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 “Folliculin (FLCN) in Thyroid Tumors: Incidence, Significance, and Role as a Driver Gene and Secondary Alteration”. Congratulations to all!
Dr. Derek Allison is co-author of a recently published article in the May issue of CAP Today titled “Granulomas on FNA: recognizing and ruling out malignancy”. Great work, Dr. Allison!
John Bradley, MD (first author), Ben Cushing, MD, and William O’Connor, MD, recently had an abstract accepted for presentation by the National Association of Medical Examiners at their annual meeting in October. The title is “Sudden Cardiac Death in a Young Female with Bi-Leaflet Mitral Valve Prolapse and Mitral Annular Disjunction: A Case Report Highlighting an Underrecognized Arrhythmogenic Substrate”. Congratulations to all!
Jeongeun Do, MD, is first author on an article recently accepted for publication in the journal Human Pathology titled “INSM1: A highly sensitive marker for primary and metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, superior to SOX11, pancytokeratin , and CK20”. 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 UK College of Medicine. Congratulations, Dr. Hassan!
Eun Lee, MD, is part of the Markey Cancer Center research team that recently “identified a mechanism by which a gut hormone contributes to fatty liver disease, offering potential new targets for treating the common condition”. You can read more about the discovery here. 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’s. You can read about the scholarship here. 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’s Association. Their discussion centered on the comparison of emerging Alzheimer’s treatments to biologics used in cancer and other diseases. You can listen to the podcast here. Excellent work, Dr. Nelson!
Aaron Shmookler, MD, is senior author on a recent publication in the journal PLoS One titled “The TMA team and TTP pathway improved outcomes in a cohort with Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura”. The article is a collaboration with clinicians from both UK and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Great work, Dr. Shmookler!