We have good news to share!
Drs. Derek Allison, Nathan Shelman and Shulin Zhang are co-investigators on a newly funded grant titled "FY27 Continuation of KY Pediatric Inherited Cancer Risk Program". This grant is funded by the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Dr. John D'Orazio is the PI. Excellent work everyone!
Dr. Derek Allison is a co-author on a recently published article in the journal Nature Metabolism titled "Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer’s disease". This article is receiving significant attention from multiple major news outlets. You can read the article here https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01538-4. Congratulations Dr. Allison!
Dr. Rupinder Brar is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled "EBNA1 Inhibitor for Treatment of EBV-Positive DLBCL". This grant is funded by the Wistar Institute and is a collaboration with UK Internal Medicine and Markey - McDowell Cancer Network. The PI is Dr. Pierluigi Porcu. Great work Dr. Brar!
Dr. Ahmad Faraz is co-author of a recently published article in the journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound titled "Intracardiac vs. Transesophageal echocardiography in left atrial appendage occlusion: real-world comparative effectiveness from a propensity-matched cohort". This article is a collaboration with multiple institutions and can be found at this link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42144614/. Excellent work Dr. Faraz!
Dr. Janna Neltner is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled "FY27 Decoding Histopathology Images for Prognostics (Decoding Spatial Cellular Architecture)". This grant is funded by the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services and is a collaboration with the departments of UK Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Markey - McDowell Cancer Network. Dr. Jinpeng Liu is PI. Congratulations Dr. Neltner!
Dr. Nathan Shelman is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled "FY27 Automated Annotation of Pediatric Cancer: From Notes to Knowledge C6162". This grant is funded by the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Serv ices and is a collaboration with UK Pediatrics and the Markey - McDowell Cancer Network. The PI is Dr. sally Ellingson. Congratulations Dr. Shelman!
Two of our residents were recent winners in the 2026 GME Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Poster Forum! Posters are attached. Congratulations Drs. Faraz and Rusnak!
Dr. Ahmad Faraz won second place - "Quality Review of Urinalysis in the Workup of Transfusion Reactions: Diagnostic Utility and Cost Implications" with Kathy Evans, MS, MT and Dr. Shmookler.
Dr. Kalee Rusnak won third place - "Lights, Camera, Action: Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy and Staging of Surgical Pathology Specimens with Gross Photographs" with Drs. Bocklage and Nozad.