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2024 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Juniper Fedor with The Postmortem Coronary Artery Angiography: A Case Study and Utilization of a Unique and Accessible Technique in Autopsy Heart Examination
- Amanda Folmer, with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Case Study and Review of Whole-Mount Histopathology
- Cassandra Schmutz with An Instance of Mandibular Osteosarcoma in the Eighth Decade
2023 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Erica Price with Fibromuscular Dysplasia Leading to Microscopic Coronary Artery Dissection, Atrial Hemorrhage, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest
- Morgan Smith with Pelvic Chondrosarcoma: Understanding These Rare Tumors and How To Handle Them
- Krystal Walker with Complications from a Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection of the Genitourinary Tract
2022 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Keith R. Miller with Vanishing Twin Syndrome: A Rare Case of Fetal Papyraceous with Nuchal Cord
- Tyler Kuster with The Progression of Malignant Pseudomyogenic Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Study
2021 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Lynette Desjarlais with Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma: A Case Study
- Kaitlin Fish with Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Invasion into the Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: an Autopsy Case Review
- Jonathan Chen with Incidental Pulmonary Osseous Metaplasia in the Setting of Metastatic Bladder Carcinoma
2020 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Karah Jones with Large Retroperitoneal Leiomyoma in an Adult Male: A Case Report
- Drew Sciacca with Examination and Identification of a Cloacal Malformation in an Autopsy
- Robert Gounaris with Intracardiac Burkitt Lymphoma
- Kimberly Green with An Unexpected Fortune-Teller: The Predictive Power of the Omentum
2019 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Andrea Granger with Mesothelioma Masquerading as a Small Bowel Perforation
- Amanda Stewart with Girl with Guts: Distinguishing Between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
- Kathleen Czmut with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report
2018 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- N. Dominic Alessio with Malignant Transformation of Childhood Burn Wound with Metastasis: A Case Report
- Sarah Garner with Limb Body Wall Complex in a 17 Week Fetus: The Importance of a Gross Exam
- Andrea Granger with It’s Toe-tally an Enchondroma
- Cory Nash with Esthesioneuroblastoma Disguised as Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
2017 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Christopher Baldoni with Forgotten But Not Always Gone; the Notochord and Its Tumors
- Kimberly Green with A General Overview of Tissue Submission Guidelines for Zika Virus Testing
- Bing Miller with New insight into endometrioid borderline ovarian tumor– a rare case report and literature review
- Karen Riviello with Safety… Who Cares Anyway?
2016 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Kailyn Gibson with Plasmacytoid Variant Urothelial Carcinoma: Diagnostic and Grossing Challenges
- Tisa Lawless with An Examination of Meningioma
- Drew Sciacca with Tissue Procurement During Autopsies to Aid in Advancement of Molecular Testing and Personalized Medicine
- Kenneth “Steve” Taylor with Whole-Specimen Freezing Technique Applied to Rare Maxillary Ghost Cell Odontogenic Carcinoma: An Illustrative Case with Literature Review
2015 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Bonnie Breeze with Testicular Mesothelioma
- Kimberly Green with Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis
- Meghan Pickard with Of Primary Concern: A Case of Metastatic Mucinous Cancer with Multiple Primary Suspects
- Kenneth “Steve” Taylor with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma with Rare Ovarian Metastasis in an Adolescent Female: A Case Report with Literature Review
2014 Fellow Conference Travel Grant Winners:
- Tara Meade with A Strangled Heart
- Kenneth “Steve” Taylor with Calcifying Nested Stromal-Epithelial Tumor of the Liver: A Case Report and Review of Literature
2025 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Cadey Cousins, Duke University, with Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma of the Breast: An Uncommon Presentation of a Malignant, Rare Tumor and the Importance of Pathologists’ Assistants in the Diagnostic Process
2024 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Jonna Austin, Duke University, with Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Maxillary Sinus: A Rare and Difficult Diagnosis
2023 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Salem Sullivan, Duke University, with Triple Negative Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma of the Breast: The Importance of Margins in Prognosis
2022 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Kendra Conner, Tulane University School of Medicine, with Primary Gastric Adenosquamous Carcinoma in a Hispanic Female: A Case Report
2021 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Ann Marie Scazzero, Duke University, with Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated by a Total Laryngopharyngectomy: An Unusual Case of an Unusual Tumor
2019 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Tanja Sisarica, Rosalind Franklin University, with Submitting Prophylactic Total Gastrectomy via Whole Mount Roll in Patient with CDH1 Gene Mutation: Grossing Technique Write-up
2018 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Samantha Etters, Wayne State University, with Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Colon Presenting After Fifteen Years
2017 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner
- Robert Bauer, Duke University, with A Large Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma of the Spermatic Cord
2016 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner:
- Kelsie Thill, Quinnipiac University, with Pathological Processing of Wilms Tumor: A Primer
2014 Student Non-Delegate Conference Travel Grant Winner:
- Cassandra Murray, Quinnipiac University, with Choriocarcinoma with Metastasis to the Lungs
2026 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Riley Fidler, University of Calgary, with The Evolving Role of the Pathologists’ Assistant in Modern Healthcare
2025 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Mia Millward, University of Calgary, with Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Anatomic Pathology Workflow
2024 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Christina Cho, Duke University, with Pott’s Puffy Tumor: Fun to Say, Not to Have
2023 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Ashley D’Amour, Rosalind Franklin University, with Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Radiologists’ Tumor
2022 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Kristen Crewe, University of Calgary, with Artificial Intelligence in Pathology: A Review of the Impact of New Medical Technologies on Pathology and Pathologists’ Assistants
2021 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Nadia Mohammad Sharif, University of Calgary, with A Review of COVID-19 Pandemic-Driven Precautionary Adaptations in Biosafety Risk Management for Integration into the Pathologists’ Assistant Profession
2020 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Leanne Fischler, Eastern Virginia Medical School, with The Future of Tumor-Derived Circulating Cell-Free DNA Analysis and its Impact on Pathologists and Pathologists’ Assistants
2019 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Ellen Panetto, Indiana University, with A Review of Machine Learning Methods and Advancements in Pathology
2018 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Lora “Taylor” Horlock, University of Calgary, with Implementation of Digital Technologies in Pathology
2017 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Katherine Owen, University of Maryland, with Paratesticular Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Juvenile Patient: A Case Study
2016 Student General Education Scholarship Winner:
- Shelby Currier, University of Maryland, with Giant Lipoleiomyoma of the Posterior Uterus
2015 Leica Scholarship Winner:
- Michael Gerling, University of Calgary, with Pancreatic Involvement in Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
2023 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Michaela Lewia, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, with Intrauterine Fetal Demise Secondary to Placental Insufficiency Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection: An Autopsy Case Report
2022 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Akeida Elliot-Benjamin, University of Western Ontario, with Bilateral Vertebral Artery Transection Associated with Cervical Spine Fracture: A Case Study
2021 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Alexandria Paolo, University of Toledo, with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Penis: A Case Study
2020 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Jessie O’Donnell, University of Maryland, with A Unique Case of Synchronous Rhabdoid Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma, and Invasive Colon Adenocarcinoma
2019 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Sicheng (Delia) Lee, University of Calgary, with Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Left Maxilla with Extension to the Inferior Pterygoid Plates
2018 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Nicole Dispensa, Rosalind Franklin University, with Conventional Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity with Mandibular Invasion
2017 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Lori Stewart, University of Maryland, with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma with a Solitary Synchronous Metastasis to the Contralateral Adrenal Gland
2016 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Riki Turri, West Virginia University, with Extramedullary Plasma Cell Myeloma Involving the Ileum
2015 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Sydney Cooley, Rosalind Franklin University, with Osteosarcoma of the Distal Femur
2014 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Emily Ragaglia, Quinnipiac University, with Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma: An Autopsy Case Report with Metastatic Spread to Heart, Lungs, Spleen and Teste s
2013 Student Delegate Top Manuscript Winner:
- Joseph Pociopa, Wayne State University, with A Rare Complication: Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome