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Michigan Medicine Highlights Phlebotomy Research on Podcast
Experts from the Department of Pathology's Phlebotomy Team were featured on Michigan Medicine's "The Wrap" podcast. The podcast focuses on the department's Poke Plan Program at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, an initiative that helps to alleviate pain and fear among children during the blood draw process [...]
Bad Bacteria Make Their Own Food to Colonize the Gut
Diarrhea can be the unfortunate but short-lived side effect of bad takeout food, yet it is also a leading cause of death in children under five globally. Scientists continue to investigate how illness-causing bacteria gain a foothold within the digestive tract when they are usually held in check by the protective bacteria collectively known as the gut microbiome [...]
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7th Annual Protein Folding Diseases Initiative Symposium
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The University of Michigan’s Protein Folding Diseases Initiative will be holding its 7th Annual Symposium starting at 12:00 pm, via Zoom.
19th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
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This Molecular and Cellular Pathology graduate student event showcases research within the department by faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and Ph.D. students. The day is highlighted with the invited keynote presentation by Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD.
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Virtual DEI Summit: Arts+Social Change - Building an Anti-Racist World Through the Arts
10:00-11:30 am EST
The University of Michigan's division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is hosting the 2020 virtual summit for Arts + Social Change. The event will focus on building an anti-racist world through the arts, community assembly and discussion.
Understanding Breast Cancer: My Journey as a Physician-Scientist: Celina Kleer, MD
10:00 am EST
Join us for a virtual event featuring the Department of Pathology's Dr. Celina Kleer, who will host a discussion related to her experiences in understanding breast cancer and her journey as a physician-scientist.
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Don Giacherio, PhD, Retires After 38 Years of Service
Congratulations to Don Giacherio, PhD, who retired July 31, 2020, following 38 years of service in the University of Michigan Department of Pathology. Giacherio completed his PhD at the University of Illinois in 1980, followed by a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic. In 1982, Giacherio joined the University of Michigan Department of Pathology as an Instructor in Pathology, advancing to Assistant Professor in 1986. He was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in 2004... In his retirement, Giacherio looks forward to spending more time with his family and completing his bucket list of goals he has put off too long.
Research By Dr. Hristov Published in Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
New research from the Department of Pathology and Dr. Alexandra Hristov was just published in the Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. The study focuses on the kappa and lambda immunohistochemistry in situ hybridization of atypical cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates.
Kathy Davis Finishes Her Career at Michigan Medicine
Kathy Davis, IT Administrative Director in Pathology Informatics, retires after more than 40 years of service to the Department of Pathology. Over her career, she has contributed to lab information system software development efforts that have impacted the history of pathology informatics, both at Michigan and nationally.
Utilizing Machine Learning in Pathology
In a recently published Nature Reviews-Nephrology review article, “Digital pathology and computational image analysis in nephropathology,” Dr. Ulysses G. J. Balis discussed how the emergence of digital pathology — an image-based environment for the acquisition, management, and interpretation of pathology information supported by computational techniques for data extraction and analysis — is changing the pathology ecosystem [...]
U-M Announces COVID-19 Sampling and Tracking Program
The University of Michigan will begin a Sampling and Testing Program of asymptomatic students, faculty and staff for the virus that causes COVID-19 on September 7.
Study of SARS-CoV-2 reveals new disease surveillance method
In a broadly collaborative effort, Pathology faculty Drs. Carl Schmidt, Jeffrey Myers, Kristine Konopka, Paul Lephart, and Teresa Nguyen joined Michigan Medicine faculty from the departments of Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Mathematics and Complex Systems, and the School of Public Health in a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases entitled “SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in decedents in a large, urban medical examiner’s office.”
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