School of Medicine leaders are looking to establish a career development workshop for mid-career and senior faculty, and have launched a three-week web challenge to hear from faculty their suggestions on what subjects should be discussed.
Tarak Vasavada, M.D., professor and regional chair of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine’s Huntsville Regional Medical Campus has been elected to serve on the executive committee for the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
Donor microbes persist up to two years after a fecal transplant to treat recurrent C. difficile infection
Written by Jeff Hansen
This is the first demonstration of donor microbes persisting in the recipient following fecal transplant, a finding made possible by a novel method to “fingerprint” individual strains of bacteria.
Photo Gallery: Dean's Excellence Awards 2017 reception
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Winners of the 2017 Dean's Excellence Awards were honored with a reception held on Tuesday, June 6 at the Wallace Tumor Institute.
Vaccines are scientifically proven to save lives and prevent major outbreaks of highly infectious diseases among large populations in a safe and effective way.
Bradley K. Yoder, Ph.D., UAHSF Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research, has been named chair of the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology at the UAB School of Medicine.
Faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology were recently recognized for their research by the American Rhinologic Society.
Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D., will serve as a corresponding member for the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.