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The met and unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension, and diabetes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: analysis of a cross-sectional multimorbidity survey
Emily Wong, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, is the latest winner of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members. -
Rodriguez is Interim Director of ID
Martin Rodriguez, M.D. Martin Rodriguez, M.D., will serve as Interim Division Director for Infectious Diseases (ID) effective September 24, 2023. -
Get your flu shot in October, early November to stay flu-free this season
UAB physicians urge people to get flu shots early in the season. -
Unmet health needs for HIV, hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa
Analysis of a survey of 18,041 people in rural KwaZulu-Natal revealed a discrepancy between the ability of the South African health system to respond to the health needs of people with communicable diseases and the health needs of people with[…] -
A fate determination fork-in-the-road for germinal center Tfh and T memory cells
Some PD-1+CXCR5+CD4+ T cells will become germinal center-Tfh cells that are essential for B cells to become high-affinity antibody-producing cells. Others do not take that path, instead becoming memory T cells. -
NIH selects Marrazzo as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Today the National Institutes of Health has announced that UAB’s own Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., has been selected to succeed Anthony Fauci, M.D., as the next director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) this fall. -
UAB’s first uterus transplant recipient delivers healthy baby
The baby boy, born in late May 2023, is the first baby born from a uterus transplant outside of a clinical trial and UAB’s first baby from its uterus transplant program. -
9 faculty elevated to Distinguished, University professorships
The UA System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to Ravi Bhatia, Heith Copes, Craig Elmets, Denise A. Gainey, Jeffrey D. Kerby, Farah D. Lubin, Jean-François Pittet and Martin E. Young and the rank of University Professor[…] -
COVID-19 bacteremic co-infection is a major risk factor for mortality, ICU admission, and mechanical ventilation
Nathaniel Erdmann, M.D., Ph.D., Amit Gaggar, M.D., and Matthew Might, Ph.D., are the latest winners of the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery. This initiative celebrates important research from Heersink faculty members. -
Tropical Medicine Education: From the classroom to the field with German Henostroza
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health hosted guest seminar speaker German Henostroza, M.D., on June 6, 2023.