To help you get to know more about the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and its Student Senate, as well as the city of Birmingham, your Vital Signs Student Co-Contributors interviewed the MS1 Student Vice President, McKinley Williams, and Class Treasurer, Hemant Srivastava.

Three generations of the Killion family have been impacted by neurodegenerative diseases.

The UAB campus was transformed in 2021 as two buildings—the Pittman Center for Advanced Medical Studies and the Roy R. Kracke Clinical Services Building—were demolished, setting the stage for renovation to begin on the Lyons-Harrison Research Building.

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, UAB Health System and Ascension St. Vincent’s were embracing the concept of “we’re all in this together” by forming an alliance between the two organizations.

Ricky Hamm is no stranger to UAB Hospital. As a medevac helicopter pilot, he has flown ill and injured patients to UAB for 17 years. He was the first medevac pilot to touch down on the landing pad of UAB’s new North Pavilion when it opened in 2004.

The curriculum for training Alabama’s future physicians is evolving, shaped by a global pandemic, a deeper understanding of our communities, and important changes in the ways medical students are assessed in the U.S.

On September 28, the University of Alabama at Birming-ham (UAB) announced that, in grateful recognition of a transformational $95 million lead gift from longtime supporter Marnix E. Heersink, M.D., the UAB School of Medicine will be named the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.

Despite immense challenges, 2021 brought exciting national recognition for UAB and the Heersink School of Medicine.