Derek Allison, MD, (senior author), Therese Bocklage, MD, Julie Dueber, MD, Robert McDonald, DO, Adeel Ashraf, MD, and Faisal Hassan, MD (first author) have a recently published article in the journal Current Oncology titled 鈥淔olliculin (FLCN) in Thyroid Tumors: Incidence, Significance, and Role as a Driver Gene and Secondary Alteration鈥. Congratulations to all!
Dr. Derek Allison is co-author of a recently published article in the May issue of CAP Today titled 鈥淕ranulomas on FNA: recognizing and ruling out malignancy鈥. Great work, Dr. Allison!
John Bradley, MD (first author), Ben Cushing, MD, and William O鈥機onnor, MD, recently had an abstract accepted for presentation by the National Association of Medical Examiners at their annual meeting in October. The title is 鈥淪udden Cardiac Death in a Young Female with Bi-Leaflet Mitral Valve Prolapse and Mitral Annular Disjunction: A Case Report Highlighting an Underrecognized Arrhythmogenic Substrate鈥. Congratulations to all!
Jeongeun Do, MD, is first author on an article recently accepted for publication in the journal Human Pathology titled 鈥淚NSM1: A highly sensitive marker for primary and metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, superior to SOX11, pancytokeratin , and CK20鈥. Dr. Do collaborated with clinicians from MD Anderson on this project. Great work, Dr. Do!
Dr. Faisal Hassan has been elected to serve on the Graduate Medical Education Committee for the 好色先生 College of Medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Hassan!
Eun Lee, MD, is part of the Markey Cancer Center research team that recently 鈥渋dentified a mechanism by which a gut hormone contributes to fatty liver disease, offering potential new targets for treating the common condition鈥. You can read more about the discovery . Excellent work, Dr. Lee!
Justin Miller, PhD, has a student, Blake Byer, who recently received the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Blake works with Dr. Miller, developing software tools for genetic risk prediction of Alzheimer鈥檚. You can read about the scholarship . Blake presented his research at the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference in May with Dr. Miller. Congratulations to both Dr. Miller and Blake!
Pete Nelson, MD, PhD, (alongside Greg Jicha, MD, PhD) recently participated in a podcast from the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association. Their discussion centered on the comparison of emerging Alzheimer鈥檚 treatments to biologics used in cancer and other diseases. You can listen to the podcast . Excellent work, Dr. Nelson!
Aaron Shmookler, MD, is senior author on a recent publication in the journal PLoS One titled 鈥淭he TMA team and TTP pathway improved outcomes in a cohort with Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura鈥. The article is a collaboration with clinicians from both 好色先生 and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Great work, Dr. Shmookler!