Heersink School of Medicine News

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.

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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.

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NAD(H) homeostasis underlies host protection mediated by glycolytic myeloid cells in tuberculosis

Adrie J. C. Steyn, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, and Hayden T. Pacl, an M.D.-Ph.D. student at the Heersink School of Medicine and first author of this study, are the latest winners of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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The met and unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension, and diabetes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: analysis of a cross-sectional multimorbidity survey

Emily Wong, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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Border-associated macrophages mediate the neuroinflammatory response in an alpha-synuclein model of Parkinson's disease

Ashley Harms, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of neurology, and David Figge, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor/Fellow in the Division of Laboratory Medicine and co-first author of this study, are the latest winners of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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Dupilumab for COPD with Type 2 Inflammation Indicated by Eosinophil Counts

Surya Bhatt, M.D., MSPH, professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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Time-restricted feeding promotes muscle function through purine cycle and AMPK signaling in Drosophila obesity models

Girish Melkani, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Pathology, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation

Nathaniel Erdmann, M.D., Ph.D., Amit Gaggar, M.D., and Matthew Might, Ph.D., are the latest winners of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members.

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Deciphering the exact breakpoints of structural variations using long sequencing reads with DeBreak

The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Zechen Chong to gain insight into this study, UAB, and the science community.

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Metagenomics of Parkinson’s disease implicates the gut microbiome in multiple disease mechanisms

The Heersink School of Medicine communications staff sat down with Dr. Haydeh Payami to gain insight into this study, UAB, and the science community.

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