Heersink School of Medicine News

Porrett receives Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery Award for groundbreaking xenotransplantation research

Paige M. Porrett, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Surgery, has recently been honored with the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery award. She has been awarded alongside the first authors Rebecca Asiimwe, bioinformatician III in the Porrett Lab, and Matthew D. Cheung, a medical scientist graduate trainee. This initiative recognizes significant research contributions from Heersink faculty members.

UAB researchers unveil promising new target for pancreatic cancer treatment

Narendra Wajapeyee, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, and Parmanand Malvi, Ph.D., an instructor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and the study's first author, have recently been honored with the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery award. This initiative recognizes significant research contributions from Heersink faculty members.

UAB attends global health symposium in Manipal, India

Global health partners from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) participated in the Global Health Consortium Symposium hosted by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. This event served as a platform for students from collaborating universities to convene in Manipal, India, where they engaged in comprehensive learning experiences focused on health system mapping supported by faculty.

Honoring Heersink’s Spring 2024 Endowed Chairs and Professorships

The spring 2024 Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception honored the distinguished faculty members of the Heersink School of Medicine for their outstanding impact on contemporary medicine and medical education. Anupam Agarwal, M.D., the dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, extended a warm welcome to the honorees, their families, and other leaders from the school. The gathering took place at the Wallace Tumor Institute on April 17.

New developments at the Montgomery Health Policy Meeting

The second annual Montgomery Health Policy Meeting was held on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Sponsored by UAB Heersink School of Medicine Montgomery Regional Medical Campus and the Kennamer family, the event aims to bring together prominent members of government, public health and policy, and medicine to highlight urgent issues affecting the people of Alabama.

Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Grand Rounds: Leadership to Accelerate Healthcare's Digital Transformation

The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a Grand Rounds presentation with speaker Christy Harris Lemak, PhD., Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, on Tuesday, April 2.

Honoring Jean Cowsert, M.D., at upcoming panel event

This month, during Women’s History Month, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion honors Jean Cowsert, M.D., a physician who once graced the halls as a University of Alabama at Birmingham student.

Association of historical housing discrimination and colon cancer treatment and outcomes in the United States

S.M. Qasim Hussaini, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and health systems researcher at the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine’s Featured Discovery. This honor acknowledges and celebrates the important research made by Heersink’s faculty members.

Kayla Gibson