Lulu Sun, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, was recently named a 40 Under Forty honoree by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). ASCP’s program “recognizes members under the age of 40 for their achievements and leadership qualities that are making an impact on pathology and laboratory medicine,” the organization said on its website. Dr. Sun is one of 40 individuals chosen from an international pool of applicants and nominees.
Dr. Sun, a member of the department’s Anatomic and Molecular Pathology Division, is primarily interested in gynecologic, breast, and molecular pathology. Her research interests focus on the genetic pathways that lead to gynecologic malignancy and applying sequencing technologies to personalized cancer profiling and treatment.