Each department in the School of Medicine provides a Diversity Liaison for the Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). This liaison is able to quickly and efficiently communicate needs, concerns, and goals to the ODI.

Anesthesiology

Mercy Udoji, MD
mudoji@uab.edu

Biochemistry

Natalia Kedishvili, PhD
nkedishvili@uab.edu

Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology

Lisa Schwiebert, PhD
lschwieb@uab.edu

Dermatology

Naveed Sami, MD
nsami@uab.edu

Emergency Medicine

Sarah Nafziger, MD
nafziger@uab.edu

Family Medicine

Mike Harrington, MD
harringt@uab.edu

Genetics

Maria Descartes, MD
mdescart@uab.edu

Medical Education

Sandy Frazier, MD
sfrazier@uab.edu

Medicine

Denys Thornley-Browne, MD
dtb@uab.edu

Microbiology

Janet Yother, PhD
jyother@uab.edu

Neurobiology

Farah Lubin, PhD
flubin@uab.edu

Neurology

John Rinker, MD
rinkerj@uab.edu

Neurosurgery

Jianmei Wu Leavenworth, M.D., Ph.D.
jwleaven@uab.edu

OB/Gyn

Michelle Khan, MD
khanmj@uab.edu

Opthamology

Virginia Lolley, MD
vlolley@uab.edu

Pathology

Silvio Litovsky, MD
slitovsk@uab.edu

Pediatrics

Tina Simpson, MD
TinaSimpson@uab.edu

Physical Med/Rehab

Danielle Powell, MD
dkpowell@uab.edu

Psychiatry

Laura Montgomery-Barefield, MD
lmbarefield@uab.edu

Radiation Oncology

Jun Duan, PhD
junduan@uab.edu

Radiology

Kristin K. Porter, MD, PhD
sear@uab.edu






Jessica Zarzour, MD
jzarzour@uab.edu

Surgery

Carlton Young, MD
cjyoung@uab.edu

Urology

Tracey Wilson, MD
tswilson@uab.edu