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by Christina Crowe

Our department gathered some of its longest-serving, most highly honored faculty alongside some of our newer faculty members on October 20 to recognize awards and distinctions from the previous two years. At an event previously intended to be annual, but postponed by COVID, several faculty, trainees and staff came together at the UAB National Alumni House to celebrate with a dinner reception.

The following individuals were recognized:

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2022

Awards/Recognition

Erin Ahn, Ph.D. Featured Discovery, January 2022
Vishnu Reddy, M.D., UAB President’s Excellence Award
Casey Weaver, M.D., National Academy of Sciences
Michael Williams, M.D., M.Sc. Fellow, The Pathologist Power List
Tom Winokur, M.D. New Division Director, Women’s Health

Endowments

Elizabeth Brown, Ph.D., M.P.H., Endowed Professor of Cancer Pathobiology
Shu Chen, Ph.D., Ona Faye-Petersen Endowed Professor of Pathology
Yabing Chen, Ph.D., Jay MacDonald Endowed Professorship elevated to Chair
Han-Fei Ding, Ph.D., Gene P. Siegal Endowed Professor of Pathology
C. Ryan Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Vishnu Reddy Translational Research Endowed Professor

Service Awards

Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D.—35 years
Shannon Bailey, Ph.D.—20 years
William Benjamin, Ph.D. (retired)—35 years
Robin Hatton, Ph.D.—20 years 

Promotion to Associate Professor

Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D.
Goo Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Craig Maynard, Ph.D.
Brandi McCleskey, M.D.

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2021

Promotion and Tenure

Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D.
Liyun Cao, Ph.D.
Rajasekaran Namakkal-Soorappan, Ph.D.
Frida Rosenblum, M.D.

Retirement

Ona Faye-Petersen, M.D.—Aug. 2021
Rob Hackney, M.D.—June 2021
Lea Novak, M.D.—Aug. 2021

Featured Discovery

Craig Maynard, Ph.D.

Argus Awards

Sameer Al Diffalha, M.D.
Ken Fallon, M.D.
Diana Morlote, M.D.

Dean’s Excellence Awards

Peter Anderson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D.
Brandi McCleskey, M.D.
Frida Rosenblum, M.D.
 

Awards/Distinctions

Shuko Harada, M.D. – named Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Eason Hildreth, D.V.M., Ph.D.—2021 Pittman Scholar
Marisa Marques, M.D.—2021 SOM ODI Professional Excellence Award
Gene Siegal, M.D., Ph.D.—2021 Distinguished Professor, UAB

UAB Pathology Robert and Ruth Anderson Endowed Chair George Netto, M.D., gave remarks recognizing each individual for their ongoing support and dedication to the department. Additionally, he presented Kuruvilla George, M.B.A., Executive Administrator for the department with an award for leadership and service.

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