# Implementation Laboratory

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $147,039

## Abstract

The Implementation Laboratory (IL) for the University of Pennsylvania Implementation Science Center in Cancer 
Control (Penn ISC3) will provide the fundamental infrastructure, technical assistance, and leadership to ensure 
access to the populations needed to complete the planned and future studies within the Research Program and 
the informatics and data management organization to execute and complete these studies. The overall Director 
for the IL will be Lawrence N. Shulman, M.D., Deputy Director for Clinical Services of the Abramson Cancer 
Center (ACC) at Penn and Director of the Center for Global Cancer Medicine. He oversees strategic develop- 
ment of cancer services for the ACC and its affiliated hospitals and clinics (i.e., all members of the IL) and leads 
the Cancer Quality program for Penn Medicine, which oversees system-wide initiatives designed to improve the 
quality of cancer care. MPI Dr. Justin Bekelman will co-lead the IL with Dr. Shulman. The overarching objective 
of the IL will be to manage the diverse clinical sites that provide cancer care under Penn Medicine to ensure the 
successful completion of the planned and future studies in the Research Program and to oversee the Penn ISC3 
informatics and data management infrastructure. Penn Medicine includes five hospitals (the Hospital of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, Chester County Hospital, 
and Lancaster General Hospital, and four community-based cancer practices (Regional Hematology Oncology 
Associates, Valley Forge Medical Center, Radnor Medical Center [staffed by clinicians from Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital], and Cherry Hill Medical Center). Within these 9 sites, there are over 200 clinicians that serve more than 
15,000 new cancer patients annually. Since the Research Program will rely heavily on the electronic medical 
record (EMR) for implementation strategy delivery and data collection, the IL will also provide the leadership, 
technical assistance, and resources needed in clinical informatics. Dr. Peter Gabriel, Chief Oncology Informatics 
Officer (COIO) for Penn Medicine, and Associate Director for Data Science for the ACC, and his team will provide 
leadership, technical assistance, and resources for the Center’s clinical informatics needs, including the design 
and implementation of strategies implemented through the EMR and data collection through the EMR. Lastly, 
the IL will be comprised of data management support and resources under the direction of Ms. Sue Ware, the 
director of the Data Management Unit (DMU) for the Center. The DMU will provide systems for data collection, 
data storage and security, data management, provide datasets for biostatistical support and data sharing/dis- 
semination. Overall, the IL will ensure that the Penn ISC3 has the requisite leadership and access to the clinicians 
and patients to ascertain their study samples, has the needed clinical informatics support and resou...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9870185
- **Project number:** 1P50CA244690-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Lawrence N. Shulman
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $147,039
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9870185

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9870185, Implementation Laboratory (1P50CA244690-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9870185. Licensed CC0.

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