Kent Willis, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, has been selected for the AJP-Lung Editorial Board Fellowship Program (EBFP).
Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Neonatology, was selected to serve on the Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity of the American Pediatric Society (APS). Dr. Sims will serve a three-year term beginning in 2021.
UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) is a collaboration between the Collat School of Business and the School of Medicine. The program offers training opportunities and develops leadership skills essential to academic healthcare.
TheAman Wadhwa, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology was awarded an Emerging Scientist Award from the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. This award will help fund Dr. Wadhwa’s research project titled, “Body composition and adverse outcomes in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma.”
Please join us in welcoming Michael A. Lopez, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurology, as a co-director for the Residency Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
Dan Feig, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, received a Service Award from the Pediatric Academic Society in gratitude for his leadership, service, and commitment as a member of the Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Meeting Program Committee.
The UAB Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Aman Wadhwa, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate in the 2021 ASH Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI).
Susan Walley, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, received the 2021 Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Excellence in Clinical Care Award. This award recognizes a pediatric hospitalist who exhibits excellent leadership in the clinical care of pediatric patients. The 2021 PHM awards were presented at the PHM21 Conference held this week from Aug. 4-6.
, assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Spencer Poore, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, Robert Richter, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Emily Smitherman, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Tennille Webb, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, and Kent Willis, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology,, received Loan Repayment Program (LRP) awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Emily Johnston, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Melissa Mannion, M.D.We are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Founders' Fund recipients.