Derek Allison, MD
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Associate Professor of Pathology & Urology
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Dr. Jayne Hollander Endowed Professorship in Pathology
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Vice Chair for Research
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Director of the Molecular Tumor Board, Markey Cancer Center
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Assistant Director and Quality Officer, Biospecimen Procurement and Translational Pathology (BPTP) Shared Resource Facility
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Research
Selected Publications
1. Stark L, Dueber JC, Allison DB. Molecular findings in thyroid tumors: Practical diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic insights. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2026 Apr 16;43(3):151010. doi: 10.1016/j.semdp.2026.151010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42024994.
2. Rao X, Liu J, Allison DB, Harrison DA, Fong KW, Wu Y, He D, Peng J, Li Z, Wang C, Sturgill JL, Sen P, Liu X. mTORC1-Dependent Regulation of the CCL24-CCR3 Axis Controls Granuloma Formation and Maintenance in Sarcoidosis. Mol Cell Biol. 2026 Jun 5:1-22. doi: 10.1080/10985549.2026.2680144. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42246493.
3. Hawkinson TR, Liu Z, Ribas RA, Medina T, Nielsen RS, Clarke HA, Ma X, Mueller AC, Plasencia AF, Sheer AL, Simpson ST, Soto CM, Sudderth J, Cai F, Cantrell AR, Colpaert MG, Shedlock CJ, Wu L, Young LEA, Kooser DD, Chen L, Ryan AM, Quinones S, Son J, Azadi P, Deberardinis RJ, Prokop S, Allison DB, Yang S, Chen H, Huang Y, He X, Alonge KM, Guo J, Guo Y, Bian J, Vander Kooi CW, Gentry MS, Sun RC. Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Metabolism (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-026-01538-4
4. Zhao J*, Allison DB*, Genovese G, Rock S, Spies N, Hensley M, Khegai G, Makeeva A, Melikhova D, Bedniagin L, Hensley PJ, Myint ZW, Msaouel P. Lineage infidelity in FH-deficient RCC with secondary somatic alterations: a case report and implications for diagnosis and treatment. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2026 Jun 16;18:17588359261456676. doi: 10.1177/17588359261456676. PMID: 42317258; PMCID: PMC13272986. (*Co-first authors)
5. Ma X*, Allison DB*, Macedo J, Bolton K, Clarke H, Young L, Bian J, Neltner JH, Vander Kooi C, Sun R, et al. Machine learning-based prediction of clinical outcomes in gliomas using glycomics features. Computational and Structural Biology Journal. DOI:10.34133/csbj.0153 (*Co-first authors)
6. Stout M*, Allison DB*, Peard L, Cranford W, Feygin YB, McAbee K, McLouth CJ, Hensley PJ, Bylund JR, Buchanan AF. Pathologic Misclassification of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Adolescents and Young Adults. Cancers. 2026; 18(13):2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18132020 (*Co-first authors)
7. Argani P, Baraban E, Sanguino A, Allison DB, Magi-Galuzzi, C, Yaskiv O, Katz B, Palsgrove DN. Histiocyte-Rich Renal Epithelial Neoplasm: A Morphology Associated with Folliculin Mutations and Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome. Accepted to American Journal of Surgical Pathology (AJSP) June, 2026.
Selected Publications
1. Stark L, Dueber JC, Allison DB. Molecular findings in thyroid tumors: Practical diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic insights. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2026 Apr 16;43(3):151010. doi: 10.1016/j.semdp.2026.151010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42024994.
2. Rao X, Liu J, Allison DB, Harrison DA, Fong KW, Wu Y, He D, Peng J, Li Z, Wang C, Sturgill JL, Sen P, Liu X. mTORC1-Dependent Regulation of the CCL24-CCR3 Axis Controls Granuloma Formation and Maintenance in Sarcoidosis. Mol Cell Biol. 2026 Jun 5:1-22. doi: 10.1080/10985549.2026.2680144. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42246493.
3. Hawkinson TR, Liu Z, Ribas RA, Medina T, Nielsen RS, Clarke HA, Ma X, Mueller AC, Plasencia AF, Sheer AL, Simpson ST, Soto CM, Sudderth J, Cai F, Cantrell AR, Colpaert MG, Shedlock CJ, Wu L, Young LEA, Kooser DD, Chen L, Ryan AM, Quinones S, Son J, Azadi P, Deberardinis RJ, Prokop S, Allison DB, Yang S, Chen H, Huang Y, He X, Alonge KM, Guo J, Guo Y, Bian J, Vander Kooi CW, Gentry MS, Sun RC. Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Metabolism (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-026-01538-4
4. Zhao J*, Allison DB*, Genovese G, Rock S, Spies N, Hensley M, Khegai G, Makeeva A, Melikhova D, Bedniagin L, Hensley PJ, Myint ZW, Msaouel P. Lineage infidelity in FH-deficient RCC with secondary somatic alterations: a case report and implications for diagnosis and treatment. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2026 Jun 16;18:17588359261456676. doi: 10.1177/17588359261456676. PMID: 42317258; PMCID: PMC13272986. (*Co-first authors)
5. Ma X*, Allison DB*, Macedo J, Bolton K, Clarke H, Young L, Bian J, Neltner JH, Vander Kooi C, Sun R, et al. Machine learning-based prediction of clinical outcomes in gliomas using glycomics features. Computational and Structural Biology Journal. DOI:10.34133/csbj.0153 (*Co-first authors)
6. Stout M*, Allison DB*, Peard L, Cranford W, Feygin YB, McAbee K, McLouth CJ, Hensley PJ, Bylund JR, Buchanan AF. Pathologic Misclassification of Renal Cell Carcinoma in Adolescents and Young Adults. Cancers. 2026; 18(13):2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18132020 (*Co-first authors)
7. Argani P, Baraban E, Sanguino A, Allison DB, Magi-Galuzzi, C, Yaskiv O, Katz B, Palsgrove DN. Histiocyte-Rich Renal Epithelial Neoplasm: A Morphology Associated with Folliculin Mutations and Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome. Accepted to American Journal of Surgical Pathology (AJSP) June, 2026.
Education
B.S. in Biochemistry - Lipscomb University (2010)
MD - Georgetown University (2014)
AP/CP Residency - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2018)
Cytopathology Fellowship - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2019)