People of UAB

Warner K. Huh, M.D., will assume the role of OBGYN chair in the UAB School of Medicine on Nov. 1.

Reid Jones, a longtime UAB Health System leader, has been named CEO of UAB Medicine.

Angie Toluhi, a physician who championed a number of initiatives to improve the health of mothers and children in her home country, will complete her UAB training before returning to her native Nigeria to continue her work.

Kecia M. Thomas will join UAB as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jeffrey W. Holmes will join UAB as the seventh dean of the School of Engineering.

Richter has published two studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Olivia Affuso, Ph.D., was taken to the hospital after being stung more than 50 times by the bees.

Vinay Narasimha Krishna, M.D., received one of 15 KidneyX Redesign Dialysis prizes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the American Society of Nephrology.

UAB students led their team to victory, bringing home the National Championship title for the third time in eight years.

Several UAB programs once again are listed among the best in U.S. News & World Report rankings, including one program that vaulted 43 spots from one year ago.

The American Civil War was the proving ground for the new science of anesthesia in surgery.

You might know that sex sells, but did you know that the sex of cells is important in biomedical research?
Kay has held several administrative positions at UAB, including director of the Clinical Electrophysiology Section within the Division of Cardiovascular Disease.