News in Research
Young and Keene featured in the Winter 2017 issue of Dimensions, the Newsletter of the UW ADRC
January 30, 2017 in Research
Dr. Young and Dr. Keene were featured in the Winter 2017 issue of Dimensions, the Newsletter of the UW Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. You can read about their work, which focuses on human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for the development of laboratory models of Alzheimer’s disease, on the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center website.
Stevens Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
October 06, 2016 in Research
Kelly Stevens, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Pathology, has received an NIH Director's New Innovator Award in support of her work to develop new technologies to assemble artifical human tissues from stem cells, and then remotely control these tissues after implantation in a patient.
Yeung Receives Multiple Honors
September 21, 2016 in Research
Cecilia Yeung, Assistant Professor of Pathology, has recently won the SEED grant from the Hope Foundation, the SWOG Young Investigator Award, and the Archer Research Challenge Grant.
Kaeberlein Study on Rapamycin Therapy Published in eLife
August 26, 2016 in Research
The scientific journal eLife has published the latest results of a study led by Matt Kaeberlein, Professor of Pathology, and Piper Treuting, Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine and Chief of Comparative Pathology, on the long-term effects of short-term therapy on middle-aged mice treated with the drug rapamycin.
Pacific Northwest Brain Donor Network Featured in Seattle Times
May 31, 2016 in Research
Dr. C. Dirk Keene, Associate Professor of Pathology, and Dr. Desiree Marshall, Fellow and assistant medical examiner at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, have been featured in the Seattle Times for the work they are doing with the Pacific Northwest Brain Donor Network program.
Krimmel and Risques Article Accepted at PNAS
May 04, 2016 in Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published a study led by Jeff Krimmel, UW Medical Student, and Rosana Risques, Assistant Professor of Pathology, on cancer-associated gene mutations using UW-created DNA duplex sequencing technology.
Loeb Appointed a Fellow of AAAS
April 22, 2016 in Research
Dr. Lawrence Loeb, Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology and principal investigator of the Loeb Lab, Is one of four University of Washington professors newly elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Welcome to the new Department of Pathology Website
January 31, 2016 in Education, Research, Patient care
We’re pleased to unveil our new website with a modern design and easier-to-find content. The new website is also mobile-friendly so you can view the site from your phone or tablet. We hope you'll find the new website easier to navigate. Please read more for instructions on providing any feedback you may have.
Fu-Pang Chang Receives Young Investigator Award of the WORLDSymposium
November 20, 2015 in Research
Fu-Pang Chang, a visiting scientist in Dr. Behzad Najafian's lab, was recently awarded A Young Investigator Award of the WORLDSymposium 2016 (lysosomal storage disease) for his work on the effect of agalsidase-beta on clearance of globotriaosylceramide in parietal epithelial cells in patients with Fabry disease.
Dog Aging Project Featured on King 5 New Day NW
August 13, 2015 in Research
To help promote the Dog Aging Project, Dr. Kaeberlein recently visited the set of King 5's New Day NW program with one of the project's four-legged participants, Rascal, to talk about aging research and the work they are doing with dogs now.