The Pathology Department sponsors resident research pathology grand rounds once a year at the University of Utah School of Medicine, in which residents present their research projects. Cash awards are given for first and second place at the graduation dinner to the best research presentation given by a pathology resident.
2023
Spencer Barnes, MD – Diagnostic Accuracy of Image Guided Breast Biopsies: Comparison of Traditional Stereotactic Biopsy and the Brevera Biopsy System
LJ Perry, MD – A Pipeline to Compare Algorithms for Quantification of PD-L1 by Immunohistochemistry in Lung Cancer
Tori Seasor, MD – Genomic Characterization of Histologic Subtypes of Prostate Carcinoma
2022
Eric Goold, MD - Retrospective Massive Parallel Sequencing of Diffuse Gliomas at 1, 5 and 10 Years
Nicole Leonard, MD - Rejection Treatment Before Liver Biopsy Decreases Portal Inflammation but Does Not Impact Bile Duct Injury
Matthew Luo, MD - Clinicopathologic Characteristics of CD5 and/or CD10-Positive MYD88 Mutated Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma (LPL)
Eric Smith, MD, PhD - Acral Melanoma: A Spectrum of Errors in DNA Repair and Mitosis
2021
Joshua Klonoski, MD, PhD - Continued Progress with Neurotropic Influenza A Virus as an Oncolytic Virotherapy for Glioblastoma and Melanoma
Tori Seasor, MD - ASCO/CAP Guidelines for HER2 FISH Equivocal Results Negatively Impact Turnaround Times
2020
Michael A. Balatico, MD - Adherence to ASCO/CAP Guidelines for Breast Formalin Fixation and Cold Ischemia Times is Easier Said than Done
Emilia Calvaresi, MD, PhD - Normalizing Reporting of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity for Determination of P. vivax Malarial Therapy Eligibility
Eric Goold, MD - Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) for HER2 Amplification in Breast Cancer
Leo Lin, MD, PhD - Developing a Blood Test for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2019
Michael Balatico, MD – The micropapillary subtype of invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast is under-reported: A national reference lab experience
Zachary Dong, MD – Pulmonary eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis has allergic and immune-regulatory features with IgG4
Joshua Klonoski, MD, PhD – Metagenomic characterization of influenza virus: Bacteria super infections associated with death and survival
2018
Katherine Boylan, MD – NGS-Based Pathogen Identification
Jeffrey S. Mohlman, MD, MPH – Reliability and Validity of Proposed Risk Stratification Methods for Laboratory Developed Tests
Cassi B. Grotepas, MD – Off-Label use of PD-L1 (22C3) Reveals Expression Trends; A Reference Laboratory Experience
Jordon K. March, MD – Mistaken Identity: Cystoisopora Infection in Gallbladders of Immunocompetent Patients
2017
Timothy M. Hanley, MD, PhD - Can Macrophages Serve as Latent Reservoirs for HIV-1?
Jeffrey S. Mohlman, MD, MPH - Comparison of Proposed Risk Stratification Methods for Laboratory Developed Tests
Jessica Corean, MD - Predicting Response to Treatment with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (VEGFTKIs) in Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Cardinoma (ccRCC): An Analysis of Differences in RNA Expression Using nCounter® PanCancer Pathways Panel
Joshua M. Konoski, MD, PhD - In Silico Prediction of Influenza A Virus NS1 Structure and Viral Pathogenesis
2016
Isaac E. Lloyd, MD - A Prospective Evaluation of Incidental Fundic Gland Polyps with Surface Dysplasia: Implications for Clinical Management
Justin E. Caron, MD - HER2 Immunohistochemical and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Discordances in Invasive Carcinoma with Micropapillary Features
Ryan Craig, MD, PhD - PD-L1 Expression is Increased in Spleens in Myelofibrosis Patients
Ling Hui, MD, PhD - HER2 FISH Testing with RAI1 Alternate Probe will Resolve HER2 Status in Majority of Equivocal Cases
2015
Jolanta Jedrzkiewicz, MD - Digital Whole Slide Imaging and Two Photon Microscopy for Liver Fibrosis Scoring and Quantification
Michael B. Ward, MD - Mutations in mTOR signaling in 3 Cases of Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma
Isaac E. Lloyd, MD - Effect of X-ray on Biomarker Expression in Excised Breast Cancer Specimens: A Pre-Analytic Study
Aleksandra Sowder, MD - Urinary Calculi Composition in American Adults in the 21st Century
2014
Kajsa E. Affolter, MD - Using Population-Based Resources to Identify Sessile Serrated Polyps in Utah
Delu Zhou, MD - High-Resolution SNP Array Analysis of B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Using Tissue from Archived Glass Slides Reveals a Genetic Profile that Differs from B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2013
Diana S. Desai, MD - Can the hCG Discriminatory Zone be Utilized Without Regard to a Specific hCG Assay?
Christopher A. Garcia, MD - The Construction of an Open Source Whole Slide Imaging Library for Graduate Pathology Education
Maggie L. Hopkins, MD, MBA - Patient Portals: Risks of Direct Access to Laboratory Results
Jolanta Jedrzkiewicz, MD - Burkholderia cepacia Identification from Burkholderia cepacia Selective Agar by Matrix Assisted Laser
Peng Li, MD, PhD - GUCY2C Presents Radiation-Induced Gastrointestinal Toxicity by TP53-Dependent Rescue of Mitotic Catastrophe
2012
Krishna Narra, MD - IMB-1 Detection in Breast Cancer: Is Digital Imaging Accurate?
Robert Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA - The Comparative Effectiveness of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Sampling Policies: A Simulation Study
Brian H. Shirts, MD, PhD - Simplified Near-Neighbor Classification and its Use in Hospital Specific Diagnosis of Celiac Disease