Members from the Department of Pathology gathered to celebrate esteemed milestones amongst colleagues on October 16 to recognize awards and distinctions from the past year. The event was held at Cafe Dupont to honor outstanding professional service to UAB and the department.
Jefferson County, Alabama reported nearly 500 overdose deaths in 2023. More than 400 of these were due to opioids, a class of prescription medication used for their pain relief properties. Opioids attach to receptors on nerve cells to block pain messages being sent from the body to the brain. This effect provides relief to patients after surgery or injury, but when used improperly or taken for too long, can become highly addictive.
Dr. C. Ryan MillerC. Ryan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Vishnu B. Reddy Translational Research Endowed Professor, Division Director, Neuropathology, has been awarded a 4-year $2.5 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The grant, “Therapeutic targeting mesenchymal transition in newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma,” will run through August 2028.
The ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Erin Eun-Young Ahn, Ph.D., a professor in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, together with parents of patients with ZTTK syndrome, has been selected by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to receive an $800,000 five-year grant as part of CZI’s Rare As One project.
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