Blog Posts, Latest News, and Media

Find the latest news on the Penn FTD Center, helpful articles written by our staff, and media/interviews featuring our researchers below.

Blog Posts

Staff Highlight - Ashlyn O’Halloran

Get to know the Penn FTD Center staff! Learn more this month from Penn FTD Center Ashlyn O’Halloran in the responses below! What is your role at the Penn FTD Center and how long have you been working at the center? I have been a clinical research coordinator since August 2023. I work on our center's observational repository study UNICORN where we collect data on individuals with a neurodegenerative disease in hopes to help future generations of everyone who is impacted by th

Staff Highlight - Emily Xie

Get to know the Penn FTD Center staff! Learn more this month from Penn FTD Center Emily Xie in the responses below! What is your role at the Penn FTD Center and how long have you been working at the center? I first joined the Penn FTD Center as a histopathology research specialist in the lab. After transitioning into a clinical research coordinator role, I became a team lead for our Core UNICORN, DLB Consortia, and PET studies. Now, as a research project manager that’s been

Staff Highlight - Cara Joyce

Get to know the Penn FTD Center staff! Learn more this month from Penn FTD Center Cara Joyce, MPH Cara Joyce, MPH in the responses below! What is your role at the Penn FTD Center and how long have you been working at the center? I have been working in clinical research for 6 years and have been with the Penn FTD Center for 2.5 years. I started out in the center as a clinical research coordinator and am now the regulatory project manager. In my current role, I prepare/overse

Staff Highlight - Dahlia Kamel

Get to know the Penn FTD Center staff! Learn more this month from Penn FTD Center Clinical Research Program and Operations Lead and Assistant Director Dahlia Kamel, MS in the responses below! What is your role at the Penn FTD Center and how long have you been working at the center? I have worked at Penn for a total of 6.5 years, and in clinical research for over 10 years. As the Clinical Research Program Lead and Assistant Director of the FTDC, I am responsible for directly