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  It is with the greatest sadness that we announce that Dr. Virginia Livolsi, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has passed away.  Dr. LiVolsi was a unique and dearly beloved colleague, friend and mentor.   We don’t believe that anyone practicing medicine can mention the word “thyroid” without thinking of Dr. LiVolsi and this will still be true for many years to come. Her contributions to the field of pathology are immense, spanning her research, teaching, and dedication to improving pathology organizations, but she is perhaps most cherished for her incr ..read more

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 8:00am to 4:15pm Biomedical Research Building (BRB II/III) - Glen Gaulton Auditorium & Lobby 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104 Please join us for this year's Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Research Day! Faculty, staff and trainees will come together to showcase the exciting research being conducted at Penn. Additional information coming soon!  This year's presenters will include:  Alessandra Chesi, PhD Tristan Hayeck, PhD Manolis Roulis, PhD Yanxiang Deng, PhD Wan-Ping Lee, PhD Shefali Setia Verma, PhD Saba Ghassemi, PhD Leyuan Ma, PhD H ..read more

Read more in the Penn Medicine news release: Viral Persistence and Serotonin Reduction Can Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Penn Medicine Research Finds Graphical abstract: Cell 2023 1864851-4867.e20DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.013) Copyright © 2023 The Authors ..read more

Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, is the recipient of the 2023 BrightFocus Scientific Impact Award for his work to further scientific understanding of the connection between genomics and Alzheimer’s disease. BrightFocus Foundation is a nonprofit that funds global research to defeat Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. BrightFocus has awarded nearly $300 million in funding for “highly innovative experimental research and curative ideas” through its three flagship research pr ..read more

Enrique Olguín-Martínez, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Henao-Mejia lab, has been named a 2023 Pew Latin American Fellow in the Biomedical Sciences. His research will explore the correlation between stress and nutrition, specifically how diet-induced inflammation promotes childhood obesity. The unique perspective of his mentor and past Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences, Dr. Jorge Henao-Mejia, will undoubtedly enrich Dr. Olguín-Martínez's training experience. The Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences promotes scientific exchange and collaboration between investigator ..read more

Dr. Malek Kamoun, Professor and Director of HUP’s Clinical Immunology and HLA Immunogenetics Laboratory, and Dr. Ryan Urbanowicz of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are working to develop machine learning/AI strategies to improve kidney matching and decrease the likelihood of graft failure in recipients. This summer, they received help from three Penn students through the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program (PURM).  The experience of these three students and Dr. Kamoun’s research were recently profiled in Penn Today: How machine learning could aid compatibility in kidney transplantat ..read more

Yanxiang Deng, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Division of Diagnostic Innovation, was named the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards Laureate in Life Sciences. Dr. Deng was honored for developing a "novel microfluidic method for 'spatial-omics' to profile the expression of RNA, proteins, and epigenetic markers across spatially organized groups of cells in tissues."  Dr. Deng combines engineering and high-throughput cell profiling in the development of "spatial-omics" tools that provide a unique understanding into how cells change their behavior relative ..read more

Each year, Philadelphia Magazine compiles its "Top Doctors" list of the region's best physicians. Seven out of the 14 top pathologists in the region are Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine faculty members. The top pathologists are Adam Bagg, MD (specialties hematopathology, leukemia and lymphoma, myelodysplastic syndromes), Zubair W. Baloch, MD, PhD (specialties endocrine pathology, cytopathology, and ENT pathology), David E. Elder, MBChB (specialty dermatopathology), Franz Fogt, MD (PPMC, specialties gastrointestinal pathology, ophthalmic pathology), Virginia A. LiVolsi, MD (speci ..read more

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Dean, Perelman School of Medicine and EVP, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Kevin B. Mahoney, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System; and Deborah A. Driscoll, MD, SVP, Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced the appointment of George Jabboure Netto, MD, as the next Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Penn Medicine, effective August 1, 2023. An accomplished physician-scientist specializing in genitourinary pathology and molecular genetic pathology, Dr. Netto is currently Professor and the Robert and Ruth ..read more