Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Annual faculty awards: Geoffrey Talmon, MD
Dr. Talmon is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
Apr 11, 2025
Pathology fellow studies ways to help guide treatment of bladder tumors
Bladder tumors (urothelial carcinomas) are graded using a two-tier system into low-grade and high-grade types. However, some tumors may have mixed features with a large component of low-grade carcinoma and a minor component of high-grade tumor, causing difficulty in grading and therapeutic decision-making. What is the biologic behavior of such tumors and how does one […]
Apr 8, 2025
Chief resident is first author on angiosarcoma manuscript
Dr. Austin Helmink, chief resident this year, published a first author manuscript entitled “Epithelioid angiosarcoma arising from pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, CNS WHO grade 3” in the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. Post-radiation angiosarcomas are a well-described phenomenon in multiple body sites; however, central nervous system angiosarcomas are extremely rare and their molecular tumorigenesis is unclear. […]
Apr 8, 2025
Dr. Cohen serves on cosmetic ingredient review expert panel
Starting in January 2025, Dr. Sam Cohen was named to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert panel, which reviews the safety of cosmetic ingredients and serves as the approval body for the United States. Cohen, MD, PhD, is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and is the Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology. […]
Apr 8, 2025
Department announces new grants, publications
Department faculty have been awarded three grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated dozens of manuscript publications. New GrantsPI: Scott CampbellTitle: Dataset of electronic health records for N3C Clinical enclave according to the NCATS DUASponsor: Axle InformaticsAmount: $65,146 (direct)Time Frame: 10/2024 through 9/2029 PI: Scott KoepsellTitle: Validation of the Clinical Performance of Hemosil CL […]
Apr 8, 2025
New residents and fellows coming aboard for 2025-2026
We are so excited to welcome our newest residents and fellows! We have four PGY1 residents and one PGY2 transfer resident, plus five new fellows and one returning fellow. Learn more about them here: Residents Matthew Carr PGY1Undergrad: Truman State University, Kirksville, MissouriMedical school: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic MedicineMatthew is originally from Fairfield, […]
Apr 8, 2025
Redox status is a critical factor in Chlamydia trachomatis developmental progression
The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections, has a developmental cycle that differentiates between two functional and morphological forms, the elementary body (EB) and the reticulate body (RB). The EB is the infectious and nondividing form that infects susceptible host cells. Once internalized into a host-derived vacuole called […]
Apr 8, 2025
Resident awarded 2025 Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant
Congratulations to our chief resident elect, Dr. Thomas Auen, who was named a recipient of the 2025 Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant, which is sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), and the NAME Foundation. This will allow Dr. Auen to spend a month at the […]
Apr 8, 2025
Trainees honored for posters, presentations at conferences
Cole Holderjano, an MD/PhD trainee who works in Dr. Scot Ouellette’s laboratory, won the Jane E. Raulston Award for Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation at the Chlamydia Basic Research Society meeting that was held in Berlin in March 2025. The title of his presentation was: “Chromosomally encoded RpoC_10xH: a new tool for investigation of the […]
Apr 8, 2025
Annual faculty awards: Scot Ouellette, PhD
Dr. Ouellette is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
Apr 8, 2025
