Welcome to the ARES Laboratory! We are looking forward to watching you learn and grow here!

A little bit about us…

ARES was started at the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and is a part of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Perelman School of Medicine. We collaborate with the Division of Infectious Diseases here at the University of Pennsylvania. Together, we work to improve patient safety, eliminate healthcare-associated infections, reduce drug-resistance, develop innovative infection-control practices, and promote antimicrobial stewardship.

We hope you find the resources below helpful. Please reach out to your PI or mentor with any questions and they will send you in the right direction!

Meet our team of faculty and staff here.

Lab Location:

517 Johnson Pavilion,
3610 Hamilton Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Offices location: 

7th Floor Blockley Hall,
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104

You will need swipe access with a PennCard to get into the building, so until you are more settled have someone let you in.

Campus Map
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:08d38490-71d4-337d-bf96-8a3aab25754f

Building Floorplans:

https://www.med.upenn.edu/somspace/secure/testing-space-floor-plans.html  

Onboarding: 

The links below should be your focus during your first few days. You will need a Pennkey login to access most of these. This will be issued to you by HR once they have you in their system. These steps will be necessary for onboarding, and you will discuss these thoroughly with Milly Luciano or Niamate Leeper in HR. The links should take you to the place you can read more about each one.

• Once you are issued a Pennkey registration code you can begin the following steps.   
• • PennKey registration  to set up a username and password and use PennKey Support for questions.
  • DuoMobile for two step authentication for Pennkey login

• Onboarding @ penn you will need to schedule an appointment and bring your I9 documents (passport or SSN card & license).  
• PennCard you’ll have to apply here: PennCard application  
  • Milly Luciano and Niamate Leeper from HR are contacts for questions on this 
  • Use the PennCard Request form 
  • You will need a budget code for the $30 fee associated with the PennCard
    • Object code 5340 email for the grants manager
    • Bring ID documents to pick up your PennCard
    • PennCard will not be active for 24 hours after issued
    • Reach out to Alison Carey for swipe access locations

• Access Workday for employees contact information, logging hours, enrolling in benefits, tax elections, requesting time off, etc.  

• Check Workday – Knowledge Link  there may be courses or learning modules you need to take in here for HIPPA, Diversity, etc. Your supervisor may assign these if they want you to take any other training. More information found in Training Information page.

William Lafferty is main contact for all technology in the DBEI/CCEB, including computers, monitors, webcams, and printers. He also manages kitchen appliances and other large pieces of lab equipment. 

ID Admin group can be contacted for all technology related inquiries ID related. 

DART (Formerly PMACS) – IT – Manages Technology and can help with any technical issues. Submitting Tickets through KACE (PMACS login) 

Wifi on Campus: 

Air Penn Net – Instructions for iOS, Windows, and Android. 

Phone Services – WEBEX replacing Vonage Mobile Connect  

If you are using a personal computer or a computer not managed by PMACS/DART, please download the new Mobile app with Webex from https://www.webex.com/downloads.html. 

Please do not contact ISC or Vonage for PennFlex Support. 

For questions about the PennFlex Phone migration, or to request PennFlex support, please refer to the PennFlex Information and Resources website . 

Please do not contact ISC or Vonage for PennFlex Support. 

Technology (Software): 

Penn has plenty of software available for full time employees. Below are a few most common ones that you should get started with in your first week or two. 

• Video Conferencing – Penn Zoom (download desktop app) and Microsoft teams (Download Desktop app sign in with UPHS) 

• Microsoft Office Suite – Sign in with UPHS login to edit documents in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Endnote, and communicate with Outlook and Teams 

• Adobe Acrobat Pro DC – Download and sign in with Penn Key to view and edit PDFs (Adobe Creative Cloud available upon request with justification). DART can help gain access if needed. 

• Box Upenn – Used for sharing files and collaborating on work. Sign in with Pennkey 
• Remote Desktop Access – Review Instructions – You will need the name of the computer you are trying to remote into. You also need Pulse Secure and Remote Desktop Client for Mac or windows
• Penn Business Services Software Licenses  – has products from Adobe, Microsoft, and many other software.