# Pathology Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2022 · $74,880

## Abstract

ABSTRACT: PATHOLOGY CORE
Tissue diagnosis is essential for cancer care and research, and addressing HIV-related malignancies in Malawi
and South Africa will be critically dependent on ensuring reliable access to robust pathology services.
Achieving this requires strategic and multidisciplinary coordination of human and material resources for
diagnostic pathology over time, as well as across geographic sites and scientific projects. This is a difficult
undertaking even in high-income countries, and logistical challenges are significantly amplified in low- and
middle-income countries. Initiatives to improve cancer care and research in SSA require accurate, cost-
effective, and data-driven approaches to tissue acquisition and diagnosis, and strong regional pathology
networks are an essential foundation to ultimately improve patient outcomes and conduct impactful research.
Recognizing this, the UNC-Malawi-South Africa Cancer Consortium (UMSACC) will establish a shared-
resource Pathology Core. The core will comprise of investigators from UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Project-Malawi
and Kamuzu Central Hospital in Malawi, the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Stellenbosch
University, South Africa. The Pathology core will provide advanced and comprehensive diagnostic support to
the multi-institutional research projects in this proposal through development of a central pathology review
process, establish working groups within specific disease areas to actively identify regional best practices, and
train the next generation of pathologists.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10434860
- **Project number:** 5U54CA254564-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** Yuri Fedoriw
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $74,880
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-08-13 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10434860

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10434860, Pathology Core (5U54CA254564-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10434860. Licensed CC0.

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