For 2024, the Foundation is proud to acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding group of award recipients for their work in advancing pathology and promoting our shared values.

Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award

Established in honor of Gene N. Herbek, MD, FCAP

The Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award, introduced in 2011, is named in honor of Gene N. Herbek, MD, FCAP, a past president of the CAP who brought the first See, Test & Treat program to Native American women in South Dakota, as well as for his wife, Jean, who continues his commitment. The award honors a pathologist leader who has made innovative and unique contributions to advance the See, Test & Treat program.

Ana Yuil-Valdes, MD, FCAP

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, NE

Leadership Development Award

Among the CAP Foundation’s most enduring programs, the Leadership Development Award introduces young pathologists to the specialty’s issues and leadership opportunities. The award enhances each recipient’s education and experience as they become immersed in the issues that confront the specialty. This immersion illustrates the necessity of maintaining a patient-centered practice.

Asma Arshia, MD, MBBS

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Bruno Basil, MBBS, IFCAP

David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences

Nigeria

Jing Di, MD

University of Kentucky Healthcare

Lexington, KY

Mostafa Elhodaky, MD, PhD

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Lucy Jager, MD, FCAP

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

Alyssa Lee, MD, MS

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Emily Hatheway Marshall, MD

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Fitra Rianto, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Divya Salibindla, MBBS

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Homayemem Weli, MD, MSc, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Alexandria Wellman, MD

University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Su Yeon Yeon, MD

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Jenny Zhang, MD

Banner University Medical Center Tucson / University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson

Tuscon, AZ

Informatics Award

The field of pathology has experienced dramatic growth in the areas of informatics, clinical applications, standardized reporting and laboratory test utilization, electronic health records, workflow, and patient safety. Experts attribute the growth to external financial and health care pressures.

Award recipients will receive exposure to real-world practical applications in the ever-evolving field of informatics via the annual meeting. They will have direct access to industry leaders and a choice of several courses presented by experts in the informatics field.

Katherine H. D. Crawford, MD, PhD

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Adam Krouse, MD

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, IL

Yuqing “Mike” Xiong, MD

Mass General Brigham

Somerville, MA

Medical Student Travel Award

The Medical Student Travel Award is intended to encourage and support medical students showing a strong interest in the specialty of pathology as a career choice. This award provides a stipend toward travel expenses to attend the CAP Annual Meeting, where awardees will gain valuable insight and critical knowledge from experts regarding the field of pathology and career pathways.

Emily Hartsell

The University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine

Mobile, AL

Vicki Mercado

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Raquel Perry

Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Anaisa Quintanilla-Arteaga

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, IL

Rebecca Reese

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Fairborn, OH

Keitges Grant for Medical Ethics

This grant provides funding to support programs addressing medical ethics and/or health disparity issues as it relates to the practice of pathology and pathologists (eg, the leadership role of pathologists in medical ethics, patient care, and patient advocacy).

Alex Tannenbaum, MD

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Madison, WI

Kamran Mirza, MD, FCAP

Michigan Medicine/University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Translational Diagnostics Advanced Training Grant

Sponsored by Roche/Ventana

This grant offers CAP Junior Members hands-on exposure to ways in which novel histopathology-based diagnostic assays are developed. Under the direction of Ventana’s chief medical officer, Shalini Singh, MD, FCAP, recipients tailor their experience to explore R&D innovation, scientific and clinical affairs, digital pathology and whole slide imaging, platform and instrumentation development, and/or tissue sample management.

Douglas Preston, MD, PhD

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Tengfei Wang, MD

Baylor Scott and White Health

Temple, TX

Global Pathology Education Award

This award was created to improve global health by increasing the exchange of information on the science of pathology. It provides international pathologists practicing in medically under-resourced areas with complimentary registration to attend the CAP24 annual meeting. Awardees gain access to outstanding continuing education in all pathology specialties taught by world-class experts.

Kirubel Girma Abrham, MD

St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College

Ethiopia

Naseem Ahmed, MBBS, MPhil

Dow Medical College

Pakistan

Adugnaw Atalay, MD

Woldia University

Ethiopia

Hay Wonn Aye, MBBS, MMedSc

Mandalay General Hospital

Myanmar

Zin Mon Aye, MBBS, MMedSc

University of Medicine, Mandalay

Myanmar

Hijab Batool, MBBS

Chughtai Lab Lahore

Pakistan

Habib Sadat Chaudhury, MD, MBBS

Thyrocare Bangladesh Ltd & International Medical College

Bangladesh

Babatunde Duduyemi, MBChB

University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex

Sierra Leone

Tanima Dwivedi, MD

National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

India

Onyinye Eze, MBBS

Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital

Nigeria

Laila Magid Salah Eldin Farid , MD, MBBS, PhD

Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

Egypt

Samuel Gakinya, MD

Aga Khan University

Kenya

Fekadu Wudie Gelaw, MD

Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia

Ahmed Maseh Haidary, MBBS & Dr.Patho (Haemato)

French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children

Afghanistan

Sadaf Haiyat, MD

Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital

India

Diksha Karki, MD

Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital

Nepal

Doan Minh Khuy, MD

Bach Mai Hospital

Vietnam

Tho Ngoc-Quynh Le, MD

University Medical Center

Vietnam

Huynh Thi Lien, MD

Danang Hospital

Vietnam

Leah Furahini Mnango, MD

Muhimbili National Hospital

Tanzania

Alphonsine Mukandekezi, MBBS

Rwanda Military Hospital

Rwanda

Sumayya Najam, MBBS

Test Zone Diagnostic Centre

Pakistan

Mirza Paola Ramirez Reyes, MD

Hospital Roosevelt

Guatemala

Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, MBBS

Aga Khan University Hospital

Pakistan

Wubshet Assefa Tesema, MD

Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia

Alemayehu Tessega, MD

Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia

Tran Trung Toan, MD

K National Cancer Hospital

Vietnam

Kasiemobi Eberechukwu Uchime, MD, MBBS

Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti Multisystem Hospital

Nigeria

Hsu Myat Wai, MBBS, MMedSc

N Health Myanmar

Myanmar

Garba Dahiru Waziri, MBBS

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

Nigeria

Phyu Cin Win, MBBS, MMedSc

University of Medicine, Mandalay

Myanmar

Nooshin Zaresharifi, MD

Poursina Hospital

Iran

Global Pathology Development Grant

The Foundation’s Global Pathology Development Grant was created to improve global health and the science and expansion of pathology and pathology services. It offers funding to support impactful, sustainable, and accretive global (international) projects that develop, expand, and sustain the delivery of pathology services through education/training, patient care, laboratory quality, or enhanced technology and laboratory diagnostics.

Bruno Basil, MBBS, FMCPath, IFCAP

David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences/International Institute for Pathology and Forensic Science Research, Uburu

Nigeria

Tazeen Fatima, MBBS, FCPS

National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Karachi

Pakistan

Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH

AIC Kijabe Hospital

Kenya

Nixon Niyonzima, MBChB, MSc., PhD, MBA

Uganda Cancer Institute

Uganda

Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant

With support from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the NAME Foundation, this grant offers CAP Junior Members an introduction to forensic pathology via a four-week away rotation at a medical examiner (ME)/coroner office.

Omid Golestanian, MD

West Virginia University Morgantown, West

Virginia

Adrienne Workman, MD

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

Clinical Laboratory Science Investigator Award

The Clinical Laboratory Science Investigator Award—sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company—seeks to provide a four-week onsite training opportunity at Lilly’s Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory in Indianapolis for pathology residents to participate in research projects focused on improving the discovery, quality, and delivery of novel biomarker assays for use in clinical studies.

Genevieve Parecki, MD

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Sparking Interest in Pathology Award

With support from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the NAME Foundation, this grant offers CAP Junior Members an introduction to forensic pathology via a four-week away rotation at a medical examiner (ME)/coroner office.

Sarah Galloway

California University of Science and Medicine – SOM

Colton, CA

Emily Hartsell

The University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Mobile, AL

Justin Liu

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Darby Naheedy

Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Downers Grove, IL