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Congratulations to Ashley Moellinger, CRNP; Robert Dabal, M.D., Hayden Zaccagni, M.D., and Santiago Borasino, M.D., on winning Best Poster at the 3rd Annual Safety & Quality Day. They received this award for their poster titled, "A reintervention reduction bundle improves outcomes in patients following a Norwood procedure".

Chinenye Dike, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, has been selected for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Scholar’s Program hosted by the Rare Disease Institute at Children’s National Medical Center.

Top L to R: Jennifer Guimbellot, Robert Richter and Ariel SalasThe UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE) has announced the awardees for the second round of CARES at UAB. Jennifer Guimbellot, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Robert Richter, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, and Ariel Salas, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Neonatology, were among the 17 awards given out.

L to R: Christy Foster and James OdumChristy Foster, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, and James Odum, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, were selected for the American Pediatric Society (APS) and Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program for 2022-2023.

Kyle Bliton, M.D., fellow in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, was named a 2022 Tobacco Trainee by the Section on Nicotine and Tobacco Prevention and Treatment (SONTPT) of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

Congratulations to the 11 faculty promoted effective October 1, 2022!

L to R: Sunena Chhabra Argo, Karlene Walker and Alicia WebbThe UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed three new faculty members in the month of September.  Please join us in making them feel at home!   

We are pleased to announce that Michele Kong, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, will receive an endowed professorship from Children’s of Alabama on Oct. 1, 2022. This celebrates Dr. Kong’s significant contributions to Children’s of Alabama, UAB and to our larger community.

Two faculty members in the Division of Neonatology were honored at the Perinatal Research Society annual meeting, held in Austin, TX from Sept. 9-11. Ariel Salas, M.D., associate professor, and Vikek Shukla, M.D., assistant professor, both received the Outstanding Paper by an Associate Member/ Best Young Investigator Paper, Perinatal Research Society Award.  

The Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) hosted its annual awards dinner on Saturday, Sept. 10 in Birmingham, Alabama. Morissa Ladinsky, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, and Candice Dye, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, were among those honored.

Randy Cron, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, was selected for a volunteer position on the American College of Rheumatology Division Directors Committee.

Top L to R: Caroline Densmore, Chinenye Dike, Emily Dodenhoff, Claire Keith, Jordan Lim, Adria Luk, Leen Matalka, Abigail Martin, Emily Nolte, Lauren Robinson, Nick Rockwell, James Statler and Lece Webb.The UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed thirteen new faculty members in the month of August. Please join us in making them feel at home!

Back L to R: Brian May, Adolfo Molina, Alana Nichols, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Carlie Stein, Lisa Willet, Mitch Cohen, Karla Williams and Channing BrownAlana Nichols, M.D., PGY-2 Med-Peds resident, was named to the Birmingham Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40.

Samuel Gentle, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, received a Loan Repayment Program (LRP) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Elizabeth Gunn, M.D., fellow in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, was recently selected for the 2022 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF).

Cathy Turner, executive administrator of the Department of Pediatrics, recently graduated alongside 26 of her classmates in Cohort 56 of UAB's Executive Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) Program.

Top L to R: Hannah Hightower, Mark Law, Colin Martin and Michael SeifertThe UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) is a collaboration between the Collat School of Business and the School of Medicine. The program offers training opportunities and develops leadership skills essential to academic healthcare.

Critical determinants of children's health and well-being are rooted in socioecological and behavioral factors that are beyond the typical purview of the health care system. To adequately address health, pediatricians must unpack these through the lens of child health equity. 

The UAB Department of Pediatrics Mini Medical School started in the spring of 2022 to provide a longitudinal series of virtual and in-person experiences to increase middle school students’ awareness of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers, both in general and in medicine. An additional goal of the program is to increase the pipeline for those who have traditionally been under-represented in medicine (URiM).

Randy Cron, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, was recently appointed to a six-year appointment to the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Subboard of Pediatric Rheumatology.