Kambayashi Lab Wins "STAT Madness" Competition

April 06, 2022

Science study of "oily rodents" injected with a signaling protein to sweat out fat through the skin wins the annual "STAT Madness" bracket-style biomedical research competition.

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Dr. Virginia LiVolsi Receives the 2022 President’s Award of the Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists

March 20, 2022

Annual APSS President's Award recognizes her substantial contributions and distinguished service to the field of surgical pathology.

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New Pathology Residents for 2022-23

March 18, 2022

We welcome eleven new pathology residency applicants with a variety of academic career goals in AP/CP, AP/NP, and CP only.

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Faryabi Lab Publishes in Molecular Cell

March 01, 2022

Paper identifies genome refolding that drives epigenetic adaptation and could also drive resistance to targeted therapy in T cell leukemia.

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Professor John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD (1946-2022)

February 10, 2022

The Department mourns the loss of our esteemed colleague, mentor, and friend John Trojanowski, MD, PhD, one of the foremost pioneers in the field of neuroscience, neuropathology and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics Established

February 04, 2022

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics (AI2D) is a highly collaborative effort across School of Medicine Departments with focus on AI-driven integrated diagnostics, and was seeded by the emerging Integrated Diagnostics Program co-led by the Department of Radiology and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

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Two Patients Declared 'Cured' of Leukemia a Decade After CAR T Cell Immunotherapy Infusion

February 03, 2022

Report in Nature analyzes CAR T cell therapy against chronic lymphocytic leukemia in first two patients with sustained remission a decade after infusion.

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Dr. Sara Cherry Named to the 2021 Class of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows

January 26, 2022

Recognized for her distinguished contributions to the field of virology and the development of novel technologies used to identify new pathways in and treatment of virus-induced diseases.

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David A. Wolk, MD, and Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD, Appointed Co-Directors of the Institute on Aging

January 20, 2022

Dr. Wolk, director of the Penn Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and co-director of the Penn Memory Center, is Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Division of Cognitive Neurology. Dr. Lee, who is the Penn ADRC co-associate director, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

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Faculty in the News December

December 31, 2021

Dr. Sara Cherry in the New York Times on antiviral drugs against coronavirus, Pfizer's COVID-19 pill, and omicron-variant transmissibility; Dr. Don Siegel's Vetigenics Penn Center for Innovation Start-Up of the Year; Dr. Vijay Bhoj part of a clinical trail research team awarded $14M NIH grant for organ transplantation with CAR T-Cell therapy.

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