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Mariusz Wasik was appointed chair of the Department of Pathology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Jeanes Hospital.

He will also serve as associate director of the Cancer Center.

Wasik joins Fox Chase from the University of Pennsylvania, where he served in various positions in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, including director of experimental hematology, director of the Hematopathology Fellowship Training Program, and director of hematopathology. Most recently, he was the principal investigator and scientific leader of the Translational Center of Excellence for Lymphoma at Abramson Cancer Center.

Wasik’s research focuses primarily on aberrant cell signaling, the underlying genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in lymphomas, the development of new diagnostic and monitoring tools, and the identification of novel treatment approaches based on the unique biology of malignant cells. He will continue scholarly activities of this kind at Fox Chase.

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