Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Medical research highlights, October 2024

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $3 million in new funding in August.

Oct 7, 2024

Jennifer Lundberg, PhD

Remembering immunology educator, researcher Tom McDonald, PhD

Dr. McDonald led a 45-year career at UNMC, researching inflammation and teaching the complex topic of immunology to untold numbers of students.

Oct 7, 2024

Tom McDonald, PhD

Department announces grants, publications

Department faculty have been awarded six new grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 30 manuscript publications. New Grants PI: Jesse Cox MDDeveloping and Publishing a Process to run a Wipe Test using AlloSeq products. CareDx PI: Kurt Fisher MD PhDAssessment of Strategies for targeting transcriptional co-activators in colorectal cancer. NCI R37 PI: Jennifer […]

Oct 1, 2024

Masked lab worker holds vial

Dr. Lynn co-authors opinion piece in Cancer Cytopathology

Dr. Terrence Lynn has recently published a piece with Dr. Swikrity U. Baskota at the University of California Davis entitled “Writing our way through academia: Our journey as young faculty and book authors.” The article discusses barriers to publishing in academic medicine and outlines practical measures to identify new niches to develop a new textbook […]

Oct 1, 2024

Terrance Lynn, MD

Dr. Cox becomes departmental residency director

Beginning Oct. 1, Dr. Jessie Cox will become our new residency director. Dr. Cox, who was a former resident and chief resident in our department, is excited to work with our current residents to help them realize career goals and, in addition, is looking forward to expanding our residency program to meet the demand for […]

Oct 1, 2024

Dr. Jessie Cox, MD, PhD, A(ACHI)

Dr. Chaudhari wins New Investigator Award

Congratulations to Dr. Sujata Chaudhari, who has received the UNMC New Investigator award for 2024. This award is given to outstanding junior faculty members who have also received their first independent federal funding within the 2024 fiscal year. Dr. Chaudhari received her PhD from Kansas State University in the Department of Biochemistry, where she studied […]

Oct 1, 2024

Sujata Chaudhari, PhD

NU leadership development program names new fellows

Four UNMC participants will take part in the intensive, two-year leadership curriculum.

Sep 16, 2024

Clockwise from top left: Jennifer Blackford, PhD, Karen Gould, PhD, Tammy Webster, PhD, and Joseph Khoury, MD

New medical faculty, September 2024

Thirty-two new faculty members joined the UNMC College of Medicine in July and August.

Sep 4, 2024

Shanxiang Zhang, MD, PhD

Medical research highlights, September 2024

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $1.7 million in new funding in July.

Sep 4, 2024

Peng Zhong, PhD

New medical faculty, August 2024

Thirty-six new faculty members joined the UNMC College of Medicine in July.

Aug 9, 2024

Sulman Hashmi, MBBS