Richard Aplenc

Dr. Richard Aplenc is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and a core faculty member of the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). In addition to his medical training, which he completed at the University of Virginia, he received an MSCE in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as a PhD in epidemiology, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the chief clinical research officer for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, serves as section chief of hematologic malignancies, and is the co-director of the Clinical Trials Science Award at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Aplenc's research is focused on acquisition and integration of EMR data into clinical epidemiology studies. His extensive prior experience in developing automated EMR data extraction tools and senior leadership role in the CHOP Research Institute position him to facilitate work of the Data Integration Core.