2026 Association of Directors of Anatomic and Subspecialty Pathology

AUTOPSY AWARD

Title: Cardiac SARS-CoV-2 Viral Persistence in Decedents with Long COVID Manifesting Cardiac Symptoms: A Multi-Institutional Study from the RECOVER Program Autopsy Cohort

Authors: Faye Victoria C. Casimero, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Aram J. Krauson, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pritha Sen, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
David S. Milstone, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Maria Martinez-Lage, Mass General Brigham
Robert Padera, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Vanessa Hannay, Massachusetts General Hospital
Zakir Siddiquee, Massachusetts General Hospital
Iris A. Lopez, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mayara Bearse, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Andrea B. Troxel, New York University Langone Health
Carolyn Glass, Duke University Medical Center
Thomas J. Flotte, Mayo Clinic
Michelle F. Lamendola-Essel, New York University Langone Health
Chloe E. Young, New York University Langone Health
Phoebe Del Boccio, New York University Langone Health
Paul Vincentin Benson, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jonathan Melamed, New York University Long Island
Avi Z. Rosenberg, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Silvio H. Litovsky, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard A. Moffitt, Emory University School of Medicine
Dezhi Wang, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vivian S. Gainer, Mass General Brigham
Ayat Abdelsalam, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Elizabeth A. Handel, Duke University
Ben White
Ameera Afifi, Duke University
James R. Stone, Massachusetts General Hospital

SUBSPECIALTY PATHOLOGY AWARD

Title: Immunohistochemistry in Viral Infections Revisited: Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining is Sufficient for Diagnosis and Predicts Survival

Authors: Mariko S Peterson, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Miranda E. Machacek, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Alvaro C. Laga, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Angela R. Shih, Massachusetts General Hospital
Isaac H. Solomon, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Honorable Mention

Title: Molecular Profiling of Low-Grade Serous Neoplasia Predicts Outcome
Authors: Valentina Zanfagnin, Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School
Ju-Yoon Yoon, Shared Health Manitoba/University of Manitoba
David L. Kolin, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Alexander J. Neil, Brigham and Women’s Hospital