Three faculty honored with endowed chair or professorship in the Heersink School of Medicine
Written by Jane Longshore
An appointment to an endowed chair or professorship is among the highest academic honors a faculty member can receive. The UAB Heersink School of Medicine holds a remarkable 214 endowed chairs and professorships. These honors are essential to recruiting and retaining premier educators, clinicians, and researchers. Endowed chairs and professorships also allow donors to link their names to an area of special meaning within the university.
Spina Bifida spotlight: Zac Cannady
Written by Emma Shepard
This week, Zac Cannady shares more about his experiences with Spina Bifida and the transition from pediatric to adult care.
Reddy named state chair of the Cancer Liaison Program
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Sushanth Reddy, M.D., FACS, has been named state chair of the Cancer Liaison Program for the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
As the UAB Heersink School of Medicine advances and grows as a national leader of excellence and research, UAB campus prepares for the new Altec Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building by renovating the decades-old LHRB.
Dawn Bulgarella, chief financial officer of the UAB Health System, has been selected to Leadership Alabama’s Class XXXI for the year 2021-2022.
Grand Rounds, The Myth of Work-Life Balance: Finding What Keeps You Balanced with Lindsay Sutton, Ph.D.
Written by Emily Liming Johns
Lindsay M. Sutton, Ph.D., MSPH, spoke on “The Myth of Work-Life Balance: Finding What Keeps You Balanced” during Grand Rounds on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.
Megan McMurray Hays, Ph.D. shared tips on how to maintain mental health and how to have conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine during the UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s “What’s New with COVID-19” panel Friday.