World Health Day commemorates the World Health Organization’s April 7, 1948 founding and is celebrated to raise global health awareness. Across UAB, faculty address local and worldwide health challenges including issues of equity and access.

Re-accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education is a way the UAB Heersink School of Medicine holds itself and its education programs accountable to established national standards. Read about how the re-accreditation process guided changes to programs, facilities and leadership in the past, as well as updates that are underway.

Nine students from the UAB Heersink School of Medicine were named in the 2022-2023 class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, a group of graduate students across Alabama who will spend the next year implementing service projects designed to address social factors that impact health. 

Craig Hoesley, M.D., senior associate dean for Medical Education, shares the tremendous work that has been completed over the past two years in preparation for our LCME virtual site visit, happening April 11-13. 

Physicians & Faculty for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra (ASO) members are invited to attend a reception with ASO music director Carlos Izcaray at TrimTab Brewing Company on Tuesday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. and ASO Masterworks performance of Mozart’s 40th Symphony on Saturday, May 7. 

The Heersink School of Medicine shines a spotlight on resident Sal Kamal, M.D., in honor of National Doctors’ Day.

Thom Mayer, M.D., presented his lecture “It begins with you! Why health care leadership leading matters” at the Heersink School of Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, March 25. Mayer discussed how to combat burnout in health care and how to enact change for a better work environment.

The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health is excited to announce the second cohort of pilot grant awardees. 

The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health is excited to announce the third cohort of pilot grant awardees. 

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research program has made its initial genomic data available, bringing nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences onto its data analysis platform, the Researcher Workbench

The Office for Diversity and Inclusion has partnered with the Department of Medicine to highlight the exemplary work of pioneering women in the school today, like the all female-team of cardiologists who are forging a new specialty field bridging heart health and cancer care.

With 100 percent of the class of 2022 matching into residency positions, UAB students will continue their medical education at 82 institutions in 30 states across the country.

In each installment of the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s Women’s History Month series, there is a focus on featuring women who are making history by providing healing and hope. This week, the office—in partnership with the department of surgery—recognizes Director of the Division of Transplantation and Arnold G. Diethelm Endowed Chair in Transplantation Surgery Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH.

Sleep Awareness Week is celebrated March 13-19 this year. In honor of the occasion, Megan Hays, Ph.D., assistant professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and associate director of Education in the Office of Wellness, provides her top five tips for healthy sleep.

Construction on the Volker Hall sixth floor renovation is completed, and teams from medical education will be moving into the space over the next few weeks. The sixth floor construction is the first of three renovations that will transform the Volker Hall education tower.

In honor of National Nutrition Awareness Month, Amy Warriner, M.D., director of UAB Weight Loss Medicine and professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, shares her top five tips for maintaining a healthy diet.

Alice R. Goepfert, M.D., professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, will deliver the annual S. Rexford Kennamer Distinguished Lecture in Internal Medicine, hosted by the Montgomery Regional Medical Campus of the Heersink School of Medicine.

A new app rolling out this spring allows third-year medical provides students a high-level look at their growth in clinical training and tracking for their clinical clerkships.

Roger Smalligan, M.D., MPH, regional dean for the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, was recently installed as president of the Madison County Medical Society.

The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health is excited to announce the first cohort of Pilot Project grantees.

For over 100 years, the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) has advanced women in medicine. To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion sat down with leaders of both the student and faculty AMWA chapters at UAB to learn about its impact on campus.

Erwin G. Van Meir, Ph.D., has been appointed to the newly established David Hart White Endowed Professorship for Brain Cancer Research at the NCI-designated O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.

In the final part of Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s Black History Month series, we’ll take a look at how two general internal medicine doctors improve occupational wellness for future generations of physicians.

The newly established Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health aims to improve overall health while promoting equity in health outcomes worldwide thanks to the Heersink gift.

Medical students at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine will celebrate Match Day 2022 on Friday, March 18, at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.

On International Women and Girls in Science Day, the Heersink School of Medicine shines a spotlight on MSTP student Courtney Swain. Courtney talks about her beginnings in STEM and what she is most excited about in her research.

The Best Medicine Show is back with a livestream performance at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 4. Enjoy a night of entertainment while helping support Equal Access Birmingham.

Four staff leaders from UAB residency programs were recently awarded certification from the Training Administrators for Graduate Medical Education (TAGME).

In part two of the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s Black History Month Series, see how two UAB groups—the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Office for Community Outreach and Engagement and Live HealthSmart Alabama—are addressing challenges in underserved communities and seeking equity for the groups they serve.

In part three of the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s Black History Month Series, Merida Grant, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, provides tips on Black emotional health and well-being.