This collection includes previously published content from Heersink School of Medicine News. For current news, visit uab.edu/medicine/news.
Submissions from 2019
7-30-2019 Dean's & CEO's Message: Cultivating our wellness culture, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
7-24-2019 Sydney Mohr named 2019 Finley Scholar, Bennett Page
7-17-2019 Airway fractal dimension predicts respiratory morbidity and mortality in COPD, Brit Blalock
7-10-2019 Dean's Message: Service lines help us succeed, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
7-10-2019 UAB BME co-hosts 2019 CVBE Symposium in Sydney, Australia, Bennett Page
6-26-2019 Scoffield receives Procter & Gamble Underrepresented Faculty Research Fellowship, Bennett Page
6-26-2019 The Common Thread provides meaningful training for inclusivity and understanding, Bennett Page
6-24-2019 UAB welcomes new residents and fellows, Bennett Page
6-18-2019 Chu receives $430K research award from NIH, Ashton Cook
6-12-2019 UAB Medicine launches Women in Medicine and Science monthly mailer, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
6-10-2019 Cho receives pair of awards for research, Bennett Page
6-10-2019 Resident wins first place at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Bennett Page
6-5-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Sarah Nafziger, M.D., Brit Blalock
6-5-2019 Dine with the Docs connects students with faculty mentors, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-5-2019 Nichols chosen as AAUW Selected Professions Fellow, Bennett Page
6-5-2019 ODI-SA seeking URiM faculty and staff to serve as 'Content Leaders' for PRIMe Mentoring Dinners, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
6-5-2019 Students complete 2018-19 Schweitzer Fellows projects, Bennett Page
6-5-2019 Vasquez named director of Birmingham VA Medical Center, Brit Blalock
5-29-2019 Dean's Message: Investing in our core facilities, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
5-29-2019 Endowments named for Coleman and Corman, Coleman honored by MASA, Brit Blalock
5-29-2019 School of Medicine updates professional and external leave guidelines for faculty, Brit Blalock
5-22-2019 McClintock named new director of the UAB Office of the IRB, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-22-2019 UAB medical students celebrate 2019 commencement, Brit Blalock
5-15-2019 Call for preceptors for undergraduate Physician Experience course, Brit Blalock
5-15-2019 Eighteen faculty members named winners of the 2019 Dean's Excellence Awards, Brit Blalock
5-15-2019 Mantooth receives perfect score on residential In-Training Examination, Brit Blalock
5-15-2019 UAB Student National Medical Association chapter celebrates several group and individual achievements, Brit Blalock
5-14-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Chad Petit, Ph.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-14-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: John Kearney, Ph.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-3-2019 Four medical students named in 2019-20 class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-2-2019 Application for Designation as a UAB University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
5-1-2019 Bhatia named interim director of O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, Brit Blalock
4-24-2019 Dean's Message: CCTS Partner Network has national impact, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
4-24-2019 School of Medicine commencement set for May 18, Brit Blalock
4-24-2019 Vickers named president-elect of the American Surgical Association, Brit Blalock
4-17-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Monica Baskin, Ph.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-17-2019 Huntsville campus hosts Research Day, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-16-2019 Eight medical students awarded scholarships to study in the Dominican Republic and Taiwan, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-10-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Stuart Frank, M.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-10-2019 Two School of Medicine faculty members elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation, Brit Blalock
4-9-2019 Differential IL-2 expression defines developmental fates of follicular versus nonfollicular helper T cells, Brit Blalock
4-9-2019 Student Insights: Spotlight on Learning Communities, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
4-3-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Vineeta Kumar, M.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
3-27-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Stephanie Berger, M.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
3-27-2019 Eight medical students return to UAB from their International clinical training electives, Brit Blalock
3-20-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Steven Rowe, M.D., MSPH, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
3-20-2019 Dean's Message: Women's History Month and the School of Medicine, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
3-20-2019 UAB medical students match into residencies across the country, Brit Blalock
3-13-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Adam Wende, Ph.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
3-13-2019 Rogers introduces new wellness resources for stress management, Brit Blalock
3-6-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Michael Barnett, M.D., MS, FAAP, FAAHPM, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-27-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Jaime McKinney, M.D., UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-27-2019 The medical school admission process: How to help applicants become more competitive, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-20-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Marisa Marques, M.D., Christina Crowe
2-20-2019 Recruiting mentors for the CORD Summer Science Research Internships, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-20-2019 UAB hosts Region 5 American Medical Women's Association Conference, Laura Coulter
2-13-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Andre Ballesteros-Tato, Ph.D., Claire Massey
2-13-2019 Dean's Message: Wage transparency and the effects of rapid growth, Brit Blalock
2-13-2019 Founding Department of Neurology chair passes away, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-13-2019 Match Day 2019 set for March 15, Brit Blalock
2-13-2019 Paiste named executive vice chair in Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Julie Cole Miller
2-13-2019 Student Insights: First Year Executive Council Answers Top Questions, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
2-6-2019 Annual Best Medicine Show set for Feb. 22, Brit Blalock
2-6-2019 Apoptotic cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote malignancy of glioblastoma via intercellular transfer of splicing factors, Brit Blalock
2-6-2019 Borgstrom to deliver upcoming Leadership in Academic Medicine Lecture, Brit Blalock
2-6-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Benjamin Wei, M.D., Anna Waters
2-6-2019 School of Medicine celebrates third annual Diversity Fair, Laura Coulter
1-30-2019 2019 Pittman Scholars announced, Brit Blalock
1-30-2019 Theiss named chair of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brit Blalock
1-23-2019 Dean's Excellence Award winner profile: Veena Antony, M.D., Claire Massey
1-23-2019 Elopre named director of Diversity and Inclusion for Graduate Medical Education, Brit Blalock
1-18-2019 Student Spotlight - Isabella Mak, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
1-16-2019 Locke named director of UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute, Brit Blalock
1-16-2019 Nominate an 'Outstanding' Woman, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
1-15-2019 Dean's Message: What's on the horizon?, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
1-2-2019 Leadership message: The necessity of full disclosure, Anupam Agarwal MD
1-2-2019 NAD+ depletion triggers programmed cell death to kill macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Brit Blalock
Submissions from 2018
12-19-2018 Annual State of the School set for Jan. 30, Brit Blalock
12-19-2018 Bhatia receives award from The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Brit Blalock
12-19-2018 Dean's Message: Five years of progress and beyond, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
12-19-2018 Request for proposals to identify essential and enabling technologies and to accelerate research, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
12-19-2018 UAB International Medical Education partners with Chung Shan Medical University for medical student exchange program, Brit Blalock
12-12-2018 Faculty projects funded through 2018-2019 Multi-PI Awards, Brit Blalock
12-5-2018 Faculty, fellows and residents provide emergency medicine care in Bomet, Kenya, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
11-28-2018 Faculty members recognized at Women in Medicine and Science Promotion Reception, Laura Coulter
11-28-2018 Students lead cardiology workshop at George W. Carver High School, Brit Blalock
11-27-2018 Kezar leads effort to update Technical Standards for medical education, Brit Blalock
11-13-2018 Informatics faculty, staff and students present at national informatics conference, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
11-13-2018 Verapamil is effective as type 1 diabetes therapy, Brit Blalock
11-7-2018 Benveniste named senior vice dean for Basic Sciences, Brit Blalock
11-7-2018 Eight medical students awarded scholarships to expand their horizons through study abroad in Africa and South America, Brit Blalock
11-7-2018 Whitley named Honorary Fellow by Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
10-31-2018 Department of Medicine premieres faculty development videos, Carolyn Walsh
10-31-2018 Jenkins named interim chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brit Blalock
10-24-2018 Get discounted UAB basketball tickets, participate in the 2018 Dean's Challenge, UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
10-17-2018 Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) site visit at UAB Hospital approaches, Brit Blalock
10-17-2018 Dean's Message: Becoming nationwide leaders, Selwyn M. Vickers MD
10-17-2018 Fouad inducted to National Academy of Medicine, Kendra Carter
10-17-2018 Kirksey and Kezar highlighted as impactful members by the Association of Academic Physiatrists, Brit Blalock
10-17-2018 Yacoubian and Geisler named co-directors of the Medical Scientist Training Program, Brit Blalock
