J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D., has been named the chair of the UAB Department of Microbiology.
The Office of Research for the Heersink School of Medicine highlights the work of the Structural Biology Forum and Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, in this Team Action for Scientific Solutions article.
Towards cervical cancer elimination: Perspectives from the field with Dr. Nelly Mugo
Written by Emily Liming Johns
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health hosted guest seminar speaker Nelly Mugo, MBChB, MMed Obs/Gyn, MPH, on April 4, 2023.
World Health Day 2023: A message from Alan Tita, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
Written by Emily Liming Johns
World Health Day commemorates the World Health Organization’s April 7, 1948, founding and is celebrated to raise global health awareness. Through the establishment of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health, UAB’s engagement in global health, including collaborative partnerships, continues to grow as interest in global health work is consistently increasing.
In our final installment for Women's History Month, stories of women forging the future of medicine, the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion shines a light on the story of Farah Lubin, Ph.D., and the work she's conducting on memory formation in the Lubin Lab at UAB.
A highly decorated former Auburn University softball player and current fourth-year Heersink medical student has been named Auburn University’s Southeastern Conference (SEC) 2023 Women’s Legend.
With 100 percent of the class of 2023 matching into residency positions, UAB students will continue their medical education at 78 institutions in 31 states across the country.
Three projects funded through annual AMC21 Multi-Investigator Program Awards
Written by Kelsi Lindemann
UAB Heersink School of Medicine has awarded three grants for the latest annual Multi-Investigator Program Award cycle. The 2022/2023 AMC21 Multi-PI Awards, which provide grant funding of $150,000 per year for two years, were awarded to Javier Neyra, M.D., Carlos Orihuela, Ph.D., and Anna Thalacker-Mercer, Ph.D.