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

Stephanie Hurwitz, MD, PhD, a PGY-3 Resident in the Clinical Pathology Program, is the recipient of one of this year's Stowell-Orbison Awards presented at the USCAP Annual Meeting for her abstract "Proteogenomic Profiling of High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma with 11q Aberration and Burkitt Lymphoma Reveals LEF1 as a Novel Biomarker." The Stowell-Orbison Awards are for trainees who are currently residents or fellows in pathology. The USCAP offers up to four awards of $500, to pathologists-in-training who present the best research work through the medium of a poster presentation. Zhaohai Yang, MD, PhD ..read more

March 2, 2023 Update The Clinical Immunology and Clinical Core labs at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have discontinued serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2. The two tests that were previously performed, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies (Anti-Nucleocapsid IgG Antibody) and SARS-CoV-2 Serology, antibodies, immunoassay (RBD assessment), are no longer available as in-house assays. Serum nucleocapsid antibodies were used earlier in the pandemic to evaluate individuals with a history of an undiagnosed viral infection or post-infectious inflammatory syndrome to rule in or out SARS-CoV ..read more

Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD and John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, spearheaded neurodegenerative disease research at the University of Pennsylvania for over four decades. Their groundbreaking research discoveries and advances have made significant contributions to the field not only at Penn, but globally. Please consider donating to the Virginia M.-Y. Lee and John Q. Trojanowski Portrait Fund to honor their groundbreaking discoveries and advances in neurodegenerative disease research. Your gift will help fund a Perelman School of Medicine commissioned portrait of Drs. Lee and Trojanowski to honor their ..read more