Congratulations to Carlos Murga, MD who has been awarded the 2013 Hematology Opportunities for the Next-Generation of Research Scientists (HONORS) Award by the American Society of Hematology.  Dr. Murga received this award to support a research proposal that he submitted under the mentorship of Dr. Megan Lim. The HONORS award is intended to expose recipients to hematology early in their career with the hopes that they will continue hematological research in their future training.

Dr. Lori Lowe, Professor of Pathology and Dermatology and former Director of Dermatopathology, was awarded the 2013 Walter Nickel Teaching Award by the American Society of Dermatopathology (ASDP).  This is an extremely competitive and highly prestigious award that reflects Lori’s recognition by her peers as a national and international leader who is a superb practitioner, clinician scientist, and educator. 

Dr. Steven L. Kunkel, Endowed Professor of Pathology Research and Senior Associate Dean of Research in the Medical School, has been selected to receive the Henry L. Bolley Academic Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has attained noted achievements in the area of education as a teacher, researcher and/or administrator,  from his undergraduate alma mater, North Dakota State University.  He will receive this honor at the 2013 Alumni Awards Celebration in Fargo, ND on April 18.

Congratulations to Ted Brown, M.D.- he has been elected the 2013-2014 Assistant Chief Resident by his peers. Ted will be Megan Alderman's side-kick for the 2013-2014 fiscal year and will learn everything there is to know about being a Chief Resident before she turns it over to him next year. Megan has probably learned more that she wanted to know from our current Chief Resident, Randy Butler, including a new appreciation of the complexity of Rotation and Call Schedules!

Dr. Don Giacherio, Director of Chemical Pathology was selected for the 2013 Board of Directors Recognition award for his contributions and support of ASCLS-Michigan at the annual meeting held in East Lansing.  Andrea Hickey from the Blood Bank Laboratory was also recognized at this event by receiving the Pamela Agren Inspirational award for her continued leadership in the laboratory sciences.

Dr. Colin Duckett, Professor of Pathology and Internal Medicine and Director of Program Development at NCRC, was selected to serve on a White House advisory panel on funding for biomedical and engineering research and convergent science.

Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan, S.P. Hicks Professor of Pathology and Director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, is quoted in “Cancer Screening, Refined,” an article about prostate cancer screening in the March 27 2013 edition of the New York Times written by Andrew Pollack.

Dr. Madelyn Lew, currently a Cytopathology Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, will join the Department as an Assistant Professor in the Cytopathology Section beginning in July 2013.