You're invited to attend our Town Hall Meeting with Community Leaders! Learn more about Poverty Status, Education, Health Equity in Children and Adolescents with potential solutions to address these issues. This event is free and open to the public. No registration or tickets required. This two-day, mini-conference is sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship.
Panelist Include:
Frank Franklin, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor Emeritus of UAB School of Public Health
John Stone, MBA, Manager of the Community Action Arm of Children's of Alabama
Kristina Scott, JD, Executive Director of Alabama Possible
Michael Ramsey, MD, Immediate Past President of Alabama Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
Randall Woodfin, JD, Immediate Past President of Birmingham Public School’s Board of Education
Veda Johnson, MD, Director of Partners for Equity in Child & Adolescent Health at Emory University School of Medicine
To view the agenda, click here.
To view the flyer for the Town Hall Meeting, click here.
For more information contact Dr. Jaime McKinney.
Panelist Include:
Frank Franklin, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor Emeritus of UAB School of Public Health
John Stone, MBA, Manager of the Community Action Arm of Children's of Alabama
Kristina Scott, JD, Executive Director of Alabama Possible
Michael Ramsey, MD, Immediate Past President of Alabama Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
Randall Woodfin, JD, Immediate Past President of Birmingham Public School’s Board of Education
Veda Johnson, MD, Director of Partners for Equity in Child & Adolescent Health at Emory University School of Medicine
To view the agenda, click here.
To view the flyer for the Town Hall Meeting, click here.
For more information contact Dr. Jaime McKinney.
Veronica Sanchez, PhD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, received an appointment as Associate Scientist in the Neuro-Oncology Program effective April 1, 2016. Congratulations to Dr. Sanchez on joining theUAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Colm Travers, M.D., Neonatology Fellow, was selected to join the Health Services, Outcomes, and Effectiveness Research (HSOER) T32 Fellowship Program effective July 1, 2016. In addition to a National Research Service Award (NRSA) stipend, the fellowship award also includes tuition and fees for additional didactic training, a travel stipend, and additional funds for research training related expenses. Congratulations!
Bill Britt, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Disease, received a National Institute of Health RO1 award for his study, "HCMV miRNA Regulation of Secretion and Formation of the Viral Assembly Compartment" in the amount of $779,109 per year through 2021. This award includes funds awarded for subrecipient activity with Oregon Health and Science University.
Click here to read the story in an ongoing series highlighting the 2015 Dean's Excellence Award winners.
From an early age Michele Nichols valued the privilege of education. A single mother raising two daughters, Nichols’ mother instilled one thing in her children: consider education a privilege, not an entitlement. These words still resonate with Nichols as she has dedicated nearly her entire career with the UAB Department of Pediatrics and Children’s of Alabama as not only an educator, but a leader in educating the generations of future pediatricians.... Continue reading here
From an early age Michele Nichols valued the privilege of education. A single mother raising two daughters, Nichols’ mother instilled one thing in her children: consider education a privilege, not an entitlement. These words still resonate with Nichols as she has dedicated nearly her entire career with the UAB Department of Pediatrics and Children’s of Alabama as not only an educator, but a leader in educating the generations of future pediatricians.... Continue reading here
“Service is the foundation of our life, our people, our community. Service is what connects you to the next person. Service should be the core of everything we do.”
Michele Kong, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Children's of Alabama, cofounded Kulturecity with her husband in 2013 after their oldest son was diagnosed with autism. The nonprofit works to create a network for families with autism and to change the way the disorder is viewed in society.
Dr. Kong was recognized for her work in the community as a winner in the 2015 Dean's Excellence Awards, established to recognize outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine. She was also recently selected by the UAB Commission on the Status of Women to receive the Outstanding Woman in the Community Award. Clickhere to read the story in an ongoing series highlighting the 2015 Dean's Excellence Award winners. Nominations for this year's awards are due today, April 1, 2016 by 11:59 p.m. to Heather McGuire. Click here for details.
Michele Kong, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Children's of Alabama, cofounded Kulturecity with her husband in 2013 after their oldest son was diagnosed with autism. The nonprofit works to create a network for families with autism and to change the way the disorder is viewed in society.
Dr. Kong was recognized for her work in the community as a winner in the 2015 Dean's Excellence Awards, established to recognize outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine. She was also recently selected by the UAB Commission on the Status of Women to receive the Outstanding Woman in the Community Award. Clickhere to read the story in an ongoing series highlighting the 2015 Dean's Excellence Award winners. Nominations for this year's awards are due today, April 1, 2016 by 11:59 p.m. to Heather McGuire. Click here for details.
The UAB Department of Pediatrics recently received the competitive renewal for a National Institutes of Health grant, for which Wally Carlo, M.D., division director of Neonatology, is the principal investigator. This marks the fifth consecutive successful five-year cycle of the grant titled, "Cooperative Multi-center Neonatal Research Network-UAB," in the amount of $277,607 per year through 2020.
Due to a generous donation from the Chu family to support educational initiatives, a portion has been set aside for Pediatric Fellows. Applications remain open for the Chu Family Educational Scholarship for the Fall of 2016. There will be three scholarships given for the Fall 2016. Please see memo for details.
Candidates are selected on a competitive basis and selection is made upon a Review Committee’s analysis of the written application. For the academic year starting in July 2016, three candidates will receive a $5,000 scholarship for their chosen educational endeavor.
Should you have any questions, please contact Ronda Chandler or Dr. Ann Klasner. Applications should be emailed to or delivered to Ronda Chandler in the Sergio Stagno Center, 4th Floor Dearth Tower, no later than Monday, April 11, 2016.
Scholarship recipients will be announced in late May/early June.
Candidates are selected on a competitive basis and selection is made upon a Review Committee’s analysis of the written application. For the academic year starting in July 2016, three candidates will receive a $5,000 scholarship for their chosen educational endeavor.
Should you have any questions, please contact Ronda Chandler or Dr. Ann Klasner. Applications should be emailed to or delivered to Ronda Chandler in the Sergio Stagno Center, 4th Floor Dearth Tower, no later than Monday, April 11, 2016.
Scholarship recipients will be announced in late May/early June.
Have you marked your calendar? The Spring Benevolent Fund Food Truck Festival is next Friday, April 8 outside of WIC in Limbaugh Park from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. See you there!
The 2016 Benevolent Fund Campaign runs April 1 - 30.
Make your continuous or one-time pledge online today to support fellowemployees with emergency needs andoutreach in the community.
The 2016 Benevolent Fund Campaign runs April 1 - 30.
Make your continuous or one-time pledge online today to support fellowemployees with emergency needs andoutreach in the community.
The first annual Pediatric Science Day was held on March 17, 2016 in the Bradley Conference Center. The organizers are pleased to announce the day was a huge success! Twenty pediatric presentations were showcased including presentations by 12 pediatric fellows, six pediatric residents, one post doc in psychology and one medical student. Additionally, eight posters were presented, five by pediatric fellows, one by a chief resident, one by a nutrition graduate student and one by a research associate. We were thrilled that Dr. Paul Spearman, Vice Chair of Research from Emory University was able to join us as the featured Grand Rounds speaker. He was an integral active participant during both the platform and poster sessions, and gave a very informative grand rounds presentation. Three fellows were highlighted with best abstracts in their section: Dr. Eric Ring and Dr. Jenny McDaniel, first and second year fellows from Hematology/Oncology, and Dr. Johanna Hall, third year fellow from Emergency Medicine. The day was even more complete as close to 70 faculty members took time to enjoy the presentations during the day. Special thanks to the six faculty who took time to review the abstracts: Drs. Tofil, Wu, Walley, Lebensburger, Whitley and McCormick.
- Community Physicians Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor
- Drs. Carlo and Biasini Co-Author Study Which Find that Children of Lower-Income Families Can Improve Cognitive Delays with Early Intervention
- Sign up for the MDA Muscle Walk of Birmingham
- Smoke and Mirrors: Electronic Cigarettes and Child Health