This week in Meet medicine leadership, Tika Benveniste, Ph.D., senior vice dean for Research talks about her three and a half decades at UAB, how her Holocaust-survivor parents influenced her work ethic, and why she is excited about research at UAB at this moment.

This week in Meet medicine leadership, Reid Jones, CEO of UAB Medicine, talks about about his 30-year career at UAB, what it was like to work with UAB giants Arnold "Gil" Diethelm, M.D., and John Kirklin, M.D., and his vision as the UAB Health System moves forward.

This week, the communications team sat down with Ascension St. Vincent’s CEO Jason Alexander to talk about how he plans to work with UAB in the coming year, what excites him about the Alliance, and how he stays well through stress.

In our final installment of Meet medicine leadership, the communications team sat down with LaKisha Mack to discuss her trajectory from student worker to senior associate dean, how she learned to think beyond black-and-white as a thought leader, and why she mentors ten women per week.

Renee Heffron, Ph.D., MPH, joins CFAR as new the director effective July 1, 2022.

Patrice Knight, M.D., longtime regional chair of Pediatrics at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, passed away Feb. 2, 2022. Knight retired from the campus in 2020 after 35 years of service.

In the Meet medicine leadership series, Tony Jones, M.D., discusses his background as a UAB medical school alumni, shaping the first role of UA Health Services Foundation president, and his key priorities as the UAB Health System moves forward.

In part one of the Heersink School of Medicine’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion’s Black History Month series, the Department of Family and Community Medicine discusses a program helping students to understand the history of racism in medicine and to create better patient experiences and healthier communities going forward.

Brook Hubner, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medical Education and director of Academic Success, answers questions about the role of the Academic Success team in the medical school and ways the office has pivoted to help students navigate recent changes to Step 1.

Nominations for the 2022 Dean’s Excellence Awards are now open. This annually awarded honor is bestowed upon faculty who have made incredible contributions in the areas of service, teaching, research, mentorship, and diversity enhancement across the Heersink School of Medicine.

 Raegan Durant, M.D., MPH, has been named to the new role of associate dean for Diversity and Inclusion.

Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., MEHP, FACS, comes from a long line of educators, and she uses her passion for educating others in both the Department of Surgery and in her new role as assistant dean for Graduate Medical Education.

Six faculty members in the Heersink School of Medicine have been named the 2022 class of James A. Pittman Jr., M.D., Scholars.

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Fall and Winter 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty.

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Hub at UAB. Its partners have played an essential role in UAB’s response throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Poisonous plants cause the most common allergic reactions to the skin, affecting as many as 50 million Americans each year, according to the American Skin Association. University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor of Emergency Medicine, Walter Schrading, M.D., says it is important people are able to identify poisonous plants, prevent an allergic reaction and treat skin irritations after contact.

Anesthesia was in its infancy when the American Civil War began in 1861. The sheer number of casualties gave surgeons on both sides the opportunity to gain experience with the first two anesthetic agents developed — sulfuric ether and chloroform — according to a paper by a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine anesthesiologist published in the October issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Pain.