Layra Cintón-Rivera, a Pathobiology graduate in the Plavicki Lab, is the recipient of a NSF graduate student research fellowship. This prestigious fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. More information about the NSF fellowship program can be found here: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/

Jessica Plavicki has been named the Manning Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The Manning Assistant Professorships, which honor the first president of Brown University, James Manning, Brown's were established by Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Class of 1958, LHD 1985, and Artemis A. W. Joukowsky, Class of 1955, LLD 1985, the parents of Michael W. Joukowsky, Class of 1987.

Drs. Raj and Kurtis publish "Anti-PfGARP activates programmed cell death of parasites and reduces severe malaria” in Nature.

Explainer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CPl2zRQVtI&t=5s
Full text article: https://rdcu.be/b3IuS

Assistant Professor Daniel Spade, PhD, receives pilot award from the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Reproductive Health at Women and Infants Hospital, for the project, "Identification of sperm RNAs that predict ICSI outcomes." Additional information about the COBRE for Reproductive Health can be found here.

Assistant Professor (Research), Dipak Raj, PhD, receives new R01 for Malaria vaccine studies. Additional project information can be found here. 

Dr. Thomas Bartnikas, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, publishes a high-profile article titled, "Manganese transporter Slc30a10 controls physiological manganese excretion and toxicity" in JCI.

Full text article: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/129710

Assistant Professor (Research), Christian Nixon, MD, PhD, receives new NIH R01 for malaria vaccine studies. Additional project information can be found here. 

It is a great honor as we congratulate Sir Nicholas Wald, MBBS, DSc, Consultant of our Division of Medical Screening and Special Testing of Women & Infants Hospital and Adjunct Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine of Alpert Medical School of Brown University, elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM).  You may learn more about the honor and the citation of Sir Wald through abstract of NAM news release below.  The full news release is available at https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members/

Early-career researcher Jessica Plavi​cki is advancing understanding of how environmental contaminants interfere with heart and brain development — the formidable task of establishing her new lab should prove fruitful for decades to come.

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