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Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

IPID and department graduate student awards for 2024-25 are presented

Students in the Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease (IPID) Graduate Studies Program were honored at a recent ceremony for their achievements in 2024-25. The Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center hosts the IPID program, which is part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Joseph Khoury, […]

Jun 2, 2025

Award-winning IPID graduate students, from left: Francis Fontanilla, Dylan George, Reegan Sturgeon, Arif Sadi, Madison Love, Gabrielle Schulze, and Taylor Burke

Department hosts visiting high school students

Groups of Brownell Talbot students visited the department four times this spring to learn more about what pathologists do.

Jun 2, 2025

Dr. Joseph Khoury, department chairman, talks with Brownell Talbot students about pathology.

Department moving into the future with installation of cutting-edge software program

Department officials see many advantages to the Beaker laboratory information system, which will be fully integrated with the Epic One Chart electronic medical record. Dr. Ben Swanson gets excited when talking about the new laboratory information system being installed in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. “It is a better way for pathologists to […]

May 30, 2025

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Human Genetics Laboratory increasing automation to meet growing demand for testing

Coming to Nebraska in 2023 to head the Warren G. Sanger Human Genetics Laboratory (HGL) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was an easy decision for Dr. Zhenya Tang. “The excellence of this lab was already established,” he said, noting it was among the first laboratories to develop FISH tests for diagnosis. In addition, […]

May 29, 2025

Dr. Zhenya Tang, director of the Human Genetics Laboratory at UNMC

UNMC faculty member leaves gift to support microbiology research

A $738,000 estate gift from the late Roberta White-Miller, PhD, will fund fellowships at UNMC and University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

May 9, 2025

Roberta White-Miller, PhD

Pathology residents and fellows share work at seventh annual GME research symposium

Attendees at the Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium this week got a good look at some of the amazing research being done at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. More than 130 research abstracts—in both oral and poster formats—were presented in all at the seventh annual event in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Events Center. UNMC […]

May 2, 2025

Thomas Auen, DO, a third-year pathology resident, explains his research at Tuesday's GME research symposium.

New faculty spotlight: Saber Tadros, MD

Dr. Tadros is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Apr 22, 2025

Saber Tadros, MD

Pathology resident researching ways to detect hypoglycemia caused by pet insulin

Some people bent on causing harm to themselves or others take insulin in a behavior known as factitious hypoglycemia. Medical professionals have developed tests to help uncover this, but a new area of concern has emerged: the use of insulin meant for pets. Kristina Sevcik, MD, a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC’s […]

Apr 16, 2025

Kristina Sevcik, MD, a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC's Department of 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

Geoffrey Talmon, MD

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

Pranav Renavikar, MBBS, a surgical pathology fellow in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology