Betsy Hopson, MSHA, director of the UAB Staging Transition for Every Patient (STEP) Program in the Division of General Internal Medicine, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Heersink Dean’s Excellence Award for Staff.
Kristina “Kristi” Gidley, PA-C, MSHA, who serves as the executive administrator within the Department of Otolaryngology, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Dean’s Excellence Awards for Staff.

Paula Clawson, rural program coordinator for the Office of Family Health Education and Research at the Huntsville Regional Medical Campus, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Dean’s Excellence Awards for Staff.

Donna Bailer, executive administrator in the Department of Neurosurgery, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Dean’s Excellence Awards for Staff.
April Agne, MPH, program director II in the UAB Division of Preventive Medicine and deputy director of the Forge AHEAD Center, has been selected as a recipient of the inaugural Heersink Dean’s Excellence Award for Staff.
Jamil Saad, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Microbiology, has been awarded an R37 Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award for his continued work with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).

Migraine Awareness Week is September 24-30, 2023, and Emily Schiltz Fortenberry, M.D., assistant professor in the Department of Neurology, shared seven common migraine triggers to keep in mind.

The Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation held a symposium titled "Generative AI for Healthcare: Progress or Peril" with multiple speakers, all innovators in the field of health care, on Tuesday, Sept. 12.

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