Anthony B. Purcell, Assistant Vice President and Chief, UAB Police Department will present "Leaders and leadership: What do people see when they see you coming?" on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.  The Department of Medicine Leadership Development Seminar Series is open to all Medicine employees.

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Mr. Hao Li received his M.S. degree from the Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Science in 2005. He joined the Graduate Program in Microbiology at UAB in 2008 and has carried out his graduate study in Dr. John Mountz laboratory at UAB since 2008.  Mr. Li initially studied the role of IL-23 in the regulation of autoimmune disease in the BXD2 mouse model of systemic autoimmunity.  These mice develop spontaneous germinal centers (GCs) in the spleen that are highly dependent of interleukin (IL)-17.  Mr. Li made the novel and unexpected finding that IL-23 was necessary to maintain the integrity of marginal zone barrier that prevents follicular entry of apoptotic self-antigens in BXD2 mice.  This initial work led to his present findings of a novel mechanism of autoimmunity in which “leaks” in the marginal zone barrier enable entry of apoptotic Ags into the follicle Mr. Li currently studies the molecular mechanisms regulating the interactions of marginal zone macrophages and marginal zone B cells in maintaining the tolerogenic function of these cells to apoptotic self-antigens.

Congratulations to all on the accomplishments below from S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD, Division Director, and C. Seth Landefeld, MD, DOM Chairman!

Bob Rich, MD, PhD and Harry Schroeder, MD, PhD published Clinical Immunology:  Principles and Practice.  4^th Edition.Robert Rich, Editor.  Co-Editors:  Thomas Fleisher, William Shearer, Harry Schroeder, Anthony Frew, Cornelia Weyand

Alex Szalai, PhD will be named Director of the Musculoskeletal and Skin Module in the 2^nd year SOM curriculum.  Winn Chatham, MD, will continue to be the Clinical Co-Director of the Module. 

Congratulations!!

Suzanne Oparil, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, recently was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Scientist Award (Translational Domain) by the American College of Cardiology in recognition of her major contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of cardiovascular disease.

She was presented the award during the 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in San Francisco in March 

Hardy Moore has been selected as the UAB Employee of the Month for April 2013!  This is not Hardy's first EOM award as he was chosen based on nominations received when he was selected as the Department of Medicine Employee of the Month in August 2012.

A reception where he'll receive his award will be held in Hardy's honor on Tuesday, April 23 from 4-5:00 PM in the West Pavilion Conference Center Room E.  He will also be featured in an interview by the UAB Reporter. 

Please join us in once again celebrating Hardy for all of his hard work in the Department of Medicine.