Many of our faculty, staff, and trainees took part in the races of the 2017 Mercedes-Benz Marathon Weekend. We are delighted to report that first-year resident Connor Wann placed first in his age group, was the top local finisher, and #7 overall in the marathon with a 2:48 run. The Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care’s “Silver Sneakers” team also placed #2 in the all-women’s relay—Katrina Booth, Alayne Markland, former fellow Erin Stevens, Caroline Harada, and Marianthe Grammas. Kudos to all who donned their tennis shoes and pounded the pavement for this year’s event.
Grant Williams, MD (Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology) has earned an American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant for “Sarcopenia and Pharmacokinetics in Colorectal Cancer: the SPARK project.”
Gang Liu, MD (Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) has received an NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award. The $5.2 million grant will explore the role of pulmonary metabolic dysregulation in the cause and development of lung fibrosis.
German Henostroza, MD (Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases) has been named director of the UAB William Crawford Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine following the retirement of David O. Freedman, MD.
Sumanth Prabhu, MD (Professor and Director, Cardiovascular Disease) has been elected to the American Clinical and Climatological Association.
Mona Fouad, MD, MPH (Professor and Director, Preventive Medicine) and collaborators in the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center have published an editorial on advancing the science of health disparities through research on social determinants of health in a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
William Curry, MD (Professor, General Internal Medicine) was featured in a recent ABC 33/40 interview explaining what the public needs to know about adult immunization.
Coming next week to Medical Grand Rounds: Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc, UAB Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, will present "Research, Advocacy and Crime: The Birmingham Homeless Health Care Story" on Wednesday, February 22, at noon in Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.
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