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Research

The Department of Pathology is deeply invested in scientific efforts to improve treatments in our field. Learn more about our department’s investigations below.

Message from the Vice Chair

"We are driven by a shared passion for discovery and a deep commitment to advancing human health through innovative research programs and collaborative partnerships among scientists and pathologists."

Peng Ji, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Research 

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Areas of Research

Members of the Department of Pathology are defining the cellular and molecular basis of disease toward the development of new and improved strategies to diagnose and treat, inherited, acquired and infectious disorders. Learn more about the work being done in our labs.

Research Areas

Affiliated Research Centers and Institutes

The faculty members of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Department of Pathology are engaged in research within the department and throughout Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern University. Our work throughout the community, including director appointments, illustrate the importance we put on scientific collaboration.

Research Cores

Core facilities provide cost-efficient access of state-of-the-art equipment, the most current technologies and expert technical advice to individual scientists.

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Research Resources

Recent Publications

Circulating cell-free DNA methylation biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma risk prediction in HIV-positive Nigerian population.

Zheng Y, Han J, Qu Y, Wang J, Joyce BT, Okeke E, Davwar PM, Duguru MJ, Nyam DP, Odeghe E, Oyeleke G, Lesi OA, Imade GE, Sulaimon AA, Hawkins C, Abdulkareem FB, Badmos K, Gursel DB, Wei JJ, Silas OA, Kocherginsky M, Kim KA, Sun Z, Achenbach CJ, Zhang X, Yang H, Sagay AS, Ogunsola FT, Murphy RL, Roberts LR, Hou L.

Int J Cancer. 2026 Mar 1;158(5):1281-1291. doi: 10.1002/ijc.70204. Epub 2025 Oct 23.

WHO classification of skin tumours: key updates in the fifth edition.

Goldman-Lévy G, Barnhill R, Bastian BC, Kempf W, Elder D, Gerami P, Grayson W, Kazakov D, Massi D, Messina J, de la Fouchardière A, Lazar AJ, Brenn T, Rous B, Field A, Gill A, Hodge JC, Khoury JD, Leite K, Sayed S, Tan PH, Elenitsas R, Calonje E, Duncan LM, Zhiyong L, Moch H, Singh R, Wijesinghe H, Cree I, Lokuhetty D.

Histopathology. 2026 Feb;88(3):555-568. doi: 10.1111/his.15562. Epub 2025 Nov 20.

Infections After Kidney Transplantation From Donors With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to Recipients With HIV.

Arant EC, Davy-Mendez T, Liang T, Rodrigues M, Gay CL, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Gilbert A, Stock P, Mehta SA, Mehta S, Stosor V, Pereira MR, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Malinis M, Haidar G, Small CB, Santos CAQ, Schaenman J, Baddley JW, Wojciechowski D, Blumberg EA, Ranganna K, Adebiyi O, Elias N, Castillo-Lugo JA, Giorgakis E, Apewokin S, Morsheimer M, van Delden C, Manuel O, Mueller NJ, Neofyotos D, Tobian AAR, Massie A, Segev DL, Werbel W, Durand CM.

Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 12:ciaf656. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf656. Online ahead of print.

Multicentricity of Type II First Branchial Cleft Anomalies.

Kozak KJ, Wadwhani N, Johnston D, Maddalozzo J.

Laryngoscope. 2026 Jan 11. doi: 10.1002/lary.70364. Online ahead of print.

Proton versus photon radiotherapy for patients with oropharyngeal cancer in the USA: a multicentre, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial.

Frank SJ, Busse PM, Lee JJ, Rosenthal DI, Hernandez M, Swanson DM, Garden AS, Gunn GB, Patel SH, Snider JW, Ma DJ, Molitoris JK, Lee NY, Parvathaneni U, McDonald MW, Kalman NS, Lin A, Mohammed N, Henson C, Hyde C, Bajaj GK, Katz SR, Dagan R, Morrison WH, Reddy JP, Fuller CD, Shah SJ, Phan J, Chronowski GM, Mayo L, Sturgis EM, Ferrarotto R, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Wang L, Hutcheson KA, El-Naggar AK, Moreno AC, Lee A, Spiotto MT, Gross ND, Lai SY, Liao JJ, Paly J, Liao Z, Foote RL; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Clinical Trial Consortium.

Lancet. 2026 Jan 10;407(10524):174-184. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01962-2. Epub 2025 Dec 11.

Corrigendum to "Aleukemic Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Without Neutrophilia and Thrombocytosis: A Report From the BCR::ABL1 Pathology Group" [Modern Pathology. 2024;37(2):100406].

Rivera D, Cui W, Gao J, Peker D, Zhang QY, Dewar R, Qiu L, Konoplev S, Hu Z, Sasaki K, Hu AY, Shuyu E, Liu M, Fang H, Wang W, Tang G, Apperley JF, Hochhaus A, Cortes JE, Khoury JD, Medeiros LJ, Jabbour E, Hu S.

Mod Pathol. 2026 Jan 9;39(2):100952. doi: 10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100952. Online ahead of print.

Sensitization in Organ Transplantation: Assessment of Risk (STAR) 2025 Meeting Group Report.

Schinstock CA, Gebel H, Gimferrer I, Habal M, Heidt S, Hickey MJ, Jackson AM, Kosmoliaptsis V, Mannon RB, Meneghini M, Mengel M, Morris A, Naesens M, Reed E, Senev A, Thaunat O, Valenzuela N, Wiebe C, Tambur AR; STAR working group members.

Am J Transplant. 2026 Jan 8:S1600-6135(25)03456-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.12.286. Online ahead of print.

Authors' Response to Silicosarcoidosis: Do We Really Need Hybrid Labels That May Undermine Occupational Disease Recognition?

Hua JT, Cool CD, Cohen RA, Rose CS.

Am J Ind Med. 2026 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/ajim.70054. Online ahead of print.

Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke.

Gao Z, Andrade da Silva LH, Li Z, Chen F, Smith C, Lipfert Z, Martynowicz R, Arias E, Muller WA, Sullivan DP, Stupp SI, Batra A.

Neurotherapeutics. 2026 Jan 8:e00820. doi: 10.1016/j.neurot.2025.e00820. Online ahead of print.

DNA methylation analysis of NOTCH1 variants reveals the first episignature for non-syndromic congenital heart defects.

Dombrowsky G, van der Laan L, Silva A, Breckpot J, Audain E, Wilsdon A, Levy MA, Vos N, Mannens M, Wang J, Jain A, Lesurf R, Winlaw D, Bezzina CR, Thomas MA, Caliebe A, Klaassen S, Berger F, Dittrich S, Stiller B, Abdul-Khaliq H, Dähnert I, Bu'Lock F, Loughna S, Brook JD, Mital S, Russell RB, Pickardt T, Bauer U, Kramer HH, Uebing A, Henneman P, Sadikovic B, Postma A, Hitz MP.

Genome Med. 2026 Jan 7;18(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s13073-025-01587-6.

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