Everardo Macias, PhD has been awarded a Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Idea Development Award by the Department of Defense for his research proposal titled "Targeting NUAK2 to mitigate obesity-enhanced prostate cancer growth and metastasis."

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Anne Buckley will be taking on the role of faculty Diversity and Inclusion Co-Leader for the Department of Pathology. Kelly Macklin and Pamela Harris will be staff co-leaders.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Monica Abdelmalak and Dr. Gina Sotolongo, who will serve as Chief Residents for the 2021-22 academic year! 

We are delighted to announce the incoming AP/CP Pathology Residents for 2021!

Huang lab discovers novel metabolic mechanism responsible for therapy resistance and disease progression of prostate cancer

A committee of biomedical graduate students has selected Professor of Pathology Laura Hale, MD PhD, as a distinguished nominee for the 2021 Gordon G. Hammes Faculty Teaching Award.  

Ms. Judy Zhu, a Canadian Citizen and an entrepreneur, has established the Judy Zhu Urologic Cancer Research Fund in the Department of Pathology and DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers to support the research conducted in Dr. Jiaoti Huang’s laboratory.

Thomas J. Cummings, MD, Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology, Division Chief of Neuropathology, and Residency Program Director, has been elected by the American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists (AAOOP) to serve as Committee Representative to the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)

Gary Procop MD MS, a former trainee in the Duke Department of Pathology (Resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1992-6; Chief Resident, 1995-6) has recently won two major accolades. 

Jessica Waibl Polania, third year doctoral student in the Pathology PhD Program, was awarded the Paul and Lauren Ghaffari Graduate Fellowship from the Duke Graduate School.