Neurodiversity Celebration Week is an international awareness week observed during the second week of March.
UAB medical students gathered with family, friends, and Heersink School of Medicine faculty and staff on Friday, March 15, 2024, to celebrate this year’s Match Day. At 11 a.m., the 2024 graduating class learned the institutions where they will complete their residencies.
Medical Education is in the process of re-surveying medical students as part of an LCME accreditation requirement. The survey is in response to findings from the LCME during the school’s most recent reaccreditation process in 2022, which Medical Education has made strides toward improving.
Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Grand Rounds: Leveraging Consumer Available Virtual Reality Technology to Enhance Engagement to Therapy with Byron W. Lai, Ph.D.
Written by Emily Liming Johns
The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a Grand Rounds presentation with speaker Byron W. Lai, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Pediatrics, on Thursday, March 14.
Medical Alumni Association hosts its 51st Annual Alumni Weekend
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Heersink School of Medicine hosts ACP Alabama Chapter Winter Meeting on AI in medicine
Written by Shawna Masters
The American College of Physicians Alabama Chapter recently held its annual Winter Meeting at UAB’s new Active Learning Center in Volker Hall. The meeting, hosted by the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, focused on “Medicine in the Machine Age: The Integration and Influence of AI in Medicine,” and featured presentations and expert involvement from the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation team and other Heersink School of Medicine leaders.
Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health announces associate director to promote faculty engagement in global health
Written by Emily Liming Johns
Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health (MHIGH) as the associate director for Faculty Engagement and Service Initiatives, tasked to promote faculty engagement in global health.