The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is pleased to announce the 2026 Brown Pathology Pilot Project Research Grant Awardees. The program’s objective is to foster translational research collaborations and provide funding support for clinical faculty in the Brown affiliated hospital systems.

Fazilet Yilmaz, MD & Martin Taylor, MD, PhD

Project Title: LINE-1 as a Driver of Chromosomal Instability (CIN) and TP53 Loss in Colorectal Carcinogenesis

Shivali Marketkar, MD & Robert W. Sobol, PhD

Project Title: Evaluating mRNA Factors Predisposing Bladder Carcinoma

Congratulations!!

Brown Pathology Pilot Grant Award Selection Committee Chairs

Liang Cheng, MD, Vice Chair for Translational Research

Geralyn M. Lambert-Messerlian, PhD, Vice Chair for Clinical Faculty Development