Carlie Stein Somerville, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of General Internal Medicine, is the junior faculty winner of the Dean's Excellence Award in Diversity Enhancement.

Department of Pediatrics Professor and Ralph Froshin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology Ambika Ashraf, M.D., co-edited a book “Pediatric Dyslipidemia” alongside colleague Bhuvana Sunil, M.D.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine and the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) are pleased to welcome Ananda Basu, M.D., and Rita Basu, M.D., as full professors into the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

Peter King, M.D., professor in the Department of Neurology, Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has received the Wolcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Delivery from the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

The Heersink School of Medicine is excited to announce the start of the Dean’s Excellence Awards for Staff. These awards will acknowledge the outstanding contributions of exceptional Heersink staff members across all mission areas.

Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS, will become the senior associate dean for Academic Affairs in the Heersink School of Medicine, effective June 1, 2023.

HaoSheng Sun, Ph.D., has been recognized as a 2023 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. This program is an extension of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

Over one million Americans are living with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). According to Beyond Type 1, the number of those with T1D is steadily climbing at 2.9% per year, versus the population growth of 0.8% per year.

Anthony Chang, M.D., MBA, MPH, M.S., founder of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, has partnered with the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation to instruct its new graduate certificate course, Foundations of AI in Medicine.

Caroline Harada, M.D., has been named the new associate dean for Strategic Initiatives, Medical Education.

Anupam Agarwal, M.D., dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on April 25.

In this installment of MHIGH's Partner Profiles series, Drs. James Johnston and Martina Gonzalez Gomez share about their lives and work in global health.

Thomas D. DuBose, Jr., M.D., MACP, FASN, was honored with the 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award during the Medical Alumni Association's 50th Annual Medical Alumni Weekend. This award honors individuals who have made a substantial contribution to medicine.

UAB holds its administrative professionals in the highest regard. April 26, 2023, is Administrative Professionals Day – allowing us to recognize and celebrate our administrative professionals while also highlighting the administrative resources offered by UAB. Most recently, the Developing Emerging Administrative Leaders (DEAL) program was established to offer development opportunities for current administrative professionals through training experiences and networking, to assist administration with their career paths and plans of advancing within UAB and UAB Medicine.

Three faculty from across the UAB Heersink School of Medicine were elected to join the Association of American Physicians (AAP), an honorary medical society that advocates for the advancement of scientific and practical medicine by promoting professional and social interaction among physician-scientists, disseminating research, and recognizing outstanding physician-scientists.

The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a Grand Rounds presentation with speaker George J. Netto, M.D., Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair, UAB Department of Pathology, on April 13, 2023.

The Montgomery Health Policy Meeting, sponsored by UAB Heersink School of Medicine Montgomery Regional Medical Campus, held its inaugural event on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

The Office of Service Learning is proud to announce its newest and most diverse cohort for the Health Equity Scholars program.

On April 22, 2023, students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professional schools will join with UAB's Anatomical Donor Program (ADP) to host a memorial service honoring those who donated their bodies to scientific learning.

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the UAB Department of Microbiology.

The Office of Research for the Heersink School of Medicine highlights the work of the Structural Biology Forum and Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, in this Team Action for Scientific Solutions article.

World Health Day commemorates the World Health Organization’s April 7, 1948, founding and is celebrated to raise global health awareness. Through the establishment of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health, UAB’s engagement in global health, including collaborative partnerships, continues to grow as interest in global health work is consistently increasing. 

In our final installment for Women's History Month, stories of women forging the future of medicine, the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion shines a light on the story of Farah Lubin, Ph.D., and the work she's conducting on memory formation in the Lubin Lab at UAB.

A highly decorated former Auburn University softball player and current fourth-year Heersink medical student has been named Auburn University’s Southeastern Conference (SEC) 2023 Women’s Legend.

With 100 percent of the class of 2023 matching into residency positions, UAB students will continue their medical education at 78 institutions in 31 states across the country.

UAB Heersink School of Medicine has awarded three grants for the latest annual Multi-Investigator Program Award cycle. The 2022/2023 AMC21 Multi-PI Awards, which provide grant funding of $150,000 per year for two years, were awarded to Javier Neyra, M.D., Carlos Orihuela, Ph.D., and Anna Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D.

Dr. Boni Elewski, professor and chair of UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Dermatology, was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Educator in Psoriatic Disease Award by the National Psoriasis Foundation and the Medical Professionals Awards Committee.

This is the last of a three-part series introducing readers to the newly appointed senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Anupam Agarwal, M.D. For this installment, we talked with Agarwal to learn more about his vision and goals for the Heersink School of Medicine.

Thomas W. Buford, Ph.D., has been appointed associate dean for Research in the Heersink School of Medicine, effective April 1, 2023.

Since its inception, women have heavily influenced the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Department of Radiology. Not only did a woman establish the department itself as its inaugural chair, but women leaders continue this tradition today with a department that is now one of the premier academic radiology departments in the United States. To honor these women during Women’s History Month, the Department of Radiology has collaborated with the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion to bring you part one of “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”