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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.