees, M.D., receives research awardApril 23, 2012
Clinical trials test drugs to target breast and lung cancers, potential shingles vaccineApril 10, 2012
New technology makes heart valve replacement possible without open-heart surgeryMarch 21, 2012
William Weintraub, M.D., participates in White House heart eventMarch 2, 2012
New stent system improves outlook for peripheral artery diseaseJanuary 27, 2012- Christiana Care named to elite group in heart failure researchJanuary 17, 2012
Christiana Care CCOP ranks near top for enrollment in cancer clinical trialsDecember 5, 2011- William Weintraub, M.D., co-authors major cardiovascular studiesNovember 17, 2011
- William Weintraub, M.D., authors JAMA studyNovember 10, 2011
Patient advisory group helps build a bridge of understandingOctober 21, 2011- Christiana Care joins ICU infection studyOctober 21, 2011
Nicholas Petrelli, M.D., added to research team at WistarOctober 11, 2011
Cancer researchers make important strides toward creation of artifical salivary glandsSeptember 28, 2011- Helen F. Graham Cancer Center researchers tapped to lead Alliance for Clinical Trials in OncologySeptember 26, 2011
Doctor finds unsolved ear pain is often migraineAugust 25, 2011
Study sheds new light on palliative care for lung cancerJuly 19, 2011- William Weintraub named American Heart Association Affiliate president-electJuly 13, 2011
Cancer research advocate highlights how genetic testing can empower usJune 27, 2011
Christiana Care joins rehabilitation research consortium to help wounded soldiersJune 24, 2011
Gerard Fulda, M.D., leads group developing new clinical guidelines dissemination processJune 2, 2011
NuMoM2b study focuses on pregnancy outcomes for first-time mothersApril 13, 2011
Christiana Care plays key role in reducing infant mortality in DelawareApril 5, 2011
Christiana Care Health System leads national colorectal cancer clinical trialMarch 24, 2011
William S. Weintraub, M.D., receives American College of Cardiology Distinguished Service AwardMarch 21, 2011- Christiana Care Health System physician receives grant for platelet transfusions studyMarch 16, 2011
Graham Cancer Center performs first gene therapy in DelawareNovember 24, 2010
Debbie Long wins July 2010 Jefferson AwardJuly 17, 2010- Christiana Care participates in landmark stroke trialMarch 1, 2010