Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D., MPH, professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, has been selected for the Leadership Birmingham Class of 2021-2022. Dr. Coyne-Beasley joins a class of 50 leaders from a diversity of backgrounds in the Birmingham community.
Top L to R: Sarah Bingham, JaneMarie Freeman, Jaycelyn Holland, Jesseca Paulsen, Spencer Poore and Henry ShiauThe UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed six new faculty members in the month of August. Please join us in making them feel at home!
Terri Coco, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Pediatric Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee (APTC).
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.
Top L to R: Ambika Ashraf, Allison Black, Nefertiti Durant, Lauren NassettaThe 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.
Aman 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).