Susan Walley, M.D., CTTS, FAAP, has been selected as CME Chair and Board member of the Alabama Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP). Dr. Walley’s term begins Oct. 1 and will last for three years, during which time she will be responsible for the CME activities of the AL-AAP. She is assuming the position from David Gremse, M.D., FAAP, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Alabama in Mobile.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Walley join our board and assume this role,” said Wes Stubblefield, M.D., FAAP, incoming AL-AAP president. “She brings a wealth of experience in this area and tenacity, which will make her a tremendous addition to our team.”
“We are very excited to have Dr. Walley join our board and assume this role,” said Wes Stubblefield, M.D., FAAP, incoming AL-AAP president. “She brings a wealth of experience in this area and tenacity, which will make her a tremendous addition to our team.”
Trent Tipple, M.D., Neonatology, has been asked to serve as an editorial board member of Life Sciences. As an editorial board member, Dr. Tipple will help maintain and improve journal standards by monitoring the editorial policy of the journal in terms of scope and the level and quality of papers published. Life Sciences is an international journal publishing articles that emphasize the molecular, cellular, and functional basis of therapy.
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Ambika Ashraf, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology, has been invited to Co-chair the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES) Education Committee. The PES has over 1,300 members representing the multiple disciplines of Pediatric Endocrinology. The members are dedicated to research and treatment of children with endocrine disorders; reproductive, bone, thyroid, diabetes, obesity, growth, pituitary and adrenal. The Society works to promote the continuing education of its membership. The Education Committee is charged with organization and execution of educational opportunities such as developing patient and provider education materials, boards review courses, clinical updates and the Fellows Retreat for the members of the society.
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Your Teen Magazine for Parents turned to Candice Dye, M.D., General Pediatrics, to provide guidance on teens and caffeine.
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Gillian Noel, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and Brandi Pernell, DNP, PNP-BC, PCNS-BC, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, have been selected to participate as scholars in the 2017 Health Disparities Research Training Award Certificate Program (HDRTP).
The interdisciplinary professional development program is sponsored by Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, Alabama State University, Creighton University, Jackson State University, University of South Alabama, and the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, and the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center. It is funded by grants from NIH.
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The interdisciplinary professional development program is sponsored by Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, University of Alabama, Alabama State University, Creighton University, Jackson State University, University of South Alabama, and the UAB Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, and the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center. It is funded by grants from NIH.
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Health care providers play a key role in recommending the human papillomavirus vaccination for survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study from UAB and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for developing HPV-related second cancers,” said Wendy Landier, Ph.D., co-principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health-funded study and associate professor in the UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. “The HPV vaccine is effective in preventing infection with the oncogenic HPV types responsible for the large majority of HPV-related cancers in this high-risk population.”The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, highlights the low rate of vaccine initiation among 13- to 26-year-old cancer survivors at 23.8 percent, compared with age-matched peers in the U.S. population, who have a vaccination rate of 40.5 percent.
Over half of the survivors or parents who reported receiving a recommendation for the HPV vaccine from a health care provider had received the vaccine. Among survivors who did not receive a provider recommendation, only one in 20 initiated the vaccine.
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“Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk for developing HPV-related second cancers,” said Wendy Landier, Ph.D., co-principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health-funded study and associate professor in the UAB Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. “The HPV vaccine is effective in preventing infection with the oncogenic HPV types responsible for the large majority of HPV-related cancers in this high-risk population.”The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, highlights the low rate of vaccine initiation among 13- to 26-year-old cancer survivors at 23.8 percent, compared with age-matched peers in the U.S. population, who have a vaccination rate of 40.5 percent.
Over half of the survivors or parents who reported receiving a recommendation for the HPV vaccine from a health care provider had received the vaccine. Among survivors who did not receive a provider recommendation, only one in 20 initiated the vaccine.
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Last year more than 190 children in Alabama were diagnosed with cancer and blood diseases. Most were treated at The Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama and UAB Pediatrics.
In September, these young warriors and their battles will be spotlighted through a number of special events to commemorate both National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
Children’s invites the public to learn more about its clinical and research programs and to be involved in raising awareness and funding.
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Santiago Borasino, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, assumed the role of Section Head and Medical Director of the CVICU effective August 1, 2017. Dr. Borasino obtained his medical education at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia – Alberto Hurtado Medical School, in Lima, Peru and a Master’s degree in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health before completing his training in Pediatrics at UAB and Children’s of Alabama. He then went to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He returned to UAB and Children’s of Alabama, initially as faculty in the PICU and subsequently in the CVICU. He has served as Associate Medical Director of the CVICU since 2015.
Mitch Cohen, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, has been elected to the Board of Directors of ImproveCareNow. The purpose of ImproveCareNow is to transform the health, care and costs for all children and adolescents with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis by building a sustainable collaborative chronic care network, enabling patients, families, clinicians and researchers to work together in a learning health care system to accelerate innovation, discovery and the application of new knowledge.
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The eighth annual Sips for CF will be held on Thursday, Sept. 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Gallery at The Pizitz Food Hall. The event includes wine tasting, food by tenants of The Pizitz Food Hall and live music. Tickets are $30 in advance at give.childrensal.org/sipsforcf or $35 at the door.
Proceeds benefit Laps for Cystic Fibrosis, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of cystic fibrosis and providing financial support in all areas of need for CF treatment, research, care, and improved quality of life.
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Proceeds benefit Laps for Cystic Fibrosis, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of cystic fibrosis and providing financial support in all areas of need for CF treatment, research, care, and improved quality of life.
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