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Leaders of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have selected 35 papers to recognize as the Papers of the Year for 2021. Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, is the first author on one of the papers selected for this honor.

Ambika Ashraf, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, will serve on the Subboard of Pediatric Endocrinology Credentials Committee.

Lece Webb, M.D., third-year fellow in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, was named a recipient of a Silver Snapshot Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Critical Care Congress.

Congratulations to our residents who will be moving into fellowship programs this upcoming year!

Pediatric Fellowships

Gabriela Oates, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, was elected as to the Steering Committee of the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation’s Success with Therapies Research Consortium.

Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth “Lizzy” Gunn, M.D., fellow in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, on receiving the 2021-2022 Fall Research Roundtable & Fellow Core Conference Attendance Award.

The UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed two new faculty members in the month of December. Please join us in making them feel at home! 

Nicole Barnes, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes

Nour Hasan, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Our Pediatric Subspecialty Programs recently completed their match for fellows beginning July 2022. Congratulations to all of our incoming fellows! 

L to R: Ammar Saadoon Alishlash and Colm TraversAmmar Saadoon Alishlash, M.D., assistant professor in the Division Pediatric Pulmonology, and Colm Travers, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, have been selected for the 2022 class of the Children's of Alabama (COA) Scholars Program.

Jeffery Lebensburger, D.O., professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been selected to participate as a coach for the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Strategic Empowerment Tailored for Health Equity Investigators (SETH) grant writing research study.

Michael Stalvey, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, was named among Birmingham’s Researchers Finest by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Alabama.

The HSF General Endowment Fund (GEF) recently awarded grants that support clinical care program development among other initiatives. One project that was selected for funding this cycle was CARE-BHAM (Co-located Access and Resident Education for Behavioral Health Assessment and Management). This initiative is led by Terry Wall, M.D., professor in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics, to address the challenges of providing mental health services to a high-risk pediatric population which experiences many negative social determinants of health.

Christy Foster, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, has been appointed to the American Academy of Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Endocrinology Editorial Board.

Brandi Pernell, DNP, assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been invited to become a member of the Center for Women's Reproductive Health (CWRH). 

L to R: Robert Richter, Michael Stalvey and Susan WalleyCongratulations to the following pediatric faculty on being elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) membership!

Dan Reiff, M.D., second year fellow in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, received the 2021 Earl J. Brewer Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Rheumatology.

Congratulations to Holton Dunville, M.D., Christine Campbell, M.D., and Caroline Evans, CPNP on winning Best Poster at the 2^nd Annual Safety & Quality Day. They received this award for their poster titled, “Reducing Time to Antibiotic Administration for High-Risk Patients in the Pediatric Emergency Department.”

L to R: Hussein Abdullatif, Steffane Battle and Stephanie BergerHussein Abdullatif, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Steffane Battle, M.D., chair of Pediatrics at UAB's Huntsville campus, and Stephanie Berger, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, were among those honored at the Argus Awards Ceremony on Friday, Nov. 5. 

The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to honor these faculty members. They have attained a level of excellence recognized by their peers due to their exceptional contributions for the development of the department and in turn, the achievers of tomorrow - our children.

Please join us in congratulating the winners in each category.

2021 Department of Pediatrics Faculty Achievement Award Winners

Top L to R: Greg Friedman, Michele Kong, Michele Nichols and Erin ShaughnessyGregory Friedman, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Michele Kong, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Michele Nichols, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Erin Shaughnessy, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, have been elected to the American Pediatric Society.