UAB Heersink School of Medicine

UAB Heersink School of Medicine Located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of the country's premier research universities

Erin DeLaney, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been named the 2026 reci...
08/27/2026

Erin DeLaney, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Brewer-Heslin Award for Professionalism in Medicine.

“I am sincerely honored to be selected for the 2026 Brewer-Heslin Award," said DeLaney. "It recognizes what I value most about what we do at UAB – caring compassionately for our patients with professionalism, while training the next generation of physicians. It is a privilege to do this work. I am incredibly thankful to my department for their continued support and nomination, as well as to the Heersink School of Medicine for this recognition.”

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For 35 years, the Huntsville Rural Premedical Internship (HRPI) has inspired rural Alabama students to pursue careers in...
08/25/2026

For 35 years, the Huntsville Rural Premedical Internship (HRPI) has inspired rural Alabama students to pursue careers in medicine and return home to serve their communities.

As HRPI celebrates this milestone, its legacy lives on through the physicians improving lives across Alabama every day.

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For more than a decade, Corinne Augelli-Szafran, Ph.D., has partnered with UAB researchers to help translate groundbreak...
08/21/2026

For more than a decade, Corinne Augelli-Szafran, Ph.D., has partnered with UAB researchers to help translate groundbreaking science into potential therapies. Now, as a faculty member in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, she’s working to accelerate drug discovery while mentoring the next generation of innovators.

From cancer and cystic fibrosis to Alzheimer’s disease and kidney disease, Augelli-Szafran’s research spans some of medicine’s most pressing challenges. Her goal is ambitious: create a robust drug discovery pipeline at UAB that helps move promising discoveries closer to patients.

Research. Collaboration. Innovation.

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A milestone earned. 💚 Congratulations to the Class of 2030 on this exciting achievement. We can't wait to see where your...
08/20/2026

A milestone earned. 💚

Congratulations to the Class of 2030 on this exciting achievement. We can't wait to see where your journey in medicine takes you.

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For decades, patients diagnosed with autoimmune kidney disease were told that treatment options were limited. Thanks to ...
08/19/2026

For decades, patients diagnosed with autoimmune kidney disease were told that treatment options were limited. Thanks to four clinical trials led by Dana Rizk, M.D., professor in the Division of Nephrology, over the last three years, the landscape has changed.

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David Strickland has been named the 2026 recipient of the Sara Crews Finley, M.D., Endowed Leadership Scholarship. The a...
08/18/2026

David Strickland has been named the 2026 recipient of the Sara Crews Finley, M.D., Endowed Leadership Scholarship. The annual scholarship provides full tuition to a rising third-year student who ranks in the top 25% of their class and demonstrates outstanding leadership, integrity, and service.

“Dr. Finley was a force—not just in medicine and in the state of Alabama, but nationally and even globally,” Strickland said. “Just to be mentioned in the same sentence as her, let alone to receive or be considered for an award named for her, is such an honor. It feels validating that I'm on the right path, because if I can do a fraction of what she did, that will have been an incredibly successful career and a very fulfilling one as well.”

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08/18/2026

We give you a future physician. 💚

The white coat is just the beginning.Congratulations to the Class of 2030 on receiving their white coats, taking the fir...
08/15/2026

The white coat is just the beginning.

Congratulations to the Class of 2030 on receiving their white coats, taking the first step toward a career dedicated to patient care. 💚

UASOM Medical Alumni Association

From Big Pharma to Harvard to UAB, Corinne Augelli-Szafran, Ph.D., is bringing decades of drug discovery expertise to th...
08/14/2026

From Big Pharma to Harvard to UAB, Corinne Augelli-Szafran, Ph.D., is bringing decades of drug discovery expertise to the Heersink School of Medicine. As a UAB Presidential Faculty Scholar, she is advancing research across diseases including cancer, cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, and inflammation while inspiring the next generation of scientists through mentorship and collaboration.

Her vision? To build a comprehensive, in-house drug discovery ecosystem at UAB that can take promising ideas from the lab bench toward lifesaving therapies.

“Whether you're a biologist or a computational chemist, there are so many ways to collaborate here and move science forward.”

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UAB’s COMET™ spatial biology platform is helping researchers gain unprecedented insight into cancer, kidney disease, hea...
08/13/2026

UAB’s COMET™ spatial biology platform is helping researchers gain unprecedented insight into cancer, kidney disease, heart disease, and more by mapping dozens of proteins within a single tissue sample. Supported by the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Immunology Institute, and I‑4ward, the technology is expanding research capabilities and accelerating discovery across campus.

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