PhD Program

23rd Annual Pathology Research Symposium

Aug 5, 2024

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It is our great pleasure to announce the date for the 23rd Annual Pathology Research Symposium to be held on Friday, November 8, 2024, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Kahn Auditorium located in the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building. Please be on the lookout for an additional email regarding abstract submissions within the next couple of weeks.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Humsa Venkatesh, Assistant Professor at the Brigham and Woman's Hospital: "The Neural Regulation of Cancer".


Featuring Faculty

Andrew Muntean, PhD
Associate Professor

Rajesh Rao, MD
Leonard G Miller Professor 

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Allison Naumovski, PhD
Alumni Speaker
Scientific Director, Clinical Development
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

 

 

Student Speakers

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Joanna Lum, BS

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Rodolfo Ismael Cabrera Silva, MBBS, MSc

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Koral Campbell, BS

 
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Grace McIntyre, BS

 
 

 


 

Program Schedule

 

Time Speaker / Session

9:00 am

Symposium Welcome
Drs. Simon Hogan and Jean-Francois (Jeff) Rual

Professor and Associate Professor of Pathology, U-M
Directors of the MCP Graduate Program

9:10 am

Alumni
Allison (Miller) Naumovski, PhD

Scientific Director of Clinical Development at Alpine Immune Sciences, a Vertex Company
MCP Alumna
"Translating Immunology to Immunotherapy"

9:40 am

Joanna Lum, BSc

Doctoral Candidate, MCP
"Epigenetic and Metabolic Drivers of Pediatric Brain Cancers"

10:00 am

Andrew Muntean, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, U-M
"Choline Transport Contributes to Methionine Demand and Survival of Acute Leukemias"

10:25 am

Grace McIntyre, BSc

Doctoral Candidate, MCP
"A Multi-Faceted Approach to Treating Cancer Through miR-181a Inhibition"

10:45 am

BREAK

11:00 am

Keynote Speaker
Humsa Venkatesh, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard University
Brigham and Women's Hospital
"The Neural Regulation of Cancer"

12:00 pm

LUNCH in ABC Seminar Rooms (BSRB)

12:45 pm

Poster Session in Atrium (BSRB)

1:45 pm

Rajesh C. Rao, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, U-M
"Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids to Model Development and Disease"

2:10 pm

Koral Campbell, BSc

Doctoral Candidate, MCP
"Exploring the Role of High Fat Diet on Hematopoietic Stem Cells"

2:30 pm

Anuska Andjelkovic-Zochowska, MD, PhD

Michigan Neuroscience Institute Affiliate
Professor, Department of Pathology, U-M
"Cerebral Cavernous Malformation: Solving the Problem of a Leaky Lesion"

2:55 pm

Rodolfo Ismael Cabrera Silva, MBBS, MSc

Doctoral Candidate, MCP
"Discerning the Role of TNF Receptor Family Signaling in Colonocyte During Intestinal Wound Healing"

3:15 pm

Concluding Remarks and Awards Presentation

Best Poster Awards

  • Pre-Graduate Student
  • Graduate Student
  • Post-Doctoral Trainee
  • Clinical Trainee

Best Oral Presentation

Outstanding Research Award

Outstanding Service Award