This collection includes previously published content from Heersink School of Medicine News. For current news, visit uab.edu/medicine/news.
Submissions from 2020
6-23-2020 Celebrating Pride Month and employment equality, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
6-19-2020 Juneteenth: a celebration of freedom for all Americans, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
6-18-2020 MAA Student Assistance Fund gifts practice exams to students, Jane Longshore
6-17-2020 Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx Faculty Associations announced, Jessica Snyder
6-17-2020 Well-Being Index provides departmental unity; increases recruitment and retention, Mary Ashley Canevaro
6-9-2020 Glomerular Immunodeposits of Patients with IgA Nephropathy Are Enriched for IgG Autoantibodies Specific for Galactose-Deficient IgA1, Mary Ashley Canevaro
6-8-2020 Student Insights - Things I wish I'd known before starting medical school, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-3-2020 Kennedy is first UAB SOM student to receive Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-2-2020 Well-Being Index offers paramount change for UAB Medicine senior director of Pastoral Care, Mary Ashley Canevaro
6-1-2020 A Special Dean's Message: Confronting racism--the country's systemic, pre-existing condition, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
5-26-2020 Alexander named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Research, Heather Watts
5-26-2020 Ambalavanan named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award winner in Research, Heather Watts
5-26-2020 Bhatia named Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Mentorship, Heather Watts
5-26-2020 Chatham named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Service, Aubrey Joyner
5-26-2020 Contratto named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Teaching, Aubrey Joyner
5-26-2020 Eltoum named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Service, Christina Crowe
5-26-2020 Flood named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Service, Aubrey Joyner
5-26-2020 Krick named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Mentorship, Aubrey Joyner
5-26-2020 Lindeman named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Service, Emma Harchanko
5-26-2020 Litovsky named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Teaching, Christina Crowe
5-26-2020 Lubin named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Diversity, Mary Ashley Canevaro
5-26-2020 Rutledge named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award winner in Service, Heather Watts
5-26-2020 Sixteen faculty members named winners of 2020 Dean's Excellence Awards, Brit Blalock
5-26-2020 Steinhilber named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Teaching, Aubrey Joyner
5-26-2020 Tofil named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Education, Heather Watts
5-26-2020 Williams named 2020 Dean's Excellence Winner in Diversity, Aubrey Joyner
5-22-2020 Lund named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award winner in Research, Brit Blalock
5-20-2020 Edwards named interim chair of Department of Emergency Medicine, Mary Ashley Canevaro
5-20-2020 UAB medical students celebrate 2020 commencement, Jane Longshore
5-6-2020 Dean's Message: Our Commitment to Addressing Health Disparities, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
5-6-2020 School of Medicine to host virtual Commencement Ceremony, Jane Longshore
4-27-2020 Local and national discounts offered to healthcare workers, Shawna Masters
4-22-2020 11 UAB medical students selected as Health Equity Scholars, Kendra Carter
4-17-2020 14 awarded COVID-19 research grants, Mary Ashley Canevaro
4-15-2020 UAB medical students match into residencies across the U.S., Summer Shafer
4-14-2020 Student Insights: Spotlight on First-Year Students, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-8-2020 Medical students volunteer time, funds in the fight against COVID-19, Jane Longshore
3-18-2020 Dean's Message: Confronting COVID-19 as a community, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
3-18-2020 Lahti named interim chair of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Mary Ashley Canevaro
3-11-2020 Area high school students learn about health careers at UAB, Summer Shafer
3-11-2020 NIH director Francis Collins visits UAB, delivers outstanding keynote address, Mary Ashley Canevaro
3-11-2020 UAB Medicine Office of Wellness launches Well-Being Index to all, Mary Ashley Canevaro
3-5-2020 Student Insights: Choosing UAB as an Out-of-State Student, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
3-4-2020 2020 Reunion Symposium in Honor of J. Claude Bennett: celebrating 50 years of science at UAB, Summer Shafer
3-4-2020 Dean's Message: Celebrating Black History Month and Our Diverse Community, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
3-3-2020 Match Day 2020 set for March 20, Summer Shafer
2-26-2020 Powell named interim chair of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-26-2020 Zimmerman receives scholarship to achieve global education dreams, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-19-2020 "Dreams of Hope" premiere coincides with launch of Birmingham Coalition of Human Rights, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-19-2020 SOM Office for Diversity and Inclusion hosts fourth Diversity Fair, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-18-2020 Defining genetic variation in widely used congenic and backcrossed mouse models reveals varied regulation of genes important for immune responses, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-12-2020 NIH director, Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to visit School of Medicine in March, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-5-2020 AMC21 Research Retreat 2020 facilitates collaboration and engagement among faculty, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-5-2020 Medical Education seeks contributors for creating new online resources, Kendra Carter
2-5-2020 Medical students to show creative side at The Best Medicine Show on Feb. 28, Kendra Carter
2-4-2020 2020 Pittman Scholars announced, Mary Ashley Canevaro
2-4-2020 Dean's Message: Forging Ahead in 2020, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
1-28-2020 Birmingham Coalition for Human Rights to be announced at "Dreams of Hope", Mary Ashley Canevaro
1-23-2020 UAB biorepository launches in the School of Medicine, Brit Blalock
1-22-2020 The UAB Medicine Office of Wellness moves into new office; offers services for all, Mary Ashley Canevaro
1-14-2020 Chen named editor-in-chief of American Journal of Surgery, Mary Ashley Canevaro
1-14-2020 Immunoglobulin light chains generate pro-inflammatory and profibrotic kidney injury, Mary Ashley Canevaro
1-7-2020 Meet the library liaison to the School of Medicine, Mary Ashley Canevaro
Submissions from 2019
12-27-2019 Anna Sorace, Ph.D., named director of the Small Animal Imaging Facility, Mary Ashley Canevaro
12-26-2019 Mesenchymal niche-specific expression of CXCL12 controls quiescence of treatment-resistant leukemia stem cells, Mary Ashley Canevaro
12-18-2019 Dean's Message: Season of gratitude, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
12-18-2019 Faculty projects funded through 2019 Multi-PI Awards, Mary Ashley Canevaro
12-18-2019 Four from School of Medicine named Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, Mary Ashley Canevaro
12-11-2019 MS2 Autumn Beavers runs health professions course at Carver High School, Mary Ashley Canevaro
12-3-2019 Resident macrophages reprogram toward a developmental state after acute kidney injury, Brit Blalock
11-22-2019 Dean's Message: Gender equity compensation review, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
11-20-2019 Hess named interim chair of Department of Emergency Medicine, Mary Ashley Canevaro
11-19-2019 AGHI gains increasing interest from public with south Alabama visit, Mary Ashley Canevaro
11-13-2019 Faculty recognized at Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception, Allison Taylor
11-13-2019 Fallon Brewer selected as chair of the Alabama Board of Genetic Counseling, Mary Ashley Canevaro
11-13-2019 Women faculty recognized at promotion reception, Laura Coulter
10-30-2019 Dean's Message: The impact of residents and fellows at UAB, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
10-29-2019 Impaired tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha-driven dendritic cell activation limits lipopolysaccharide-induced protection from allergic inflammation in infants, Brit Blalock
10-23-2019 Matalon awarded Cotzias Medal, Julie Cole Miller
10-9-2019 Activated PMN exosomes: pathogenic entities causing matrix destruction and disease in the lung, Brit Blalock
10-9-2019 Faculty honored at 2019 Argus Awards ceremony, Brit Blalock
10-9-2019 Korf named associate dean for Genomic Medicine, Brit Blalock
10-2-2019 Dean's Message: Diversity helps drive success, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
9-25-2019 Selma Residency Hosts 'Medical Matters' Meetings, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
9-25-2019 Six faculty awarded 2019 incentive grants to submit a second R01, Brit Blalock
9-11-2019 UAB launches Healthcare Educators Academy, Brit Blalock
9-11-2019 UAB medical students embrace new cultures and gain insight in Dominican Republic and Taiwan, Brit Blalock
9-10-2019 The establishment of resident memory B cells in the lung requires local antigen encounter, Brit Blalock
8-30-2019 Profile: Tika Benveniste, Ph.D., Tyler Furgerson
8-28-2019 Dean's Message: ModernThink, an opportunity for improvement, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
8-28-2019 Leadership message: Dr. David Rogers on Wellness Month, David Rogers MD MHPE
8-28-2019 UAB Medicine establishes the Institute for Leadership, Brit Blalock
8-21-2019 Department of Family and Community Medicine launches Faculty Development Fellowship program, Brit Blalock
8-21-2019 Heudebert receives Ingalls/Alumni Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching, Brit Blalock
8-21-2019 New medical students celebrated at 2019 White Coat Ceremony, Brit Blalock
8-8-2019 Mazzoni receives 2019 Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine, Bennett Page
8-7-2019 School of Medicine to hold annual White Coat Ceremony, Brit Blalock
8-7-2019 School of Medicine welcomes the 2019 incoming class at orientation, Bennett Page
8-6-2019 Division of Nephrology renames endowed professorship in Rostand's honor, Bennett Page
7-31-2019 Donor Spotlight: The New Neighbors League Club gives to Alzheimer's disease research, Bennett Page
