Awards will be given in the following categories:
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Research Achievement Award
- Educational Achievement Award
- Service Achievement Award
- Mentoring Achievement Award
- Model of Excellence Award
- Community Pediatric Educator Award
Award Descriptions:
DOP Lifetime Achievement Award in Pediatric Healthcare
This award recognizes truly outstanding individuals whose career achievements represent exceptional contributions to pediatric healthcare through clinical services, education or research. Nominees must have been affiliated with the UAB DOP within the last 10 years. There will be a two-stage selection process. Nominations submitted to the selection committee will be reviewed and a list of potential awardees given to the Chair of the Department, who will make the final selection.
Research Achievement Award
The Research Achievement Award will be awarded based on research merit and impact on the appropriate field of research. Criteria will include attainment of national and international recognition for superior scholarship as indicated through publications, continued productivity over a sustained period of time, extramural funding, professional activities, academic awards and the impact or potential impact on improving child health.
Educational Achievement Award
The Educational Achievement Award will be awarded based on outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the university. Criteria will include commitment to teaching, development of innovative and high-impact educational programs, demonstrated creative approaches to teaching, high standards of performance and outstanding teaching evaluations.
Service Achievement Award
The Service Award recognizes individuals who have exhibited sustained, significant and impactful clinical service or service through leadership, advocacy, or diversity enhancement to the department, university or community. Criteria will include significant sustained commitment to providing service to the institution and/or community.
Mentoring Achievement Award
The Mentoring Achievement Award recognizes faculty who are outstanding mentors to junior faculty, fellows and other trainees within the university. Criteria will include a strong commitment to the career development of trainees and junior faculty, excellent mentoring in clinical work, education and clinical/translational/basic research, and evidence of mentees’ success in these fields.
Team Excellence Award
The Team Excellence Award recognizes a team or group who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and clinical or research accomplishments at the national/international level. Criteria include demonstration that these accomplishments are due to both the team effort and the unique contributions of individual team members. Clinical teams are defined broadly and include those that focus on clinical care as well as quality improvement, safety, etc. Research is defined broadly and encompasses the full spectrum of research activities for the DOP.
DOP Community Pediatric Educator Award
This award recognizes an outstanding community pediatrician partner and his/her exemplary commitment to the UAB DOP as a co-educator of medical students, residents and fellows.
The UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine has awarded the second round of pilot grants. The three pilot grants have been given to collaborative teams comprised of one researcher from UAB and one from HudsonAlpha to pursue novel investigations. The pilot grant funding is $100,000 per year for up to two years. Randy Cron, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatric Rheumatology, received one of the three grants with Devin Absher, Ph.D., HudsonAlpha. Click here for more information.
Students from the UAB School of Medicine named 20 faculty and six clinical departments winners of the 2016 Argus Awards. Hussein Abdul-Latif, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology, received the Argus Award for Birmingham Clinical Educator.Created in 1996, the Argus Awards give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education. Faculty members are nominated by course evaluations, and students vote to select award winners in each category.
Argus Award recipients and nominees were honored at a reception on Friday, Oct. 7 at Children’s Harbor. Click here to view Department of Pediatrics Nominees or here to view the all winners. Click here for photos from the event.
October typically ushers in autumn outings and all things pumpkin, but at Children’s of Alabama, it’s all about superheroes. Children’s will again partner with Books-A-Million to kick off its Superhero Month festivities and its “The Power of Children’s” campaign, recognizing patients and staff as real-life superheroes while raising awareness of Children’s impact statewide. The month-long celebration began Sept. 30 with a private superhero meet and greet at the hospital. Patients received capes and masks, and participated in arts and crafts activities. In addition, the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children will be illuminated in blue every night in October in honor of patients and staff. A variety of superhero-themed events – from art activities to a special visit from not-so-average window washers – are scheduled throughout the month. To view the Children's press release, click here.
Additional thank you to everyone who helped put it on. We had over 200 attendees and 40 classes represented.Thank you to all who attended our FIRST Pediatric Residency Reunion! It was truly unforgettable! Click here to view photos from the reunion.
Christina Cochran, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, joined the UAB Department of Pediatrics on Sept. 1. Dr. Cochran completed her pediatric residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. She completed her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. Dr. Cochran's academic interests include resident education, simulation, and anaphylaxis. Her personal interests include traveling and being outdoors.
Congratulations to Liz Beierle, M.D., Pediatric Surgery, who was selected as one of 2016 Women Who Shape the State by Al.com. More than 100 women were nominated and 29 women were selected for the second annual presentation of this award, which seeks to honor women throughout Alabama. From the UAB School of Medicine, Mona Fouad, M.D., was also honored. Click here to see all awardees.
Will Sasser, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, received a 2016 Research and Innovations in Medical Education (RIME) Faculty Development UASOM Award; a program funded by an HSF-GEF grant. The RIME program will provide up to $7,500 funds for one year towards a successful enrollment in the Harvard Macy Institute for Educators in Health Professions program. The project titled, “Preparation for Residency” will enhance the curriculum experience for UASOM students.
Research and Innovations in Medical Education (RIME) Week promotes teaching skills, fosters curriculum innovation and showcases scholarship and research findings in medical education for the 21st century. Nathaniel Swinger, M.D., Pediatrics Fellow, and Tina Simpson, M.D., MPH, General Pediatrics, received awards in the category of Medical Education, Research & Innovation. Dr. Swinger's poster presentation was titled "Variable Interval Training for Active Learning." Dr. Simpson's poster was titled, "Cultural Competence: LGBTQ Youth Module."
Michelle Kong, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, will be recognized by the Women's Fund at an event at Iron City on Oct. 13. Event information here. Dr. Kong will be celebrated among 10 of Birmingham's Smartest Women. Her bio, which highlights her work at Children's, UAB and her nonprofit, KultureCity, can be found here.