Center News
UCDC welcomes Wang to the Department of Genetics
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) is pleased to welcome Weidong Wang, Ph.D., who will serve as an associate professor in the Department of Genetics.
Alsharif awarded best overall oral presentation at Boshell Diabetes Research Day
Hafia (Saba) Alsharif, a doctoral student in the lab of Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D., recently won the Best Overall Presentation Award at the Boshell Diabetes Research Day program in Auburn, Alabama.
UCDC members present research, speak at Boshell Diabetes Research Day
Justin Alexander (left) and Saba Alsharif (right)This year’s Boshell Diabetes Research Day featured W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center, director of the UAB Diabetes Research Center, and professor in the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences, as the banquet speaker.
Ananda and Rita Basu named to endowed professorships
The UAB Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professors and UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Senior Scientists Ananda Basu, M.D., and Rita Basu, M.D., were each awarded an endowed professorship.
Couple brought together by Type 1 diabetes continues to give to diabetes research
When Chelsey LaRussa Heslop was just five years old, she received a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Her entire family–the LaRussa family–was taken by surprise but met the diagnosis head on.
Pierre secures prestigious NIH predoctoral fellowship award
Tanya Pierre, a fourth-year graduate student in the lab of Chad Hunter, Ph.D., has secured a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31).
Gower on the future of the Department of Nutrition: food as medicine
In January of this year, Barbara Gower, Ph.D., was named chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences. During Women’s History Month, the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) sat down with Gower, who is a member of the center, to learn more about her journey to chair and her vision for the department.
UCDC trainees research score well at 2024 Trainee Research Symposium
Alsharif (left) and Perez (right)Two UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) trainees who presented research at the UAB Department of Medicine Trainee Research Symposium (TRS) scored among the top presentations.
Agarwal gives DOM Grand Rounds on obesity management
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professor Monica Agarwal, M.D., recently spoke to UAB Department of Medicine (DOM) faculty, staff, and students during the DOM Grand Rounds.
Grayson receives DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Award
Last month, Truman Grayson, UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) researcher V, was honored at the UAB Department of Medicine DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Awards reception.