Empowering UAB’s leaders: leadership development opportunities within UAB Medicine
Written by Katherine Gaither
The Leadership Development Office, a service of UAB Medicine serving both the Heersink School of Medicine and the UAB Health System, offers a range of programs and services that provide tools and training to equip leaders and the teams they direct to be successful.
Introduction to Global Surgery with James Johnston, M.D., and Martina Gonzalez-Gomez, M.D., M.Sc.
Written by Mariah Payne
James Johnston, M.D., and Martina Gonzalez-Gomez, M.D., M.Sc., partnered to create a global surgery course to equip students with a holistic understanding of surgical care's pivotal role in public health, healthcare systems, and international development.
Black History Month, Part 2: A quick word with Adrienne Fowler Payne
Written by Mary Ashley Canevaro
For Black History Month, the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion sat down with a few employees and learners who are making a difference around UAB to hear why the commemorative month is important to them.
The UAB Department of Pathology, in the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, is ranked number 10 for the most funds awarded to a United States pathology department by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023.
Srini Tridandapani, M.D., Ph.D., has been named interim chair of the UAB Department of Radiology, effective March 1, 2024. Tridandapani is a professor and the vice chair for Imaging Informatics in the Department of Radiology and the founding director of the Division of Imaging Informatics.
Building Medicine: Updates on Heersink School of Medicine Facilities
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
This is the first of a new series of articles in which we will provide quarterly updates on the major space and facilities projects ongoing in the Heersink School of Medicine. For those of you directly involved in these projects, we will continue to interact with you on a regular basis as they progress. Currently, Heersink oversees 1.8 million square feet of space dedicated to education, administrative support, and research. In addition to this Heersink space, clinical spaces are managed by the hospital planning group.
Development of a Modular Toolkit for Effective, Ethical, and Equitable Global Neurosurgical Education and Collaboration with James Johnston
Written by Emily Liming Johns
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health hosted guest seminar speaker James Johnston, M.D., professor in the UAB Department of Neurosurgery and director of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship, on Tuesday, Feb. 6.
Four named 2024 Professional Excellence Awards winners at Diversity Grand Rounds
Written by Mary Ashley Canevaro
The Annual Professional Excellence Awards, hosted by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, were announced during Second Look Weekend at the Annual Diversity Grands.