Amy Sousa, Department Manager and Laura Kalafarski, Administrative Coordinator are recipients of the Division's Spring Bonus Program. The bonus program recognizes and rewards performers in our Division whose extraordinary efforts contributed to both the Division and the University in significant ways.

Dr. Douglas Anthony, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Neurology and Chief of Pathology at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital was installed as Vice President-Elect of the American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP) at their annual meeting in St. Louis.  In addition, Dr. Anthony has been serving as the Vice President of the International Society since 2018. He is scheduled to become President of the AANP in 2024, and preside over the annual meeting in 2025.

Wafik S. El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP has been ranked at #6 on the LARVOL VIEW Top 100 list of the most influential Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) in oncology on Twitter.

LARVOL's methodology selects and ranks DOLs based on online influence, offline activity, and the opinions of other verified oncologists. Top oncologists are turning to Twitter for important conversations with their peers. In fact, there are almost 500 tweets every week posted by verified oncologists related to trending news in cancer research, trials, treatments, and drug development. This trend is growing, and a group of over 1,200 Digital Opinion Leaders (DOLs) has emerged as an important voice in the community.  Today, LARVOL recognizes the leading voices among DOLs with the 2021 LARVOL VIEW Top 100 Most Influential Oncologists on Twitter. This curated list represents the 100 oncologists with the largest influence on the cancer conversation on Twitter, balanced with analysis of their offline activity in the field and the input of their peers.  The 100 oncologists on the list stand out as those who are leading the way online and taking advantage of the full potential of Twitter as a tool to educate and inspire their peers, and the medical community.

‍How was this list developed?

To identify voices of influence on Twitter, the LARVOL team started by tracking oncology news on Twitter, then built out a list of oncologists who were actively sharing and reacting to that news. LARVOL then implemented a weighted methodology to select and rank DOLs based on online influence, offline activity, and the opinions of other verified oncologists. Each score is weighted equally to produce the final LARVOL VIEW Top 100 ranking.

‍1. Online Rank: Measured by Twitter Followers and Reactions to oncology news (posts comments and quote tweets, as captured by VIEW)

2. Offline Rank: Measured by participation in ongoing Clinical Trials and Citations from the last 5 years (Google Scholar)

3. Peer Survey Rank: Nominations from peers in LARVOL VIEW Top 100 survey

The oncologists recognized on this year’s list were celebrated at LARVOL’s “Night at the Museum,” a unique event held in virtual reality on the final night of ASCO’s 2021 Virtual Meeting.  

The LARVOL VIEW Top 100 Most Influential Oncologists on Twitter is powered by VIEW, the first social listening and sentiment analysis platform focused on Twitter-verified oncologists, researchers, and DOLs. VIEW also presents a feed of curated oncology news from Twitter alongside the reactions of verified oncologists.  

Dr. Kamaljeet Singh has joined the department as Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine of Brown University and Director of Breast Pathology and Associate Director of the Clinical Hematology Lab under the direction of Dr. James Sung, Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital.

Dr. Singh received his MD from the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in India and completed his pathology residency training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.  Prior to beginning his training in the US, he had spent a year at the Johns Hopkins Hospital conducting research in ophthalmic pathology.  He completed his pathology residency training at Brown University and is board certified in anatomic pathology and clinical pathology.  He is breast fellowship trained at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.  Dr. Singh's specialties are in Breast Pathology and Gynecologic Pathology.  His clinical research interest is in diagnosis and prognostic markers for breast cancer.

The Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) of The Warren Alpert Medical School, has selected Dr. L. Corey Hanley to receive a 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award. The Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented annually to recognize and thank the dedicated Warren Alpert Medical School faculty and residents who exhibit exceptional teaching and mentoring of our medical students, and are presented with Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards that fall under various categories. Dr. Hanley has received the Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) Award, which is presented to clinical faculty who exhibit the outstanding instructional characteristics to which we all strive as educators.

The Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) of The Warren Alpert Medical School, has selected Dr. Maria Garcia-Moliner to receive a 2021 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award. The Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented annually to recognize and thank the dedicated Warren Alpert Medical School faculty and residents who exhibit exceptional teaching and mentoring of our medical students, and are presented with Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards that fall under various categories. Dr. Garcia-Moliner has received the Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) Award, which is presented to clinical faculty who exhibit the outstanding instructional characteristics to which we all strive as educators.

This annual award recognizes Dr. Jessica Plavicki in the Division of Biology and Medicine for her outstanding teaching, advising and mentoring of students in the Undergraduate Divisional Programs in the Biological Sciences along with teaching excellence within courses; for advising (freshman, sophomore and especially, concentration advising) and for enhancing service to undergraduates (e.g., participation in special programs, presentations, events, etc.). Dr. Plavicki was also recognized for additional service/teaching such as mentoring directed research and independent studies including thesis and Honors supervision.

Kelsey Huntington, pathobiology graduate student working in Wafik El-Deiry's lab, received the American Association for Cancer Research-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Council Scholar Award.

Shannon Martin, 4th Pathobiology Graduate Student in the Plavicki Lab, received a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) from NHBLI. The title of her fellowship project is "Determining the role of macrophages in the developing cardiac conduction system".

Dr. Gundogan was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Pediatric Pathology (2021-2025).