Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medical research highlights, December, 2024

The college received grant and funding awards representing more than $5 million in new funding in October.

Dec 17, 2024

Russell McCulloh, MD

Search committee named for internal medicine chair

Joseph Khoury, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, will lead the committee.

Dec 17, 2024

Joseph Khoury, MD

For 50 years, Regional Pathology Services has delivered medical expertise

The laboratory service brings more than 1 million tests to the UNMC campus every year, enabling lifesaving tests closer to home.

Nov 25, 2024

Sam Pirruccello, MD, and Brian Lenz at UNMC in 1995.

Dr. Jana Broadhurst is part of team honored at 2024 Innovation Awards

Learn more about the project Dr. Broadhurst was involved with in this write-up from UNeMed.

Nov 21, 2024

Dr. Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD

Itidal Reslane and Gabrielle Watson named UNMC Graduate Students of Distinction

Both students, who are PhD candidates in IGPBS – Immunology, Pathology, and Infectious Disease, were honored after being awarded fellowships from the American Heart Association. Learn more from the Office of Graduate Studies.

Nov 15, 2024

Itidal Reslane, left, and Gabrielle Watson

New medical faculty, fall 2024

More than 40 new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine since August.

Nov 12, 2024

Snegha Anand, MBBS, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Oncology and Hematology

Medical research highlights, November 2024

The college received grant and funding awards representing more than $7 million in new funding in September.

Nov 10, 2024

Bin Duan, PhD

Drs. Broadhurst, Wiley return from assisting with Marburg outbreak in Rwanda

Learn more about the efforts of these two faculty members in our department, along with others from UNMC, in this story from the Omaha World-Herald.

Nov 8, 2024

Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD, and Michael Wiley, PhD

Dr. Angara receives postdoctoral Excellence in Research Award

He was recognized for his research and presentation at the UNMC Office of Postdoctoral Education Annual Event.

Nov 8, 2024

Rajendra Kumar Angara, PhD

Dr. Sturd publishes a first author manuscript in mSphere

Chlamydia trachomatis is a leading cause of sexually transmitted infections worldwide.  As an obligate intracellular pathogen, it has been selected to establish a niche within the host cell in a membrane-derived vacuole called the chlamydial inclusion.  Chlamydial proteins recruit host proteins to the chlamydial inclusion that are critical for infection development.  Two of these host-derived […]

Nov 1, 2024

Natalie Sturd, MD/PhD trainee