UAB Pathology

Dario Vitturi, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, was named a 2026 pilot grant awardee by the UAB Diabetes Research Center for his project, titled “Kyn-CKA as a Novel Driver for Hepatic Glucose Metabolism Dysregulation in Obesity and Renal Disease.”

The Pilot and Feasibility Grant Program identifies and supports new outstanding and innovative diabetes research projects at UAB.

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UAB Pathology transfusion medicine fellow Deepak Kumar, M.D., presented two posters, "Evaluating Clinician Utilization of American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Guidelines in Therapeutic Apheresis Requests" and "Evaluation of Fraction of Cells Remaining (FCR%) Accuracy in Automated RBC Exchange Procedures" at the annual American Society for Apheresis conference in Denver, Colorado last month.

Li’an Williams, a Medical Scientist Training Program student in the laboratory of Lalita Shevde-Samant, Ph.D., Endowed Professor in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, was recently named a recipient of the 2026 UAB O'Neal Cancer Center NextGen Scholar Award.

This predoctoral award, funded by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama provides two years of support for her research project titled, “Hedgehog Inhibition Programs CD8+ Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells for Sustained Anti-Tumor Immunity in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.”

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Md Saimoon Rahman, a 3rd year graduate student in the laboratory of Adam R. Wende, Ph.D., a professor in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, was recently featured in the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center 'Get to Know' series. The series highlights dynamic researchers from across the center.

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