Sixto M. Leal Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Jay M. McDonald Endowed Professor in Experimental Pathology and Division Director, Laboratory Medicine, has been appointed to the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Test Development and Advisory Committee (TDAC) for Medical Microbiology beginning in 2025. The TDACs are responsible for developing and reviewing the ABPath certification exam questions that assess and certify a physician's education, knowledge, experience and skills in order to provide high-quality care in the profession of pathology.
Faculty members from the UAB Department of Pathology gathered for an all-day retreat at the UAB Hilton on Friday, February 7, for community-building exercises and special topic discussions.
The UAB Department of Pathology is excited to announce our chief residents for the 2025-26 year and thank our 2024-25 chiefs.
We want to acknowledge the incredible example that our 2024-25 chiefs Drs. Kyle Joseph, Caroline Stanek and Amy Theriault have set over the past year. They excelled in their leadership positions, and we thank them all for a job well done.
What are the lasting effects of COVID-19 on the body? Paul Benson, M.D., Professor and Autopsy Section Head in the Department of Pathology's Division of Anatomic Pathology, was awarded a Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project, titled, "A Multi-site Pathology Study of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection." The RECOVER initiative is a first-of-its-kind, patient-centered research effort to understand, diagnose, prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2. The grant will fund $158,000 per year and will run through April 2026.
- Umah accepted into UAB R38 StARR Training Program
- Gassman named Associate Director, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center's Access, Belonging and Culture
- Miller to serve as Assistant Program Leader of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center's Neuro-Oncology Program
- Mackinnon named Executive Vice Chair of UAB Pathology
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