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Robinna Lorenz, MD, Pathology, South San Francisco, CA

RobinnaGailLorenzMDPhD

Pathology • South San Francisco, CA

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Pathology

Executive Director, Research Pathology,Genentech, Inc.

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Summary

  • Dr. Lorenz received her BS from Stanford University and then attended Washington University in St Louis as a MSTP fellow, where in 1990 she received her MD and her PhD in immunology. She was a resident in laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and then transitioned to assistant professor in the Departments of Pathology and Medicine at Washington University. In addition to directing the basic science research lab focused on chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, she was co-director of the Joint Clinical Immunology Laboratory of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St Louis Children’s Hospital and associate director of the Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program.
        Dr. Lorenz joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) faculty in 2002 in the Department of Pathology. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation have funded her laboratory research investigating the mucosal immune system. She has served as the chair of MD/PhD Section of the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduate Research, Education, and Training Group, as well as the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Training, Workforce, Development and Diversity Study Section. At UAB, her administrative duties included being program director of the Summer in Biomedical Science Undergraduate Research Program and the Short-Term Medical Student Research Training Program. She was also director of the NIH-funded Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education Program, the UAB Medical Scientist (MD/PhD) Training Program, and the UAB Physician Scientist Development Office.
        At Genentech, her department provides high quality pathology support to laboratory and clinical scientists engaged in biomarker strategy/development/deployment across the drug development pipeline. In addition, she is involved in career development for her scientists and physician-scientist

    • Genentech: Robinna Lorenz | Executive Director Research Management, Research Pat

    Pathology - the science behind the medicine.

Education & Training

  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
    Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1990 - 1994
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 1994 - 2024
  • AL State Medical License
    AL State Medical License 2002 - 2022
  • American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Grant Support

  • Preparation for Graduate and Medical EducationNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)2014–Present
  • Medical Scientist Training ProgramNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2006–2011
  • Short Term Training In Health Professional SchoolsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010
  • Epithelial And Innate Sensors Of The Microbiota In IBDNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2009
  • T Cell Initiated Gastric PathologyNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2003–2007
  • Autoimmune Gastritis Initiated By Helicobacter InfectionNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999–2002
  • Transgenic Models Of Autoimmune GastritisNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1999–2001

Professional Memberships

External Links

  • LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-lorenz-53735a11

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