On Friday, March 15, the Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program celebrated Match Day by welcoming 42 residents and trainees. The program matched 38 Categorical and 4 Med-Peds trainees including 1 underrepresented in medicine trainee and 15 women from 23 medical schools. The new interns will join UAB this summer.

Good News for March 29, 2024

Heersink Announces Research Leadership Changes

Orlando Gutiérrez, M.D., MMSc, (Nephrology) and Robert Kimberly, M.D., (Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology) will assume new research leadership roles April 1. Gutiérrez will continue to lead the Division of Nephrology.

Hopson Promotes New Lifespan Program on Good Day Alabama

Betsy Hopson, MSHA, Director of the UAB STEP Program, was invited to Good Day Alabama to discuss the development of the new Lifespan Down Syndrome Program which supports patients transition from pediatric care to adult care.

Krick Investigates the Role of Brd4 Protein in CF

Thanks to a new R01, Stefanie Krick, M.D., (Assoc. Professor, PACCM) and colleagues will study the role of bromodomain-containing protein 4 on gene expression related to cellular senescence in the bronchial epithelium in patients with cystic fibrosis.

AHA Supports Future Scientist's Success

Postdoctoral fellow, Megan Rhoads, Ph.D., earned the American Heart Association Career Development Award to support an innovative pilot study that will provide preliminary data and the training necessary to foster a successful research career.

Student Earns ASTDA Fellowship to Expand BV Research

UAB PhD student, Sheridan Spivey received the Summer Research Fellowship Award from the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association to study "Sialidase Quantification in Longitudinal Vaginal Specimens from Women Prior to Incident Bacterial Vaginosis."