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CLINICAL 2 3 Faculty Join Laboratory Medicine 3 Renowned Pathologist Named New AP Division Director 3 Faculty Awarded for Service to HSF 4 Lab Medicine Names New Directors 4 Anatomic Pathology Adds New Faculty 5 CDC App Aims to Improve Diagnosis 6 Community Practice Pathology Program Expands

EDUCATION 7 Department Celebrates Outgoing Residents and Fellows 8 Welcome Class of 2022 8 Siegal Named President-Elect of ASCP 9 Trainee Research Day 10 Elaine Jaffe with WHO Delivers Pritchett Lecture 10 Listinsky Lecture Welcomes Glycobiology Expert

AWARDS

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Yemelyanova Named First Hazel Gore Endowed Professor

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Chen Wins Best Paper Award

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Pathology Takes Home 3 Argus Awards

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Marques and Wende Win Dean's Excellence Awards

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3 Faculty Earn Promotions

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Netto Becomes SOM's 3rd Featured Discovery Recipient

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2 Faculty Earn Emeritus Status

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RESEARCH

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Immune Response Mechanism Described for Fate Determination of T Cells

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Büttner Lecture Integrates Molecular Pathology and Clinical Oncology

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Possible Treatment for a Rare, Potentially Deadly, Blood-Clotting Disorder

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Epigenetic Reprogramming of Hearts Found in Congestive Heart Failure

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ID of Subgroup of Heart Failure Patients Could Lead to Improved Care

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Immune Cells Identified that Create and Sustain Chronic IBD

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Scientists Reverse Aging Symptoms in Mouse Model

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Magnanimous Gift from Former Pathology Chair

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Croatian Faculty Visit Department in Research Exchange

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Inaugural Pilot Awards Support Translational and Clinical Research

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Big Change from a Small Player

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UALCAN: Interpreting and Presenting the Growing Pool of Cancer Data

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TTP Fair Showcases Research Progress

AND MORE

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A Fond Farewell to Dr. Robin Lorenz

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Conference and Committee Roundup

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