Rogel Researchers Receive $4M Through Prostate Cancer Foundations Inaugural TACTICAL Awards Program

The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center researchers received one of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s four inaugural Class of 2022 TACTICAL (Therapy Acceleration To Intercept Cancer Lethality) Award. This $30 million program will support cross-disciplinary pioneering research toward the goal of developing 21st Century therapies for the most life-threatening form of prostate cancer.

Blood Drawing Experience Featured in The Pathologist

For many of us, the idea of having blood drawn can be an unnerving thought. The use of needles and the sight of blood itself is not something we look forward to.

30 Years of Research at Michigan Medicine

Walk through a 30-year career with Dr. Gabriel Núñez—highlighting his key discoveries, perspectives on work/life balance, and those he mentored.

Visual Inventory Management Pilot Takes Off at Microbiology Lab

On Thursday, July 15, Scott Marquette, Associate Chief Operating Officer from Michigan Medicine, visited the Clinical Microbiology laboratory at the Department of Pathology. The purpose of the visit was to learn more about the Visual Inventory Management pilot, a new initiative that is intended to help lab staff better organize their tools, resources and assets within the lab setting.

Kristina Martin Receives ASCLS Scientific-Assembly Laboratory Administration Award

The Department of Pathology's Clinical Operations Director Kristina Martin recently received the Scientific-Assembly Laboratory Administration award from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) at the Joint Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan last month. The award recognizes outstanding professional achievement of an individual ASCLS member within his or her chosen area of academic, scientific, or vocational interest.

Dr. Sriram Venneti named Scientific Research Director

Effective July 1, 2022, Dr. Sriram Venneti, Professor of Pathology, was appointed as Scientific Research Director for the Chad Carr Pediatric Brain Tumor Center (CC-PBTC). Additionally, Dr. Carl Koschmann, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, was appointed as Clinical Research Director for the CC-PBTC.

Department Featured in CAP Today Magazine

Drs. Liron Pantanowitz, Jeffrey Myers, Priya Kunju, as well as David and Elle Chapel were featured in the April 2022 edition of CAP Today Magazine, a medical science publication by the College of American Pathologists. The article focuses on the development of the AP hospitalist role at Michigan Medicine.

Leading the Charge

Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts.  It is about one life influencing another,” John Maxwell.

In early 2020, the truth of this statement came to life in the Department of Pathology.  Our country, our world, was faced with a pandemic caused by a novel virus for which no hard and fast answers were to be had. In the face of constantly changing “facts,” leadership in Pathology was found at all levels. It began with the Chair, Dr. Charles Parkos.

West Ann Arbor Blood Draw - Closing Early on 2/3 and 2/3

The West Ann Arbor Blood Draw center located at 380 Parkland Plaza, Suite 130, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 will be closing early at 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 2nd and Thursday, February 3rd. For more information about the blood draw site, please visit West Ann Arbor Health Center | MLabs (umich.edu)

Patient Safety Awareness Week - Critical Values

Join us in recognizing patient safety awareness week by reviewing our critical values policy. Download our flyer that shows the importance of critical values and how they can affect the lives of patients. And finally, if you are a client and looking for an instructional video for the critical values survey, please find that video link below.