The Cancer Center at Brown was renamed the Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University because of the donation by Pablo G. Legorreta P’21 and Almudena Legorreta P’21

Layra Cintrón-Rivera, a 4th year Pathobiology graduate student in the Plavicki Lab has won the Charles Kuhn Graduate Award in Disease Pathogenesis.

Dr. Jonathan Kurtis is a senior author on the paper titled "A newly characterized malaria antigen on erythrocyte and merozoite surfaces induces parasite inhibitory antibodies" published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM).

Dr. Jonathan Kurtis has received a Warren Alpert Foundation Research Grant titled mRNA vaccines for falciparum malaria.

Dr. Suzanne De La Monte, Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Providence VA Medical Center has received two R01 Awards from the National Institute of Health (NIH).

Congratulations #eldeirylab members Shuai Zhao, Kelsey Huntington, Sofia Leaf, & Lindsey Carlsen on 4 exciting cancer research publications.

Dr. Wafik S. El-Deiry from The Brown University as well as The Lifespan Health System said, “Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide and its incidence has been steadily rising in recent decades, with nearly 2 million new cases diagnosed around the world in 2020."

Dr. Wafik El-Deiry has been named the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Cancer Research.

Dr. Geralyn Messerlian has been elected Secretary (2021-2024) - Endocrine Division for the American Academy for Clinical Chemistry (AACC).

The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine successfully passed the College of American Pathologist (CAP) laboratory accreditation inspection on July 20, 2021.

In collaboration with Barbara Stonestreet at WIH, while the work was focused on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in neonates, this paper reported the major findings of the neuroprotective effects of protein therapeutics in adult and aging animals with ischemic stroke.

Dr. Mohammad Quddus has been appointed to the CMFA Committee at the Alpert Medical School.

Yvonne Rericha, a doctoral student under the mentorship of Center Director Robyn Tanguay, Ph.D., at the Oregon State University SRP Center will travel to Rhode Island to work with Robbert Creton, Ph.D., and Jessica Plavicki, Ph.D., at the Brown University SRP Center.

The Cancer Letter (TLC) - Inside information on cancer research and drug development.

Over the past year, I noticed several books written by giants in our field, people everyone knows, people I am honored to know personally.

Persistence, Agility and Cancer Research. The Medicine Mentors podcast with Dr. Wafik El-Diery.

Could Rhode Island become the next cancer research hub?

Michelle Kossack, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Plavicki Lab, received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Great to see Dr. Attila Seyhan in the NY Times Article.

Dr. Elizabeth Arslanian has joined the Pathology faculty as an Instructor (Research) and will be working in Dr. El-Deiry's lab.

Dr. Wafik El-Deiry's commentary in hematology/oncology regarding metastatic colorectal cancer and immunotherapy-resistant tumors.

The El-Deiry Lab is thrilled to be working with incredibly talented students, residents, fellows and faculty colleagues.

A new Oncotarget interview with Dr. El-Deiry and a former MD/PhD student in his lab on the paper

Bassam Aswad, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinician Educator and Dongfen Chen, MD, Instructor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinician Educator have been appointed to the faculty at the Providence VA Medical Center.

Various announcements regarding the Pathology Faculty of the Women & Infants Hospital.

Amy Sousa, Department Manager and Laura Kalafarski, Administrative Coordinator are recipients of the Division's Spring Bonus Program.

Dr. Douglas Anthony, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Neurology and Chief of Pathology at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital was installed as Vice President-Elect of the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) at their annual meeting in St. Louis.

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP has been ranked at #6 on the LARVOL VIEW Top 100 list of the most influential Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) in oncology on Twitter.

Dr. Kamaljeet Singh has joined the department as Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine of Brown University and Director of Breast Pathology and Associate Director of the Clinical Hematology Lab under the direction of Dr. James Sung, Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital.

This annual award recognizes Dr. Jessica Plavicki in the Division of Biology and Medicine for her outstanding teaching, advising and mentoring of students in the Undergraduate Divisional Programs in the Biological Sciences along with teaching excellence within courses.

The Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) of The Warren Alpert Medical School, has selected Dr. Maria Garcia-Moliner to receive a 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

The Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) of The Warren Alpert Medical School, has selected Dr. L. Corey Hanley to receive a 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

Kelsey Huntington, pathobiology graduate student working in Wafik El-Deiry's lab, received the American Association for Cancer Research-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Council Scholar Award.

Dr. Glenn Palomaki was named Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Screening.

Dr. Gundogan was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Pediatric Pathology (2021-2025).

Shannon Martin, 4th Pathobiology Graduate Student in the Plavicki Lab, received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) from NHBLI.

Dr. Priya Banerjee is at home with mementos of the dead.

Professor Anatoly Zhitkovich, PhD, receives an R01 from NIEHS for project, “Nickel and toxic topoisomerase I products.”

Various faculty accomplishments of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for the month of September.

Immunotherapy fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients. But a new study in Cell Death Discovery suggests that blocking the tumor-promoting protein MDM2 could bolster the treatment’s effectiveness.

Professor Thomas B. Bartnikas has been promoted to Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

The July 2020 issue of Kudos, the newsletter for the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown, recognized Department faculty who received research awards.

Jessica Plavicki has been named the Manning Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Layra Cintón-Rivera, a Pathobiology graduate in the Plavicki Lab, is the recipient of a NSF graduate student research fellowship.

Assistant Professor Jessica Plavicki is the recipient of an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Drs. Raj and Kurtis publish "Anti-PfGARP activates programmed cell death of parasites and reduces severe malaria” in Nature

Assistant Professor Daniel Spade, PhD, receives pilot award from the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Reproductive Health at Women and Infants Hospital, for the project, "Identification of sperm RNAs that predict ICSI outcomes."

Assistant Professor (Research), Dipak Raj, PhD, receives new R01 for Malaria vaccine studies.

Assistant Professor (Research), Christian Nixon, MD, PhD, receives new NIH R01 for malaria vaccine studies.