Samir El-Mofty D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D., Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology, and of Otolaryngology - was invited to co-chair and lecture in a joint symposium on the diagnostic and prognostic aspects of HPV related carcinomas of the head and neck and urogenital tract at the annual meeting of the European Congress of Pathology, which was held in Helsinki, Finland in August 2011.

Robert Schreiber, Ph.D., Alumni Professor of Pathology and Immunology and Professor of Molecular Microbiology - received a two-year $75,000 research grant from The Sarcoma Fund of the Quad W Foundation of Communities Foundation of Texas entitled, "Personalize Cancer Vaccines Based on Cancer Genome Sequencing."

D. Craig Allred, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Immunology - received a one-year $225,000 research grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation entitled, “Molecular Alterations Responsible for the Progression of Premalignant Breast Lesions to Cancer”.

Michael McDaniel, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Immunology - received a one-year $36,000 research award from Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation (BJHF) entitled, "Metabolic Solutions".

Herbert Virgin, M.D., Ph.D., Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and Head of Pathology and Immunology, Director and Principal Investigator, Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, and of Medicine - received a four-year $805,927 research grant from NIH entitled, "Metagenomics of Enteric Disease in SIV-Infected and Uninfected Macaques."

Timothy Nice, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Pathology and Immunology - received a three-year $150,000 Postdoctoral Fellowship award from the American Cancer Society entitled, “Norovirus Persistence and its Contribution to Tumorigensis”.

Kyunghee Choi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology - received a two-year $418,000 research award from National Institutes of Health entitled, "Directed Differentiation of Es and Ips Cells to Hematopoietic Stem Cells".

Marco Colonna, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Immunology Scott J Hultgren, Ph.D., Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology, and Thomas Hannan, D.V.M., Ph.D., Research Instructor in Pathology and Immunology - received a five-year $1,805,000 research award from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, entitled, "Mucosal Immune Defense Mechanisms of the Urinary Bladder".

Joseph Corbo, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology, of Genetics, and of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences - received a two-year $456,000 research award from National Institutes of Health entitled, "Multiplex Cis-Regulatory Analysis In Mammalian Cells".

Thaddeus Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Developmental Biology - received a one-year $100,000 research grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation entitled, "Identification of Microbial Triggers of Colitis in Genetically Relevant, Transmissible Mouse Model."

Gwendalyn Randolph, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Medicine - received a one-year $100,000 research grant from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation entitled, "Interface Between Adipose Antigen-Presenting Cells, Lymphatics, and the Expansion of Adipose Tissue in Inflammatory Intestinal Disease."

Thaddeus Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology and of Developmental Biology - was the guest editor for Current Opinion in Immunology, August 2011 issue "Host Pathogens" and was selected as co-organizer of 2013 FASEB Summer Conference on the Gastrointestinal Tract.

Joseph Corbo, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology, of Genetics, and of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences - received a three-year $450,000 research grant from Human Frontier Science Program entitled, "Deconstructing Avian Cone Photoreceptors: A System of Self-Organizing Optical Microdevices."

Mark Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology - received a five-year $1,593,476 research award from National Institutes of Health entitled, "Lamina Propria Antigen Acquisition Pathways and Outcomes".

Andrey Shaw, M.D., Emil R. Unanue Professor of Pathology and Immunology, HHMI Investigator in Pathology and Immunology, and Head, Division of Immunobiology - was profiled in a "Washington People" article in the Record in October 2011.

Joshua Swamidass, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor in Pathology and Immunology - had an article published in the Wall Street Journal, "A New Bargain for Drug Approvals".

Jan 30 2012 8:00AM *Anatomic and Molecular Path Conference Erika Crouch, M.D., Ph.D. - Pulmonary 3rd Floor Classroom, Peters Building

Jan 30 2012 9:15AM Gross Neuropath Conference (Neuro) Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor, West Building

Jan 30 2012 10:30AM Hematopathology Consensus Conference Sign-Out Room, North Campus

Jan 30 2012 12:00PM Journal Club John Pfeifer, M.D., Ph.D. 3rd Floor Classroom Peters Building

Jan 30 2012 12:00PM Residents Report Service Building, 2nd Floor, Classroom 1B

Jan 30 2012 2:00PM Autopsy Gross Sign Out Conference Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor West Building

Jan 30 2012 4:15PM Immunology Seminar Series* Thaddeus Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., WUSM, Pathology and Immunology - The Facebook Status of Gut Microbes (Like/Dislike) Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Connor Auditorium

Jan 31 2012 8:00AM *Anatomic and Molecular Path Conference Friederike Kreisel, M.D. - SLIDE UNKNOWNS - Hodgkin Lymphoma & T/NK Cell Neoplasms 3rd Floor Classroom, Peters Building

Jan 31 2012 11:00AM SPECIAL SEMINAR- Lab and Genomic Medicine John Mitsios, Clinical Chemistry Postdoctoral Candidate - Part I (Basic Research): What is Vinculins Role in Platelets? -- Part II (Clinical Research): Long Term Treatment with Atorvastatin Does Not Affect the Antiplatelet Potency of Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Service Building, 2nd Floor, Classroom B

Jan 31 2012 12:00PM LGM Case Conference* Clinical Chemistry Conference Pathology Library, 3rd Floor West Building, Room 3723

Jan 31 2012 2:00PM Autopsy Gross Sign Out Conference Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor West Building

Jan 31 2012 4:00PM Hematopathology Lymphoma Conference NW Tower, 14th Floor

Feb 1 2012 8:00AM *North Campus Surgical Pathology Conference Fellow/Staff - 1st Year Slide Unknowns Room 2206, Jewish Hospital

Feb 1 2012 8:00AM Anatomic and Molecular Path Conference* Anne Lind, M.D. - Dermatopathology 3rd Floor Classroom Peters Building

Feb 1 2012 9:15AM Neuro Micro Surgical Rounds Working Neuropathology Conference - Residents Room 3722, 3rd Floor, West Building

Feb 1 2012 10:30AM Hematopathology Consensus Conference Sign-Out Room, North Campus

Feb 1 2012 2:00PM Autopsy Gross Sign Out Conference Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor West Building

Feb 2 2012 8:00AM Autopsy Gross Organ Review Conference Louis Dehner, M.D. - Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor, West Building

Feb 2 2012 9:15AM Neuro Autopsy Surgical Rounds Classics in Neuropathology - Room 3822, 3rd Floor, West Building

Feb 2 2012 12:00PM Laboratory and Genomic Medicine Conference* Edward Stites, M.D,, Ph.D. - Computational Models of Ras Signaling and Personalized Medicine CAM, 3rd Floor, Farrell Conference Room 2

Feb 2 2012 2:00PM Autopsy Gross Sign Out Conference Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor West Building

Feb 3 2012 8:00AM *Anatomic and Molecular Pathology Conference Louis Dehner, M.D. - Adult Soft Tissue Pathology 3rd Floor Classroom, Peters Building

Feb 3 2012 10:30AM Hematopathology Consensus Conference Sign-Out Room, North Campus

Feb 3 2012 12:00PM Clinical Chemistry Journal Club Service Building, 2nd Floor, Classroom 1B

Feb 3 2012 2:00PM Autopsy Gross Sign Out Conference Autopsy Suite, 1st Floor West Building

Feb 3 2012 4:00PM Immunology Work In Progress (WIP) Yaming Wang, Host / Ben Xu (Huang) / Jeremiah McDole (Miller) / Jeff Bednarski (Sleckman) - Childrens Hospital - 3rd Floor Auditorium

Feb 6 2012 12:00PM Residents Report Service Building, 2nd Floor, Classroom 1B

Feb 6 2012 4:15PM Immunology Seminar Series* Ramnik Xavier, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital - A Genomic Toolbox for Analysis of Complex Immune Disorders Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Connor Auditorium

Feb 7 2012 12:00PM Special Topics in Lab Medicine Red Service Case Conference Pathology Library, 3rd Floor West Building, Room 3723

Feb 9 2012 12:00PM LGM Conference CAM, 3rd Floor, Farrell Conference Room 2

Feb 10 2012 4:00PM Immunology Work In Progress (WIP) Jeff Bednarski, Host / Jessea Campbell (Lenschow) / Susan Canny (Virgin) / Leslie Fogel (French) Childrens Hospital - 3rd Floor Auditorium

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