The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce four recipients of the Walter B. Frommeyer Jr. Fellowship in Investigative Medicine for 2022. This annual research award is designed to foster the development of outstanding physician-scientists by supporting an intensive, mentored research experience.
Awards were funded by a generous grant from the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, the Department of Medicine, and the respective Divisions. Congratulations to this year’s exceptional awardees!
Olivia T. Van Gerwen, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
"Measuring Traumatic Experiences and Their Impacts on Sexual Health Behaviors and Care Utilization Among Transgender Women in the Southeastern U.S."
Yan Lu, M.D.
Nephrology
"Glycolytic Switch in CKD: the Role of LDHA Expression"
Lesley Jackson, M.D.
Instructor, Immunology and Rheumatology
"Barriers and Facilitators to COVID-19 Vaccinations in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases"
Sarah Robison, M.D.
Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
"The PGP Pathway Potentiates Neutrophilic Inflammation and Tissue Damage in Pneumonia Patients Who Smoke"