This collection includes previously published content from Heersink School of Medicine News. For current news, visit uab.edu/medicine/news.
Submissions from 2016
9-12-2016 Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans, Jeff Hansen
9-7-2016 Serving underrepresented graduate students: UAB's NEURAL Conference, Jeff Hansen
9-7-2016 SPARC: UAB Medicine investing in your quality improvement ideas, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
9-7-2016 UAB Surgery to host inaugural Frank G. Moody Lectureship, Megan McSwain Yeatts
8-31-2016 Translational science: From molecules to medicines to mainstream, Robert P. Kimberly MD
8-30-2016 Cancer Community Network grows, transforms cancer care in region, Beena Thannickal
8-30-2016 Carter to chair steering committee for AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses, Kendra Carter
8-30-2016 UAB biomarker outperforms current gold standard to detect brain shunt infections, Jeff Hansen
8-30-2016 UAB research shows socioeconomic factors affect younger multiple myeloma patients' survival, Beena Thannickal
8-29-2016 Nominations for Distinguished Faculty Lecturer due Sept. 1, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-29-2016 Underrepresented students investigate a life in biomedicine with UAB researchers, Jeff Hansen
8-26-2016 A summer of research at UAB, in eight short weeks, Jeff Hansen
8-24-2016 Setting the stage for successful faculty performance evaluations, David Rogers MD MHPE
8-24-2016 Yester wins the 2016 AAPM Edith H. Quimby Award, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-23-2016 Discovery of mechanism that alters neural excitability offers window into neuropsychiatric disease, Jeff Hansen
8-23-2016 Willig named new assistant dean for Clinical Education, Kendra Carter
8-22-2016 Photo Gallery: EAB Heart + Sole 5K/Fun Run 2016, Kendra Carter
8-22-2016 UAB senior and National Merit Scholar reflects on her time at UAB, Jeff Hansen
8-22-2016 Unique program at the UAB Cancer Center makes significant impact in the Latino community, Beena Thannickal
8-17-2016 New medical students welcomed at annual White Coat Ceremony, Kendra Carter
8-17-2016 Preparing for a new year in undergraduate medical education, Craig Hoesley MD
8-17-2016 Welcoming the next generation of physicians, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
8-16-2016 Class of 2020 mission statement, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-15-2016 Dedicated clinician-educator tapped to lead UAB School of Medicine Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, Kendra Carter
8-15-2016 Kamal awarded second Sara Crews Finley, M.D. Endowed Leadership Scholarship, UAB Medicine Magazine
8-10-2016 Facility Alert System developed by UAB faculty gains interest at AAMC meeting, Caitlin Miley
8-9-2016 Discovery of infants' airway microbiomes may help predict lung disease, Jeff Hansen
8-9-2016 National Academy of Medicine president presenting at annual cardiovascular tissue engineering seminar, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-9-2016 Oparil wins 2016 Excellence Award in Hypertension Research award, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-9-2016 Pollock receives Harriet Dustan Award from the American Heart Association, Caitlin Miley
8-3-2016 American Cancer Society honors Fouad with the St. George National Award, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
8-3-2016 On burnout and well-being: Nassetta addresses UAB AMWA chapter, Laura Coulter
8-1-2016 UAB Cancer Center and state groups encourage HPV vaccinations for children, Beena Thannickal
8-1-2016 UAB researchers discover why brain neurons in Parkinson's disease stop benefiting from levodopa, Jeff Hansen
7-27-2016 New medical students begin orientation this week at UAB, Caitlin Miley
7-27-2016 Rothman to deliver 2016 keynote for Leadership in Academic Medicine Lecture series, Kendra Carter
7-26-2016 Precision medicine clinical trial available for cancer patients at UAB, Beena Thannickal
7-26-2016 School of Medicine to welcome Class of 2020 with annual White Coat Ceremony, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-20-2016 Discovery may lead to a treatment to slow Parkinson's disease, Jeff Hansen
7-19-2016 MS1 Orientation: Sorting Ceremony, Social Calendar and Success Strategies, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-19-2016 Sign up for Equal Access Birmingham's Heart + Sole 5K and Kids' Fun Run, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-19-2016 Successful students, better Birmingham, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-19-2016 Three faculty, five questions, endless advice, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-18-2016 Checkpoint in B cell development discovered with possible implications on vaccine potency, Jeff Hansen
7-14-2016 Pioneer of high-technology cancer surgery will lecture at UAB on July 19, Jeff Hansen
7-13-2016 Interim team named to lead Admissions office; national search underway for new associate dean, Kendra Carter
7-13-2016 Meeks to speak on disability access in health science, medical education, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-13-2016 Projects funded through AMC21 Multi-Investigator Grants, Kendra Carter
7-12-2016 Detour Interest Group provides academic and emotional support to struggling students, Caitlin Miley
7-11-2016 Harada named as service-learning fellow, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
7-7-2016 Extra-coding RNAs regulate DNA methylation in the adult brain, Jeff Hansen
7-7-2016 Faculty awarded grants through Dean's Research Award Program, Caitlin Miley
7-5-2016 Parkinson's disease biomarker found in patient urine samples, Jeff Hansen
6-30-2016 Huntsville Rural Pre-medical Internship program gives meaningful shadowing experience, Caitlin Miley
6-29-2016 Eleven faculty awarded incentive grants to submit a second R01, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-29-2016 Fouad chosen as 2016 President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Community Leadership Award recipient, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-28-2016 Eley to give 9th annual Coleman lecture in Huntsville, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-23-2016 Medical students elected as student officers in the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-23-2016 New residents begin training this week at UAB, Caitlin Miley
6-21-2016 11 things we wish we had known before starting med school, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-21-2016 The beginner's guide to the SOM Branch Campuses, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-17-2016 Photo Gallery: 2016 Dean's Excellence Award reception, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-16-2016 Photo Gallery: New sleek look for elevators in FOT ground, second floors, Kendra Carter
6-15-2016 Educational forum for myelodysplastic syndromes patients and families set for June 25, Beena Thannickal
6-9-2016 $3 million grant will help UAB custom-engineer living tissue to fix a heart, Jeff Hansen
6-9-2016 Canon elected vice president of American College of Radiology, Caitlin Miley
6-9-2016 Changes announced for Blazer Express routes and schedules, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-9-2016 Choosing resilience in academic medicine, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
6-9-2016 UAB's Yabing Chen named a VA Research Career Scientist, Jeff Hansen
6-8-2016 Resuehr, Tolwani recognized for excellence in teaching, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-2-2016 UAB Cancer Center scientists present pioneering research at ASCO national meeting, Beena Thannickal
6-1-2016 Brown and Limdi selected for the prestigious Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program, Laura Coulter
5-31-2016 Fixing cystic fibrosis: In vitro studies show therapeutically robust correction of the most common CF gene mutation, Jeff Hansen
5-31-2016 Preparing for summer after our first year, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-31-2016 Student spotlight: Christian Smith, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-31-2016 Teaching metabolomics: a UAB outreach to researchers in sub-Saharan Africa, Jeff Hansen
5-26-2016 Eleven faculty members named winners of the 2016 Dean's Excellence Awards, Kendra Carter
5-26-2016 Faculty, residents, students invited to participate in study on disability barriers in medical education, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-26-2016 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center awarded $29 million NCI core grant, Beena Thannickal
5-19-2016 Diversity Engagement Retreat helps leaders evaluate diversity, make plans to move forward, Laura Coulter
5-19-2016 Fourth-year medical students celebrate commencement with family, friends, Kendra Carter
5-19-2016 National search lands top scientist to chair UAB's Department of Pathology, Kendra Carter
5-17-2016 Rheumatoid arthritis: seeking an answer, cell by cell, Jeff Hansen
5-12-2016 First medical student class set to graduate from UAB School of Medicine's Montgomery Regional Medical campus, Liann Cates
5-12-2016 IT leaders working across UAB Medicine, UAB and Children's of Alabama to make technology more impactful, accessible, Kendra Carter
5-12-2016 Medical students to pitch ideas addressing social determinants of health at Service Learning Celebration, Kendra Carter
5-12-2016 UAB APSA partnership with Birmingham YMCA ignites curiosity about science using experiments, hands-on activities, Liann Cates
5-11-2016 A focus on homelessness as VA and UAB researchers mark National VA Research Week, Jeff Hansen
5-5-2016 Applications open for 2016 General Endowment Fund awards, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-5-2016 Faculty ombudsperson candidate sessions planned for May 10-13, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-5-2016 Graduate Research Student Research Symposium set for May 13, Liann Cates
5-5-2016 Key changes made to International Visiting Medical Students Program, Kendra Carter
5-4-2016 Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology established in the Department of Anesthesiology, Julie Cole Miller
5-3-2016 Parkinson's disease pathogenesis is reduced in a rat model using a cell-signaling inhibitor drug, Jeff Hansen
4-28-2016 Baskin to serve as Department of Medicine's first vice chair for culture and diversity, Carolyn Walsh
4-28-2016 Photo Gallery: MS-1 Field Day, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-28-2016 Service, mentorship and friendship: Learning Communities 101, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-28-2016 Stigler's teaching designed to inspire lifelong learners, Carolyn Walsh
4-28-2016 There's still time: Donate to the UAB Benevolent Fund, Kendra Carter
4-28-2016 UAB Cancer Center creates coalition to increase HPV vaccination rates, Beena Thannickal
