🎉 Kudos to Dr. Raymond Jones for being selected to participate in the UC San Diego Sustained Training in HIV and Aging Research Program. The program will increase his knowledge concerning the development, implementation, & dissemination of HIV & aging mental health research.

😄 We're proud to share Aakash Desai, MD, MPH has received a grant from Lung Cancer Research Foundation to explore a promising treatment for lung cancer—antibody drug conjugates—which combine high potency and high selectivity in one therapeutic agent.

👏 Congrats, Dr. Desai! loom.ly/ul0yxaA

🎉 Join us in celebrating Dr. Dhaval Raval for being selected to succeed Erin Snyder as Physician Director for Ambulatory Care.

👏 He will work to improve the utilization of clinics, patient access and experience, & workflow across DOM clinics. Congrats, Dr. Raval!

🎉 We're thrilled to learn that Dr. Navin Nanda was recently honored as the Chief Guest at the Indian Academy of Echocardiography's annual meeting, where he was recognized for his contributions in the development of echocardiography.

Well deserved, Dr. Nanda! 👏 @uabcardiology

Day 17 of our DLM Celebration

Dr. Vineeta Kumar is a Transplant Nephrologist at UAB Medicine and an AST Board member. She is an incredible advocate for patient and family rights in transplantation, and we are so thankful for her.

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😀 Cheers to Thomas W. Buford, PhD for being selected to lead the the newly created Section of Translational Gerontology in our Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care.

🥳 Congrats to Dr. Buford and his newly formed team! 👏

🥳 Congratulations to RJ Blackburn for being selected to serve as an assistant program director for UAB IM Residency.

👏 He will work alongside Program Director Ryan Kraemer to support the program's educational mission.

👏 Kudos to Drs. Andrea Cherrington & Tim Garvey for their leadership of the NIH funded GRADE study at UAB which reports findings among 4 commonly prescribed meds for T2DM that and could help providers better choose meds based on patients' unique needs.

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🎉 Congratulations to the 2024-2027 UAB IM Residency Core Faculty Mentors Drs. Leslie Avant, Chad Burski, Derek Estes, Steven Fox, Alonso Heudebert, Bailey Lipham, Sam McElwee, Winn Seay, and Rebekah Weil!

Great day at Take Steps yesterday! Record turnout! Special thanks to our volunteers and Kira Gilbert for putting on great event! A BIG 🐢 too! Don’t forget you can still donate to Take Steps year round. Our team page: takesteps.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/index.cfm?fuse…

UAB Nephrology Seminar - Monday 04/29/2024 at noon zoom and in person, KAUL 270 - Dr. Clare Lyas Clare Lyas will present on: ““Reevaluating Race and the Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculator”
Subhashini Bolisetty Carmen De Miguel, PhD, MS, FAHA Paul Sanders

🤗 Please join us in welcoming Dr. Robert Mankowski to the Division of #GGPC !

🔬His research interest includes preserving physical and cardiovascular function among older adults and survivors of critical illness.

👏Welcome, Dr. Mankowski!

Never too early to grow the pipeline in #ID . TY Ms Phillips’ 3rd graders for allowing me 2 teach about germs. These creative kids then designed GERMingham 🦠, which won President’s Award McWane Science Center science fair. Special TY UAB Department of Medicine UAB Infectious Diseases Division for treats 4 these scientists! 👨‍🔬

Kudos to UAB GIM KeAndrea Titer-Abrahams, MD, Karla Williams, & Lisa Willett for launching 'Closing the Divide: Building Trust by Addressing Bias in Medicine,' a platform that helps professionals develop skills to respond to biased behaviors in medicine. loom.ly/jU-6Hzk

🥳 Join us in congratulating Dr. Fred Weber for being the latest recipient of the Residency Impact Award which honors faculty who greatly impact the education of the education of the Internal Medicine Residents. UAB IM Residency!

Thank you for your dedication, Dr. Weber!

We are way more than just another clinical site!

We're so proud to support the $610 million in #NIH #research funding secured by the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine in 2023. 🔬 Huge congratulations to the UAB Department of Medicine for ranking 20th among other DOMs! ‼️uab.edu/medicine/news/…

Excited to celebrate National Volunteer Week by participating in our local AL/NW FL ChapterTake Steps event for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation! This Saturday The Birmingham Zoo!

👏 Kudos to Gregory Payne,MD,PhD for his appointment to the Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation Study Section of the NIH!

🔬As a member, Dr. Payne will contribute to national biomedical research efforts and support medical and allied research fields. @uabcardiology

📝 In a JAMA editorial, Dr. Angelo Gaffo assessed a gout flare study, emphasizing the need for diverse representation, broader patient experiences, and inclusion of patients with comorbidities to validate the findings.

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