In this installment of MHIGH's Partner Profiles series, Dr. Isabel Scarinci shares about her life and work in global health.
The Strategic Research Retreat event, held in February 2023, featured presentations from the task force leaders of the four Research Focus Areas that the Heersink School of Medicine announced in September 2022: Disruptive Technology Empowering Precision Health (D-TECH), Infection, Inflammation, Immunity and Immunotherapy (I-4ward), Brain Health and Disease Across the Lifespan, and Health Equity. We spoke with the theme leads about the main Research Retreat takeaways and the next steps for implementation.
Leading Diversity: Inclusive Efforts for the LGBTQ+ Community from the Department of Radiology
Written by Jessica Snyder
In honor of Pride Month, the Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion is sharing the initiatives implemented in the UAB Department of Radiology to create a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ patients, students, and faculty members.
Steyn and Benson conduct tuberculosis research through Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health pilot grant
Written by Teresa Hicks
Extended research has been conducted to understand how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) can remain in the body for many years without causing any symptoms of the disease, only to suddenly become active and cause an explosive outbreak of tuberculosis (TB).
Inaugural UAB Sports and Exercise Medicine Ferguson Lecture Series Explores Running Medicine
Written by Caroline Newman
Representatives from the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Service (CBCHS), a partner of the Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health, recently visited UAB’s campus.
Tropical Medicine Education: From the classroom to the field with German Henostroza
Written by Mariah Payne
The Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health hosted guest seminar speaker German Henostroza, M.D., on June 6, 2023.
Camerron M. Crowder, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurobiology, has been awarded the 2023 Provost’s Awards for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research.