Translational and Clinical Research
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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine includes basic biomedical researchers, physician scientists, and anatomic and clinical pathologists located on the Brown campus and at the affiliated hospitals. These faculty work together with other researchers and clinicians at Brown Medical School to study the basic mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease. Three examples of these interdisciplinary research teams include those that focus on Cancer, Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, and Prenatal and Early Pregnancy Loss.
Cancer: Pathologists play a central role in the collection, storage, and categorization of human tissue samples and they have the diagnostic and management skills needed to use these specimens for quantitative and molecular analyses. Dr. Murray Resnick, Director of Surgical Pathology at Lifespan Academic Medical Center, has developed a human tumor bank and established a Molecular Pathology Core Laboratory to facilitate research on new diagnostic and prognostic markers of human cancer. The surgical pathologists at Lifespan and Women and Infants Hospital are key members of interdisciplinary clinical research teams studying cancer of the prostate, breast, colon, esophagus, and female reproductive tract.
Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease: Pathologists are working with basic scientists, clinical neuroscientists, neurologists, and geriatricians to study aging, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases. This research team includes Professor Elaine Bearer on the Brown campus and neuropathologists at Lifespan Academic Medical Center: Drs. Edward Stopa, Suzanne de la Monte and John Donahue.
Prenatal Diagnosis and Early Pregnancy Loss: Pathologists at Women and Infants Hospital are linked to national and international research networks on fetal and maternal health. Drs. Jacob Canick, Geralyn Messerlain, and James Haddow are developing and validating new genetic markers to screen for fetal disease. Dr. M. Halit Pinar leads a national collaborative study on placental pathology and early pregnancy loss. Other researchers involved in perinatal and reproductive pathology include Drs. Surendra Sharma, Fusun Gungodan, Monique DePaepe, and Mary Hixon. Dr. Jake Kurtis recently received a grant from the Gates Foundation to develop new strategies to prevent maternal deaths and pregnancy loss associated with malaria.
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The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine includes basic biomedical researchers, physician scientists, and anatomic and clinical pathologists located on the Brown campus and at the affiliated hospitals. These faculty work together with other researchers and clinicians at Brown Medical School to study the basic mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease. Three examples of these interdisciplinary research teams include those that focus on Cancer, Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, and Prenatal and Early Pregnancy Loss.
Cancer: Pathologists play a central role in the collection, storage, and categorization of human tissue samples and they have the diagnostic and management skills needed to use these specimens for quantitative and molecular analyses. Dr. Murray Resnick, Director of Surgical Pathology at Lifespan Academic Medical Center, has developed a human tumor bank and established a Molecular Pathology Core Laboratory to facilitate research on new diagnostic and prognostic markers of human cancer. The surgical pathologists at Lifespan and Women and Infants Hospital are key members of interdisciplinary clinical research teams studying cancer of the prostate, breast, colon, esophagus, and female reproductive tract.
Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease: Pathologists are working with basic scientists, clinical neuroscientists, neurologists, and geriatricians to study aging, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases. This research team includes Professor Elaine Bearer on the Brown campus and neuropathologists at Lifespan Academic Medical Center: Drs. Edward Stopa, Suzanne de la Monte and John Donahue.
Prenatal Diagnosis and Early Pregnancy Loss: Pathologists at Women and Infants Hospital are linked to national and international research networks on fetal and maternal health. Drs. Jacob Canick, Geralyn Messerlain, and James Haddow are developing and validating new genetic markers to screen for fetal disease. Dr. M. Halit Pinar leads a national collaborative study on placental pathology and early pregnancy loss. Other researchers involved in perinatal and reproductive pathology include Drs. Surendra Sharma, Fusun Gungodan, Monique DePaepe, and Mary Hixon. Dr. Jake Kurtis recently received a grant from the Gates Foundation to develop new strategies to prevent maternal deaths and pregnancy loss associated with malaria.