Written by Christina Crowe
On Monday, May 23, leadership from across the UAB campus came together to celebrate the election of Casey Weaver, M.D., the Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Chair for Medical Excellence for his recent election to the National Academy of Sciences.
At an event held at the UAB Hilton, Ray Watts, M.D., UAB President, joined Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS, dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, CEO of the UAB Health System and CEO of the UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance and others to congratulate Dr. Weaver and recognize him for 30 years of research and clinical work at UAB.
Written by Christina Crowe
Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular & Cellular Pathology, Director, Translational Oncologic Pathology Research, and his research team recently published an article in the journal Nature Communication featuring work they shared on their cancer data tool, UALCAN, "Proteogenomic characterization of 2002 human cancers reveals pan-cancer molecular subtypes and associated pathways." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30342-3
UALCAN stands for University of Alabama Cancer Database, and is designed as an easy-to-use, interactive web portal to perform to in-depth analyses of TCGA gene expression data.
Following, Dr. Varambally explains the research highlighted in the article:
"In the current study published in Nature Communication, we systematically assessed pathway-level somatic alterations (by small mutation or copy number alteration) across tumors. In this study, along with our collaborator Dr. Chad Creighton from Baylor College of Medicine, lead author, we assembled a compendium dataset of mass-spectrometry-based proteomics data from 2002 primary tumors from 14 cancer types and 17 studies. We integrated proteomic data with other omics data to examine how somatic mutation affecting a given pathway shows up at the protein level. Further, the data were provided in UALCAN for cancer researchers and clinicians across the world."
Written by Christina Crowe
Marisa Marques, M.D., Professor and Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, attended the American Society for Apheresis annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, May 4-6, where she received the Francis S. Morrison, M.D., Memorial Lecture Award.
The Francis S. Morrison, M.D. Memorial Lecture is an annual keynote lecture created to keep alive and honor the memory of Francis S. Morrison, MD, a true pioneer in apheresis medicine and a leading apheresis professional. The first lecture was held at the ASFA Meeting in 2002. The award is bestowed upon a member of the Society who has made major contributions to the field of apheresis medicine and an apheresis professional who has made a lasting difference in the field, preferably at the national level.
The title of Marques' talk was, "How I Used The Tools That ASFA Gave Me To Give Back." UAB Pathology Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine fellow, Dr. Sohaila Soltani (below, group photo, on right), attended the conference. Brooke Bartow, PGY1 (below, group photo, on left), presented a poster at the conference on, "The Evolution of an Apheresis Service: A Partnership with the Blood Bank to Serve the Underserved."
Written by Christina Crowe
The UAB Department of Pathology was thrilled to gather for an outgoing reception for our residents, fellows, and trainees on May 5. Department faculty, staff, fellows, and residents came together to celebrate at B&A Warehouse, near Railroad Park adjacent to downtown Birmingham, with dinner and an awards ceremony.
A welcome by Brandi McCleskey, M.D., Director of the Pathology Residency Program, was followed by announcements of this year’s Alpha Omega Alpha inductees: Denis Noubouossie, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Williams, M.D., Christine Pesoli, M.D., and Shuko Harada, M.D. AOA is a national honor medical society. Dr. McCleskey also recognized UAB Heersink School of Medicine graduating student, Hannah Cutshall, as the first Pathology Integrated Resident. This position is part of the unique Research and Clinical Experience for Pathology (RaCE4Path) program, which is a collaborative effort with the Physician Scientist Development Office.
McCleskey then acknowledged this year's outgoing chief resident for Education and Outreach, Oraine Snaith, M.D., and announced incoming chief in the same role, Geoffrey Herndon, D.O. Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Anatomic Pathology, presented a certificate to Raima Memon, M.D., outgoing AP chief resident, and announced incoming AP chief Sarah Anderson, D.O.. Vishnu Reddy, M.D., Division Director, Laboratory Medicine, presented a certificate to Denis Noubouossie, M.D., Ph.D., as Clinical Pathology outgoing chief, and recognized Sarah DePew, D.O., as incoming.
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