Dr. G. Yancey Gillespie, professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, and his wife, Lady Jane, have made a gift in support of the department’s research. A portion of their gift has established the M. Stephen Mahaley, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Research Graduate Assistant in Neurosurgery Support Fund, creating a new research graduate assistant position in the department, most recently filled by Christian T. Stackhouse. The fund provides salary support for a research graduate student for brain tumor research. It also funds the supplies or equipment necessary for the student’s research or to reimburse travel costs to attend a scientific meeting to present the results of their research.
Drs. Christoph J. Griessenauer and Paul Foreman are awarded the the M. Stephen Mahaley, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Award in Neurological Surgery Research at the 2016 J. Garber Galbraith, M.D., Scientific Session and Lecture.
Another portion of their gift has established the M. Stephen Mahaley, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Endowed Award in Neurological Surgery Research. This award is given annually to the neurosurgery resident physicians with the best presentations in translational neurosurgical research at the department’s J. Garber Galbraith, M.D., Scientific Session and Lecture. The inaugural award was given to Drs. Christoph J. Griessenauer and Paul Foreman who have published at least six research articles since receiving the prize in 2016.
Both of the aforementioned funds are named for former Neurosurgery Division Director M. Stephen Mahaley, M.D., who convinced Gillespie to join UAB from the University of North Carolina in 1986.
“Steve was a very unique individual and accomplished a significant amount involving laboratory and clinical research in brain tumors in his time at UAB,” says Gillespie. “Both of the funds are to recognize Steve’s passion for research and for translating basic science discoveries to the clinic—he was doing this long before ‘translational research’ became a watchword in medical research.”
To donate to the UAB Department of Neurosurgery, contact Leon Ryan at leonryan@uab.edu.