Pictured: Volunteers from the Division of Hematology and Oncology Serve at the Community Foodbank of Central Alabama.
A community-minded group of 15 volunteers from the Division of Hematology and Oncology participated in a morning of service at the Community Foodbank of Central Alabama. They packed 168 boxes of mobile pantry items (4,200 lbs.) that will be distributed throughout the state, packed 420 individual Weekenders BackPack kits (1,680 lbs.) that will go to school-aged kids and their families, and weighed over 1,100 lbs. of sorted donations. That’s 7,000 lbs. of awesome. We salute you, Hem/Onc crew!
More Good News for October 9, 2019
Lisa Willett, MD, MACM (Professor, General Internal Medicine) has won the 2020 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the ACGME. This prestigious award recognizes program directors who find innovative ways to teach residents while remaining connected to the initial impulse to care for others in this environment. Kudos, Dr. Willett!
A hearty congratulations to all who made this year's Research and Innovations in Medical Education week an outstanding conference. Special kudos to our DOM poster winners: Sal Kamal, MD (PGY-2) for his vignette on a patient with seizure due to poorly controlled HIV. Dane Johnson, MD (PGY-2) for his case of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as a lupus exacerbation. And Win Williams, MD (Assistant Professor, GIM) for his presentation on how gender impacts assessment in clerkship.
The UAB Chapter of the American Women's Medical Association (AMWA) hosted a panel discussion on "How UAB Women Physicians Have Charted Paths to Success" featuring Drs. Cheri Canon, Mona Fouad, Alice Goepfert, Jayme Locke, and Lisa Willett. The attendees crowded the WPCC Board Room to take part in this important conversation promoting gender equity in medicine. Stay tuned for further AMWA meeting announcements in Good News.
Our Nephrology Research and Training Center (NRTC) had another successful renewal this year, marking its 11th anniversary as a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center. The NRTC has sparked countless hours of collaborative kidney research and education, and we are thrilled to know they will continue catalyzing innovation for the next five years. Congrats!
David Pollock, PhD (Professor, Nephrology) has received an NIA supplement to his investigation of salt-dependent hypertension and kidney disease. These added funds will allow the researchers to explore the ways a high salt diet can also lead to Alzheimer's Disease-related dysfunction. We look forward to hearing what you learn, Dr. Pollock!
Providing an extra layer of comfort and care is the hallmark of palliative medicine, and there are often times when our palliative team has a chance to go even further to help grant a dying wish. Through an expertly choreographed team effort of chaplains, nurses, physicians, and other personnel, Thomas Roberts was baptized by immersion in the Spain Rehabilitation Center pool last month, with his family gathered as witnesses.
Three faculty projects were recently funded through an AMC21 initiative giving NIH-funded investigators incentive to submit a second R01. The projects, are eligible for $50,000 per year for a period of up to two years, pending appropriate progress and achieving benchmarks. Three cheers!
- Chad Hunter, PhD (Associate Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism) “A novel link between gene regulation and histone modifications governing islet beta-cell function”
- Lynn Matthews, MD, MPH, (Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases) “Healthy men for healthy families: An RCT to evaluate the impact of safer conception care on linkage, retention, and HIV-RNA suppression among Ugandan men living with HIV”
- John Mountz, MD, PhD, (Professor, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology) “Defining autoreactive B cell checkpoint defects in SLE”
Bring your Blazer Spirit and come cheer on the DOM Homecoming Parade float next Friday! We have three awesome honorees riding to represent our Department of Medicine. DOM Employee of the Year Sylvia Peral, Nephrology Professor Vineeta Kumar, MD; and IM Resident Aditi Jani, MD. The parade begins at noon on the corner of University Boulevard and 14th Street. #GoTeamGo
Fadi Hage, MD, Associate Professor, UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease, will present, "Nuclear Cardiology: Current Applications" at noon on Wednesday, October 16, in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.