Paul Benson, M.D., Professor, Anatomic Pathology, Autopsy Section Head, has been named director of the UAB Tissue Biorepository (TBR), effective April 1. Benson assumes the position from Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D., Associate Professor, Anatomic Pathology, who has served in the role since 2017.

The Heersink School of Medicine is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of its 1R01 Award. Securing extramural research funding is a very competitive process, and this award is a testament to these investigators’ groundbreaking research and dedication to advancing biomedical science.

In March, several of our colleagues were recognized for their years of service working at UAB and the Department of Pathology. The UAB Service Awards honors employees at each five-year milestone who have completed five or more years of service to UAB.

One faculty member and two residents were elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (AΩA) in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. Megan Amerson-Brown, Ph.D., CIC, MLS (middle), an assistant professor in the Divison of Laboratory Medicine, Kyle Joseph, D.O., M.S.

Proteotoxic stress over time can cause irreversible cardiac abnormalities. Proteotoxicity, the damage caused by faulty proteins, contributes to a severe form of heart disease.

Megan Amerson-Brown, Ph.D., CIC, MLS, an assistant professor in the Division of Laboratory Medicine, is a recipient of the 2024 Extraordinary Service Award from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Amerson-Brown was recognized for her remarkable service to ASM's journal, Microbiology Spectrum. 

Written by: Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D. It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Sanford P.

The UAB Department of Pathology is thrilled to announce Amie Stephens, MBA, is joining our team as executive administrator, effective February 24, 2025. Stephens joins the department from Emory University’s Department of Medicine where she served as administrator in the Division of Infectious Diseases since 2022.

Sixto M. Leal Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Jay M.

Faculty members from the UAB Department of Pathology gathered for an all-day retreat at the UAB Hilton on Friday, February 7, for community-building exercises and special topic discussions.

What are the lasting effects of COVID-19 on the body? Paul Benson, M.D., Professor and Autopsy Section Head in the Department of Pathology's Division of Anatomic Pathology, was awarded a Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project, titled,...

The UAB Department of Pathology is excited to announce our chief residents for the 2025-26 year and thank our 2024-25 chiefs. We want to acknowledge the incredible example that our 2024-25 chiefs Drs.

Natalie R. Gassman, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, has been appointed Associate Director of Access, Belonging and Culture in the UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, effective February 1, 2025. 

UAB will collaborate with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive. Experts encourage the public to donate if able.    

November 2024 marked 20 years since the establishment of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute (EMBI) at UAB.

Chiamaka Umah, M.D., PGY2, has been selected by the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Physician Scientist Development Office (PSDO) for a position in the NIH NIAID UAB R38 StARR (Stimulating Access to Research and Residency) Training Program, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

C. Ryan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Vishnu B.

Alexander “Craig” Mackinnon, M.D., Ph.D., Robert B. Adams Endowed Professor in Pathology and Division Director, Genomic Diagnostics and Bioinformatics, has been named Executive Vice Chair in the UAB Department of Pathology, effective January 6, 2025.

Gene Siegal, M.D., Ph.D., the inaugural Robert W. Mowry Endowed Professor and Executive Vice Chair, retired on December 31, 2024, after 34 years of service in the UAB Department of Pathology.

Patients with multiple myeloma often develop bone lesions resulting in skeletal-related events (SREs), such as spinal cord compression, vertebral collapse, pathologic fractures and bone pain. Bone lesions are caused by increases in osteoclast formation and are treated using antiresorptive drugs such as denosumab.

Sixto Leal Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Division Director, Laboratory Medicine, has been named the Jay M. McDonald Endowed Professor in Experimental Pathology, effective January 1, 2025.

Twenty-two UAB leaders graduated among the ninth cohort of the UAB Medicine Institute for Leadership on Dec. 11, 2024.

The Department of Pathology is thrilled to announce a new faculty member joining our team January 1. Natalie R.

Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D., a professor in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, will retire at the end of the month, December 31, 2024, after 43 years in the UAB Department of Pathology.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) celebrated its annual Innovation Awards on October 11, 2024, recognizing outstanding innovators and entrepreneurial achievements.

Eight faculty members recently graduated from UAB Medicine’s LEading Advancing Developing (LEAD) Fall 2024 leadership development program. The program, presented by UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office (LDO), recognized its graduates at a ceremony on Oct.

The Transfusion Medicine Service in the UAB Department of Pathology performs therapeutic apheresis on patients who have an illness associated with an abnormal cellular or plasma-based blood component.

Experts at UAB Hospital answer five common questions about blood donation.

UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office welcomed 22 individuals in its ninth cohort of Institute for Leadership in August 2024.

Girish Melkani, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine in the Department of Pathology's Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, is the latest recipient of the Heersink School of Medicine’s Featured Discovery. This honor recognizes significant research contributions by Heersink faculty.