The Department of Pathology is committed to upholding the tradition of research excellence at VCU. The driving force behind everything we do is simply to provide patients with the best medical care possible.

We are also dedicated to facilitating the research of faculty at VCU or other institutions and the community who require use of our state-of-the-art equipment.

 

Pathology Research Laboratories:

Our renovated state-of the-art research and administration space (23,000 nsf) currently has 7 principal investigators involved in basic/translational research.

Bos Lab - Tumor promoting mechanisms by regulatory T (Treg) cells
Clevenger Lab - Role of the prolactin receptor signaling in breast cancer pathogenesis
Harrell Lab - Identification of proteogenomic mediators of metastasis and drug resistance; synergistic therapeutic strategies for breast cancer
Jackson-Cook Lab - Genetic/Epigenetic factors contributing to chromosomal instability 
Koblinski Lab -  Role of syndecans in breast cancer metastasis to the brain
Oh Lab - IGFBP-3/IGFBP-3R axis in human cancer and the pathophysiology of the IGFBP-related proteins
Radhakrishnan Lab - Understanding and targeting protein degradation pathways in cancer

Learn more about our research laboratories