by Hannah Buckelew

The UAB Department of Pathology honored several faculty members for their esteemed accomplishments and outstanding service to UAB and to the department with a Faculty Awards Reception on October 27, 2023 at Cafe Dupont. Retirements, endowments, distinctions, awards, and promotion and tenure were celebrated amongst the following faculty:

Retirement

Ralph Sanderson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Marisa Marques, M.D., Professor Emerita, Laboratory Medicine

Joanne Murphy-Ullrich, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Kenneth Fallon, M.D., Professor, Neuropathology

Joseph Messina, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Recipients of 2023 Dean’s Excellence Awards

Diana Lin, M.D., junior faculty 2023 Dean’s Excellence Award in Teaching

Sooryanarayana Varambally, MBA, Ph.D., senior faculty 2023 Dean’s Excellence Award in Research

Recipients of 2023 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence

Adam Wende, Ph.D., 2023 Graduate Dean’s Excellence Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Endowments

Rakesh Patel, Ph.D., Victor Darley-Usmar Endowed Professorship in Molecular Pathology

Alexander Craig Mackinnon, M.D., Ph.D., Robert B. Adams Endowed Professorship in Pathology

Distinctions

Rakesh Patel, Ph.D., Division Director, Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research

Promotion and Tenure

Daniel Atherton, M.D., awarded Tenure

Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D., awarded Tenure

Virginia Duncan, M.D., promotion to Associate Professor

Diana Lin, M.D., promotion to Associate Professor

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues and friends on these well-deserved accomplishments in their careers.