Drs. Derek Allison (PI) and Cody Bumgardner (Co-I) are collaborators on a newly funded grant titled “Explainable, Fair, Reproducible and Collaborative Surgical Artificial Intelligence: Integrating data, algorithms and clinical reasoning for surgical risk assessment (XAI-IDEALIST).” This grant is funded by the National Institutes of Health and is in collaboration with the University of Florida’s NIH Grant NeuroEnclave. Great job!
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 is in collaboration with the Markey – McDowell Cancer Network. Dr. John D’Orazio is PI. Excellent work everyone!
Drs. Derek Allison and Aaron Shmookler have each received the Outstanding Supporting Faculty Award from the UK Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology fellows for their efforts in teaching. Congratulations to you both!
Dr. Derek Allison recently published an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) titled “PLK1-mediated phosphorylation of PHGDH reprograms serine metabolism in advanced prostate cancer.” Link to the article is here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2618349123 Great work Dr. Allison!
Dr. Therese Bocklage is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled “Single Cell-Resoulation Imaging of Drug Resistance via Toxic Metal Preexposure ion Lung Patient Tumor Microenvironment.” This grant is funded by the National Cancer Institute and is in collaboration with the Markey – McDowell Cancer Network. Dr. Whei-Mei Fan is PI. Congratulations Dr. Bocklage!
Drs. Cody Bumgardner and Justin Miller are co-authors on a recent publication in the journal Nucleic Acids Research titled “Systematic contextual biases in SegmentNT potentially relevant to other nucleotide transformer models.” Link to publication is here: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag704. Great work!
Dr. Ahmad Faraz is first author on a recently published article in Diagnostic Histopathology titled “Mimicry in vasculature: a review of diagnostic clues in cutaneous intravascular lymphoid proliferations.” This article is in collaboration with researchers from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Illinois Dermatology Institute, Rush University Medical Center and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The article can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756231725002142. Excellent work Dr. Faraz!
Dr. Eun Lee is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled “Fatty Acid Synthase Driven Exosome Secretion in Colorectal Cancer Metastasis.” This grant is funded by the National Cancer Institute and is in collaboration with the departments of Toxicology and Cancer Biology and the Markey – McDowell Cancer Network. Dr. Yekaterina Zaytseva is PI. Congratulations Dr. Lee!
Dr. Robert Maynard is co-author on a recently published article in the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine titled "Benchmarking Institutional Support for Point-of-Care Testing Programs: Scale, Staffing, and Operational Challenges". The article is a collaboration with researchers from Harvard Medical School, University of Pittsburgh, University of Ottawa, University of Virginia, Washington University and several others. Excellent work Dr. Maynard!
Dr. Peter Nelson is co-author on a recently published article in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology titled “GRN ra5848 variant associates with TDP-43 pathology and cancer in opposite directions.” The study was supported by NIH awards, the UK McCullers Scholar 2024 award, and data from major national resources. Link to article is here: https://uknow.uky.edu/research/1-gene-2-diseases-sanders-brown-study-reveals-opposing-dementia-and-cancer-risks Link to publication is here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jnen/nlag051 Great work Dr. Nelson!
Dr. Janna Neltner is a co-investigator on a newly funded grant titled “FY27 ABL and Pediatric Giloma.” This grant is funded by the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services and is in collaboration with the departments of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, Markey – McDowell Cancer Network, Neurology and Pediatrics. Dr. Rina Plattner is PI. Congratulations Dr. Neltner!
We have an exciting update for the 2026 AABB Annual Meeting, October 17-19, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. Two of our residents have had abstracts accepted!
Dr. Benjamin Cushing, Kathy Evans and Dr. Aaron Shmookler: “A Retrospective Study of the Added Value of Parallel Titer Compared with Serial Titer in Tub” has been selected for a poster presentation! Congratulations Dr. Cushing!
Dr. Ahmad Faraz, Kathy Evans and Dr. Aaron Shmookler: “Quality Review of Urinalysis in the Workup of Transfusion Reactions: Diagnostic Utility and Cost Implications” has been selected as a poster presentation! Congratulations Dr. Faraz!