Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
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
Annual faculty awards: Scot Ouellette, PhD
Dr. Ouellette is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
Apr 8, 2025
New faculty spotlight: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD
Dr. Bailey-Lundberg is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and principal investigator of the Bailey-Lundberg Lab.
Apr 3, 2025
Hematopathology fellow researching rare form of lymphoma
A rare chromosomal abnormality found in some forms of lymphoma is getting a closer look at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ahmed Sabri, MD, a hematopathology fellow in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is performing cytogenetic and molecular analysis of t(9;14)(p13;q32) lymphomas with his mentor faculty, Arash Ronaghy, MD, PhD. “We know […]
Mar 27, 2025
New faculty spotlight: Shanxiang Zhang, MD, PhD
Dr. Zhang is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
Mar 25, 2025
UNMC’s faculty awards announced for 2024-25
The UNMC Faculty Senate will recognize faculty for meritorious teaching, mentoring and community service at its annual meeting.
Mar 21, 2025
Clinical microbiology fellow studying ways to characterize central line-associated bloodstream infections
Chunyi Zhou, MD, PhD, a second-year clinical microbiology fellow in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is studying whether whole genome sequencing can be a useful tool to characterize S. epidermidis isolates that are associated with central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs).
Mar 19, 2025
