Pathology Mentorships Foster Success

In 2019, two postdoctoral fellows working with Upender Manne, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology, won awards for presentations on their postdoctoral research. In February, the UAB Postdoctoral Association, in collaboration with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, organized its 16th Annual Postdoctoral Research Day. The event featured six sessions with Dr. Victor Darley-Usmar, Professor, Pathology, as one of the four presenters of the keynote talk, “Twenty Years of Postdoctoral Education at UAB.” One session, sponsored by the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, featured studies related to cancer research. Sumit Agarwal, postdoctoral fellow of Manne, won third place overall for his oral presentation on the topic, “MicroRNA-124 modulated collagen-prolyl hydroxylase P4HA1 expression regulates colon cancer progression.” Co-authors include Balabhadrapatruni V. S. K. Chakravarthi, Michael Behring, Hyung-Gyoon Kim, Kevin Hale, Abduljalil M Alsubaie, Sameer Al Diffalha, Shajan Sugandha, Sooryanarayana Varambally, and Manne. In January, Michael Behring, postdoctoral fellow of Manne, won first place for his presentation while attending the Second Conference on Bioethics Issues in Minority Health and Health Disparities Research. Behring presented a lab research poster titled, ”Ethical Considerations for Observational Cancer Health Disparity Research,” co-authored with Kevin Hale, Bunyamin Ozaydin, and Manne. Pathology Mentorships Foster Success

fellowship certificates •Frida Rosenblum, M.D., Cytopathology presented to Yiqin Zuo, M.D., Ph.D. •Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D., Gastrointestinal Pathology, to Robin Collingwood, M.D. •Deniz Peker, M.D., Hematopathology, to Tyler Clemmensen, M.D. and Diana Morlote, M.D. •Shuko Harada, M.D., Molecular Genetic Pathology, to Nirupama Singh, M.D., Ph.D. • Shi W ei, M.D., Surgical Pathology, to Joseph Drwiega, M.D., David Marbury, M.D., Lindsey Matthews, M.D. and Scott Taylor, D.O. • Marisa Marques, M.D ., Transfusion Medicine, to James Sikora, M.D. • Yabing Chen, Ph.D., to her postdoctoral fellow, Helen Collins, Ph.D. • George Netto, M.D., to his postdoctoral fellow Marie-Lisa Eich, M.D. graduate trainees •Dr. Yabing Chen, Ph.D., Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Education, recognized: •Anna Hanna, Cancer Biology Theme, under Dr. Lalita Samant •Justin Quiles, Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology Theme, under Dr. Rajeskaran Soorappan •Jeffrey Singer, Immunology Theme, under Dr. Casey Weaver •Jalessa Wright, Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine Theme, under Dr. John Chatham

Our gratitude to Monica Henderson, Susan Mills, and Sandy Cummings for organizing this special event.