The UAB Commission on the Status of Women recently selected the 2016 Outstanding Women Awards. Out of a total of eight women awarded, three were from the Department of Pediatrics. The commission will present awards to those honored as Outstanding Women for 2016 at a reception March 17, 2016 at the Alumni House.
- Rebecca Cantu, M.D., Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow, received Outstanding Woman UAB Postdoctoral Fellow Award.
- Penny Jester, BSN, MPH, CCRC, Pediatric Infectious Disease, received Susan D. Marchase Outstanding Woman UAB Administrator Award.
- Michele Kong, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, received Outstanding Woman in the Community Award.