Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

In order to recognize the significant contributions of Brown University faculty members as advisors or mentors to graduate students, the Graduate School invites nominations on behalf of any Brown faculty member who has served as a graduate advisor, unofficial or official mentor, trainer, or dissertation chair for the Graduate School Faculty Award for Advising & Mentoring.

Michelle Kossack, graduate student in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $66,390 for “Vascularization of the ovary and its contribution to oocyte health” from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

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

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.

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.

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.