IM  Residents  Dish  Up  Spaghetti  Supper  at  Hope  LodgeResident  Wellness  Committee  offers  opportunity  to  serve  and  support  our  community  

NHLBI  Outstanding  Investigator

$6.4  million  R35  grant  will  explore  a  newly  discovered  pathogenic  entity  that  may  play  a  role  in  COPD

J.  Edwin  Blalock,  PhDProfessor  and  Nancy  E.  Dunlap  Endowed  Chair  in  Pulmonary  Diseases

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

2017  Robert  J.  Glaser  Award  from  the  Society  of  General  Internal  Medicine

Robert  Centor,  MDProfessor  Emeritus  and  Founding  Division  Director  of  General  Internal  Medicine

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

$16.6  Million  NCI  Grant  to  Address  Cancer  Disparities  Among  African-‐Americans

Isabel  Scarinci,  PhD,  MPHProfessor,  Preventive  Medicine

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

Stronger  Hearts™  Best  Practice  Award

“ENABLE  CHF-‐PC  for  Heart  Failure    Patients  and  Caregivers”

Marie  Bakitas,  DNSc,  NP-‐C,  FAANAssociate  Director,  Center  for  Palliative  and  Supportive  Care

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

JAMA  Oncology

UAB  Patient  Care  Connect  Program  demonstrates  value  of  lay  navigators  to  older  cancer  patients

Gabrielle  Rocque,  MDAssistant  Professor,  Hematology  and  Oncology

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

Editorial  Board:  American  Journal  of  Physiology  Lung  Cellular  and  Molecular  Physiology

Marty  Solomon,  MDAssistant  Professor,Pulmonary,  Allergy,  and  Critical  Care  Medicine

UAB  DEPARTMENT  OF  MEDICINEGOOD  NEWS  FOR  FEBRUARY  1,  2017

Kelly  Adamson  is  January’s  DOM  Employee  of  the  MonthLauryn  Schultz,  Hematology/Oncology  Director  Ravi  Bhatia,  Kelly  Adamson,  and  Jason  Daniel.

SOM  Diversity  Fair—Friday,  February  3,  4:00-‐6:00  p.m.Food  and  Fun  for  Everyone  |  Cancer  Center  Lobby  |  Bring  a  friend!

Medical  Grand  Rounds

Wednesday,February  8,  201712:00  P.M.  in  Margaret  Cameron  Spain  Auditorium

Relationship  Centered  Care:  Healthy  Patients,  Healthy  Doctors

Jeffrey  Ring,  PhDClinical  Professor  of  Family  Medicine  

Keck  School  of  Medicine,  University  of  Southern  California