Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Chair
Agnes B. Kane, MD, PhDThe Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine bridges basic science, translational and clinical research, and diagnostic pathology. Seventy faculty members serve are located on the Brown campus, at the affiliated hospitals, the Rhode Island Blood Bank and the Office of the Medical Examiner at the Rhode Island Department of Health. All campus and hospital-based faculty participate in teaching and advising undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, residents, and postdoctoral and clinical fellows. The Department's residency program trains up to sixteen residents per year in anatomic and clinical pathology. Fellowships are offered in five subspecialty areas of pathology. The Department is home to a Superfund Basic Research Program and an NIEHS Training Program in Environmental Pathology. Clinical and translational research focuses on cancer, aging and neurodegenerative disease, and prenatal diagnosis and early pregnancy loss. Interdisciplinary research programs include global health, reproductive toxicology, and nanotechnology and nanotoxicology.
