The 16th Annual Department of Pathology Retreat, featuring the Pathology 27th Annual Research Day Presentations, was held May 25, 2016. The keynote address was given by Dr. Charles A. Parkos, MD, PhD, Carl V. Weller Professor and Chair, Mucosal Inflammation and Epithelial Pathobiology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine. McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty members George Michalopoulos, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology, and Wendy Mars, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology, made the opening remarks. After an afternoon of exceptional presentations, poster session discussions continued into the evening. This year’s winners of the poster session included:
Graduate students:
- First place: Lindsey Saldin (mentor, Stephen Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD)
- Second place: Kevin Levine (mentor, Steffi Oesterreich, PhD)
- Third place: Tie between Colin Beckwitt (mentor, Alan Wells, MD, DMS), Tiffany Bernardo (mentor, Yaki Barak, PhD), and Heejae Kang (mentor, Peter Lucas, MD, PhD)
Post-graduate trainee (basic):
- First place: Manish Verma (mentor, Charleen Chu, MD, PhD)
- Second place: Amanda Clark (mentor, Alan Wells, MD)
- Third place: Tie between Evan Delgado (mentor, Andrew Duncan, PhD) and Bo Ma (mentor, Alan Wells, MD)
Post-graduate trainee (clinical):
- First place: Lama Farchoukh (mentor, Rajiv Dhir, MD)
- Second place: Jiancong Liang (mentor, Sarangarajan Ranganathan, MD)
- Third place: Tie between Jackie Birkness (mentor, Jon Davison, MD) and Aaron Berg (mentor, Liron Pantanowitz, MD)
Congratulations, all!