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Experimental Pathology
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Generation of tissue microarrays (TMAs) from paraffin embedded clinical specimens allows several portions of many different tumors to be simultaneously examined histologically or probed for protein markers of disease using immunohistochemical methodologies. Using this approach, up to one hundred or more different tumors can be archived and tested on a single microscope slide Courtesy of Christopher Moskaluk, MD, PhD |
Graduate training in Experimental Pathology provides instruction and research opportunities focusing on the molecular and cellular basis of human disease.
This rigorous training program takes advantage of a unique environment created by a faculty composed of basic scientists and research and diagnostic pathologists, along with physician colleagues in other clinical specialties.
Traditional laboratory-based research is complemented by first hand exposure to the clinical approaches used in the diagnosis and treatment of human disease and coursework that highlights the interface between basic science and the challenges faced in clinical medicine.
In addition, opportunities exist to observe patient care directly, through clinical rotations that allow the students to observe the complete arc from diagnosis through therapeutic decisions to surgical, radiological or medical interventions.
The curriculum is enriched by a disease-focused participatory journal club, and a seminar series that explores the molecular basis of and optimized approaches to human disease. Students have ongoing access to the expertise of their clinical colleagues as well as laboratory and tissue specimens to facilitate their research projects.
