2024 Award Winners

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.

2024 Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award Recipient

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.

2024 Leadership Development Award Recipients

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.

2024 Informatics Award Recipients

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.

2024 Medical Student Travel Award Recipients

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).

2024 Keitges Grant Recipient

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.

2024 Translational Diagnostics Grant Recipients

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.

2024 Global Pathology Education Award Recipients

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
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
Viet Nam

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.

2024 Global Pathology Development Grant Recipients

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.

2024 Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant Recipients

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.

2024 Clinical Laboratory Science Investigator Award Recipient

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.

2024 Sparking Interest in Pathology Award Recipients

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

More information about the CAP Foundation’s grants and awards, as well as the application process, is available here.