School of Medicine to welcome Class of 2019 with annual White Coat Ceremony
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The School of Medicine will hold its White Coat Ceremony for first-year medical students Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at 2 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10th Ave. South.
The award recognizes faculty who advance the frontiers of science or otherwise make a significant contribution to the health of people or the academic health center through education, research or public service.
Hamilton wins summer fellowship award
Written by Jeff Hansen
UAB Biomedical Sciences graduate student Jennie Ann Hamilton is one of six people awarded a Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Summer Fellowship by the Lupus Foundation of America.
A novel toxin – and the first ever found – for a deadly pathogen, M. tuberculosis
Written by Jeff Hansen
Until now, no toxin had been found in 132 years of study for the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which infects 9 million people a year and kills more than 1 million. The novel toxin induces necrotic cell death of macrophages to help the tuberculosis pathogen escape and spread to other cells.
UAB Hospital ranked nation’s third-largest public hospital by Becker’s Hospital Review
Written by Bob Shepard
Becker’s Hospital Review lists UAB Hospital as third-largest in the nation.
Phillip D. Smith, M.D., has been awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation to study the bacteria in children’s stomachs that potentially protects them from stomach cancer.
A new surgical robot helps UAB physicians add a new technique for preparing for epilepsy surgery.
Created in 1996, the Argus Awards give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education.