ODI-SA seeking URiM faculty and staff to serve as 'Content Leaders' for PRIMe Mentoring Dinners
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Student Affairs (ODI-SA) is seeking mentors for its PRIMe Mentoring program. PRIMe Mentoring is a series of Career Advising Dinners for Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) medical students, staff, and faculty.
Alana Nichols, J.D., MS4, was recently selected as a Selected Professions Fellow by the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Dine with the Docs connects students with faculty mentors
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The third edition of the spring Dine with the Docs event, featuring student-selected faculty guests, hit its stride this year. The MAA hosted eight faculty and 40 students in varying years of medical school.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced the appointment of Stacy Vasquez as the new director of the Birmingham VA Medical Center. Vasquez will oversee the delivery of health care to more than 67,000 Veterans.
Sarah Nafziger, M.D., professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, is a senior faculty winner of the Dean's Excellence Award in Service.
The Huntsville Regional Medical Campus recently finalized and celebrated the creation of two new endowments at its 45th anniversary event April 8. They are the first endowments established for the Huntsville campus.
School of Medicine updates professional and external leave guidelines for faculty
Written by Brit Blalock
The School of Medicine has created school-specific guidelines for faculty member who wish to take External Activity Leave or Professional Leave. The policy goes into full effect October 1.
The School of Medicine held its commencement ceremony Saturday, May 18 at Bartow Arena. Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., F.A.C.S., senior vice president for medicine and dean of the School of Medicine welcomed the graduates and their families to the 2019 ceremony.