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Eric Wallace, M.D., UAB medical director of Telehealth and associate professor in the Division of Nephrology, was recently nominated and selected as the 2021 Community Star of Alabama by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Wallace will be honored on National Rural Health Day on Nov. 18 for his vast efforts in telehealth and innovation across the state of Alabama.

As the UAB Heersink School of Medicine advances and grows as a national leader of excellence and research, UAB campus prepares for the new Altec Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Building by renovating the decades-old LHRB.

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Stefanie Krick, M.D., Ph.D., and Chad Petit, Ph.D., have been named the new assistant directors for research for the Medical Scientist Training Program in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.

In partnership with HSF and the UAB Health System, the School of Medicine is pleased to announce UAB’s inaugural Momentum Executive Leadership Program pilot. Momentum’s Executive Leadership Program is a competitive nine month program for women that provides workshops, mentoring, and networking opportunities for senior leaders.

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On Monday, Sept. 20, Rachael Lee, M.D., MSPH, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and David Kimberlin, M.D., professor and co-director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, gave an update of current pediatric COVID-19 news and answered questions live from the community.

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From serving at food banks and working with the homeless population to hosting charity dinners and organizing fundraisers, Holly Chandash, office associate in the Department of Anesthesiology, has worked with over ten organizations across the Magic City.

Jayme Locke, M.D., MPH, director of the UAB Comprehensive Transplant Institute, is the latest guest on ‘The Checkup’ podcast, hosted by Selwyn Vickers, M.D., FACS, dean of the School of Medicine. Together, they discuss the impact of CTI on kidney transplant regionally, how UAB’s transplant program is unique, transplant during COVID-19, and much more.

To contribute to the ongoing effort to vaccinate all Alabamians, Equal Access Alabama partnered with several organizations, including Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program, to deliver vaccines to underserved rural areas by going door to door with doses.

Vu Nguyen, M.D., MBA, has been named chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the School of Medicine.

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