Cornelia Ding, MD, PhD

C.K. Cornelia Ding, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Pathology
Division
Surgical Pathology
Specialty Areas
Genitourinary Pathology

UCSF
Pathology, Box 4066
1825 4th Street, Room M2369
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

Hospital Affiliations
UCSF Mission Bay
Other UCSF Organizational Association(s)

Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research and Clinical Interests

I am a surgical pathologist specialized in neoplastic disease in genitourinary (GU) tract including prostate, urinary bladder, kidney, testis. My research is focusing on advancing diagnoses and management in GU cancer and understanding the mechanisms of these diseases, by integrating my pathology practice with approaches in functional genomics, spatial transcriptomics, and artificial intelligence application in digital pathology.

Selected Publications
  • Ding CC*, Rose J*, Sun T, et al. MESH1 is a Cytosolic NADPH Phosphatase that Regulates Ferroptosis. Nature Metabolism. 2020 Mar; 2(3) 270-277. PMID: 32462112 *These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Baraban E, Ding CC, White M, et al. Prostate Cancer in Male-to-Female Transgender Individuals: Histopathologic Findings and Association With Gender-affirming Hormonal Therapy. Am J Surg Pathol. 2022 Dec 1;46(12):1650-1658 PMID: 36006769. 
  • Ding CC, Chan S, Mak J, et al. An exploration in pitfalls in interpreting SDHB immunohistochemistry. Histopathology. 2022 Aug; 81(2):264-269. PMID: 35546442
Awards

2022 - 2023: Jonathan I. Epstein Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

2022: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Research Award, ICC-ASC joint scientific annual meeting 

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