Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, M.D., assistant professor in the Division Pediatric Pulmonology, and Colm Travers, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, have been selected for the 2022 class of the Children's of Alabama (COA) Scholars Program.
Jeffery Lebensburger, D.O., professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been selected to participate as a coach for the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Strategic Empowerment Tailored for Health Equity Investigators (SETH) grant writing research study.
Michael Stalvey, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, was named among Birmingham’s Researchers Finest by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Alabama.
The HSF General Endowment Fund (GEF) recently awarded grants that support clinical care program development among other initiatives. One project that was selected for funding this cycle was CARE-BHAM (Co-located Access and Resident Education for Behavioral Health Assessment and Management). This initiative is led by Terry Wall, M.D., professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, to address the challenges of providing mental health services to a high-risk pediatric population which experiences many negative social determinants of health.
Christy Foster, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, has been appointed to the American Academy of Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Endocrinology Editorial Board.
Brandi Pernell, DNP, assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been invited to become a member of the Center for Women's Reproductive Health (CWRH).
Congratulations to the following pediatric faculty on being elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) membership!
Dan Reiff, M.D., second year fellow in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, received the 2021 Earl J. Brewer Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Rheumatology.
Congratulations to Holton Dunville, M.D., Christine Campbell, M.D., and Caroline Evans, CPNP on winning Best Poster at the 2nd Annual Safety & Quality Day. They received this award for their poster titled, “Reducing Time to Antibiotic Administration for High-Risk Patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department.”
Hussein Abdullatif, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Steffane Battle, M.D., chair of Pediatrics at UAB's Huntsville campus, and Stephanie Berger, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, were among those honored at the Argus Awards Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 5.