State of the School School of Medicine 2020
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Ray L. Watts, M.D. UAB President
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Dean’s Leadership Team
Anupam Agarwal, M.D.
Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Dean
Senior Vice Dean
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Dawn Bulgarella, CPA, MSHA
Senior Associate Dean, Finance and Administration
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Dean’s Leadership Team
Paige Dorman, M.A. Executive Director, Communications
Mona N. Fouad, M.D., MPH Senior Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
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Craig J. Hoesley, M.D. Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education
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Dean’s Leadership Team
Keith (Tony) Jones, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
Robert P. Kimberly, M.D
Senior Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research
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Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Dean, Genomic Medicine
Howard L. Holley Research Chair in Rheumatology
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Dean’s Leadership Team
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Jean Ann Larson, Ed.D.
Toni Leeth, MPH
Lakisha Mack, MBA
Leadership Development Officer
Associate Dean, Strategic Planning and Administration
Associate Dean, Administration and Finance
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Dean’s Leadership Team
David Rogers, M.D., MHPE Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Professional Development
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Victor Darley-Usmar, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Research
Chief Wellness Officer, UAB Medicine
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Department Chairs
Dan E. Berkowitz, MB BCh Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
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David M. Bedwell, Ph.D.
Jay Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Bradley Yoder, Ph.D.
Boni E. Elewski, M.D.
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Biomedical Engineering
Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Dermatology
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Department Chairs
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Irfan M. Asif, M.D.
Gene Siegal, M.D., Ph.D
Craig J. Hoesley, M.D.
C. Seth Landefeld, M.D.
Frances Lund, Ph.D.
Family & Community Medicine
Genetics
Medical Education
Medicine
Microbiology
Interim
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Department Chairs
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Craig Powell, M.D., Ph.D.
David G. Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.
James M. Markert, M.D., M.P.H.
Todd Jenkins, M.D.
Neurobiology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chris Girkin, M.D., MSPH, FACS
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Interim
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Department Chairs
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Steven Theiss, M.D.
William R. Carroll, M.D.
George Netto, M.D.
Mitchell B. Cohen, M.D.
Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Pathology
Pediatrics
Pharmacology & Toxicology
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Department Chairs
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Amie Brown McLain, M.D.
James A. Bonner, M.D.
Cheri L. Canon, M.D.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
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Herbert Chen, M.D.
Surgery
Dean G. Assimos, M.D. Urology
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Regional Deans
Roger Smalligan, M.D., FACP
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Gustavo Heudebert, M.D.
Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
Montgomery Regional Medical Campus Interim
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Richard Friend, M.D. Tuscaloosa Regional Campus
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UAB Health System
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Will Ferniany, Ph.D.
Reid Jones
Don Lilly
David Randall
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Senior VP, Clinical Network Development
Senior VP, Strategic Planning and Business Development
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Loring Rue, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
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UAB Health System
Dawn Bulgarella, CPA, MSHA Chief Financial Officer
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Jean Ann Larson, Ed.D.
Brad Rollow
Leadership Development Officer
CEO, VIVA Health
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UAB Health System
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Nate Horsley
Tony Jones, M.D.
Clay Ryan
Senior Healthcare Policy Advisor
Chief Physician Executive
Vice Chancellor for Governmental Affairs and Economic/Workforce Development
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UA Health Services Foundation
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Tony Jones, M.D.
Jason Daniel, MBA
Mike Heckman
Marty Box
Charles Fry
President
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Director, HR for UAB Health System
General Counsel
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Joint Operating Leadership Council
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Sewlyn Vickers, M.D., FACS
Will Ferniany, Ph.D.
Keith “Tony” Jones, M.D.
Cheri Canon, M.D.
Herbert Chen, M.D.
Dean, UAB School of Medicine
Chief Executive Officer, UAB Health System
President, UA Health Services Foundation
Chair, Department of Radiology
Chair, Department of Surgery
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Joint Operating Leadership Council
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Seth Landefeld, M.D.
David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine
Chair, Department of Neurology
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UAB Hospital
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Anthony Patterson
Patricia Pritchett
Reid Jones
Senior Vice President, Inpatient Services
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services
Chief Operations Officer
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UAB Hospital
Susan Jennings, CPA Chief Financial Officer
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Terri Poe, DNP, RN
Joan Hicks
Chief Nursing Officer
Chief Information Officer
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Callahan Eye Hospital and Clinics
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Rett Grover
Myra Aultman, CRNA, MSHA
Jason Sadler, CPA
Chief Executive Officer
Assistant Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Chief Financial Officer
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Children’s of Alabama
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Mike Warren
Tom Shufflebarger, FACHE
Tony Fargason, M.D., MBA
Mitchell B Cohen, M.D.
Mike Chen, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Medical Director and Vice President, Clinical Affairs
Physician in Chief
Surgeon in Chief
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Birmingham VA Medical Center
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Stacy Vasquez
Mary Mitchell
Cynthia Cleveland, DNP, RN
Oladipo Kukoyi, M.D., M.S.
Annette Wyatt
Director
Associate Director
Associate Director, Patient/Nursing Services
Chief of Staff
Assistant Director
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Birmingham VA Medical Center
Andrew Sellers, M.D.
George Yang, M.D.
Associate Chief of Staff, Medicine
Associate Chief of Staff, Surgery
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Louis Dell’Italia, M.D. Susan Laing, Ph.D.
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Associate Chief of Staff, Research
Associate Chief of Staff, Education
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Outgoing Leadership
James MeadorWoodruff, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
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Janyce Sanford, M.D., MBA Emergency Medicine
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Medical Education
Craig Hoesley, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education
Alice Goepfert, M.D. Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Chair, Department of Medical Education
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Christina Grabowski, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Admissions and Enrollment Management
Kevin Leon, M.D.
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
Nicholas Van Wagoner, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Students
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Medical Education
Caroline Harada, M.D.
James Willig, M.D., MSPH
Assistant Dean, Community Engaged Scholarship
Assistant Dean, Clinical Education
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Carlton Young, M.D. Assistant Dean, Medical Student Diversity and Inclusion
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Associate Deans
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William A. Curry, M.D.
Victor DarleyUsmar, Ph.D.
Alice Goepfert, M.D.
Rural Programs and Primary Care
Research
Graduate Medical Education
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Christina Grabowski, Ph.D.
Admissions and Enrollment Management
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Associate Deans
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Toni Leeth, MPH
Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Strategic Planning and Administration
Genomic Medicine
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Kevin Leon, M.D.
Undergraduate Medical Education
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Associate Deans
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LaKisha Mack, MBA
Michael Saag, M.D.
Administration and Finance
Global Health
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Nicholas Van Wagoner, M.D., Ph.D. Students
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Assistant Deans
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Daniel Bullard, Ph.D.
Sandra Frazier, M.D.
Caroline Harada, M.D.
Undergraduate Biomedical Education
Professional Development
Community Engaged Scholarship
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Todd Peterson, M.D. Students
Rubin Pillay, M.D., Ph.D., MBA Global Health
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Assistant Deans
Marjorie Lee White, M.D., M.A., MPPM
Clinical Simulation
James H. Willig, M.D., MSPH Clinical Education
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Carlton Young, M.D. Medical Student Diversity and Inclusion
Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D.
International Medical Education
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Medical Student Class Leadership
Bruce Pittman
Daniel Sarraf
Ally Heng
Charlie Evers
MS4 President
MS3 President
MS2 President
MS1 President
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House Staff Council Leadership
John Killian
Anisha Bhatia
President
Vice President
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Kendall Waddey Secretary
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Cathy Zhang Wellness Chair
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Research
Mohammad Athar, Ph.D.
Jeremy Day, Ph.D.
Dermatology
Neurobiology
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Anath Shalev, M.D. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Mike Wells, M.D.
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Teaching
Cristin Gavin, Ph.D. Neurobiology
Jim Johnson, M.D.
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
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Lou Justement, Ph.D.
Winter Williams, M.D.
Microbiology
General Internal Medicine
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Service
Edward Colvin, M.D.
General Internal Medicine
Chris Godlewski, M.D.
Leah Leisch, M.D.
Melanie Morris, M.D.
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Surgery
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Service
Vishnu Reddy, M.D. Pathology
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Jeff Simmons, M.D., MSHQS, FASA Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Diversity Enhancement
Herb Chen, M.D. Surgery
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Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., MPH Preventive Medicine
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Dean’s Excellence Awards: Mentorship
Mark Dransfield, M.D.
Yabing Chen, Ph.D.
Medicine
Pathology
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Argus Award Winners: Pre-Clinical Awards
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Best Introductory Module: Fundamentals of Medicine Module Director: Laura Fraser, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Best MS1 Organ Module: Cardiovascular Module Directors: Silvio Litovsky, M.D., Pathology Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine
Best MS2 Organ Module: Musculoskeletal & Skin Module Directors: William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology Samir Dalvi, M.D., Medicine Patricia Mercado, M.D., Dermatology SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Argus Award Winners: Pre-Clinical Awards
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Best Educator: Patient, Doctor & Society Michael Saag, M.D., Medicine Best Educator: Fundamentals of Medicine Teresa Wilborn, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology Best Educator: Cardiovascular Harish Doppalapudi, M.D., Medicine Best Educator: Pulmonary James Johnson, M.D., Medicine Best Educator: Gastrointestinal James Willig, M.D., Medicine Best Educator: Renal Ashita Tolwani, M.D., Medicine SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Argus Award Winners: Pre-Clinical Awards
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Best Educator: Musculoskeletal & Skin William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology Best Educator: Neurosciences Victor Sung, M.D., Neurology Best Educator: Hematology/Oncology Lawrence Williams, M.D., Pathology Best Educator: Endocrine Systems Shawn Galin, Ph.D., Medicine Best Educator: Reproductive Systems Jennifer Gordetsky, M.D., Pathology
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Argus Award Winners: Clinical Awards
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Caduceus Club Award for Best Clinical Department on the Birmingham Campus: Pediatrics Caduceus Club Award for Excellence in Clinical Education on the Birmingham Campus: Stephanie Berger, M.D., Pediatrics Best Clinical Department: Huntsville Campus: Internal Medicine Surgery Best Clinical Educator: Huntsville Campus: Joseph Fiore, Jr., M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Argus Award Winners: Clinical Awards
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Best Clinical Department: Montgomery Campus Obstetrics & Gynecology Neurology Best Clinical Educator: Montgomery Campus Robert Engles, M.D., Surgery Best Clinical Department: Tuscaloosa Campus Pediatrics Best Clinical Educator: Tuscaloosa Campus Heather Taylor, M.D., Pediatrics
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Argus Award Winners: Clinical Awards
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Best Resident Educator, Birmingham Campus: Timothy Dunn, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology Best Resident Educator, Huntsville Campus: Jesse Faulk, M.D., Internal Medicine Best Resident Educator, Montgomery Campus: Talha Perwez, M.D., Internal Medicine Best Resident Educator, Tuscaloosa Campus: Zachary Smith, M.D., Family Medicine
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Argus Award Winners: Clinical Awards
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Best Community-Based Educator, Birmingham: Leffrage Robins, Jr., M.D., Family Medicine Best Community-Based Educator, Huntsville: James Gilbert, M.D., Surgery Best Community-Based Educator, Montgomery: Robert E. Engles, M.D., Surgery Best Community-Based Educator, Tuscaloosa: Joseph Wallace, M.D., Surgery
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Argus Award Winners: Clinical Awards
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Award for Medical Student Support: Brooke Hubner, Medical Education
The Dale J. Benos Award for Educational Excellence: William Brooks, Ph.D., Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
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FEATURED DISCOVERY WINNERS 2019
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• Michael Niederweis, Ph.D. - NAD+ depletion triggers programmed cell death to kill macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Ichiro Nakano, M.D., Ph.D. - Apoptotic cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote malignancy of glioblastoma via intercellular transfer of splicing factors • Casey Weaver, M.D. - Differential IL-2 expression defines developmental fates of follicular versus nonfollicular helper T cells • Surya Bhatt, M.D. - Airway fractal dimension predicts respiratory morbidity and mortality in COPD • Troy Randall, Ph.D. - The establishment of resident memory B cells in the lung requires local antigen encounter SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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FEATURED DISCOVERY WINNERS 2019
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• J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D. - Activated PMN exosomes: pathogenic entities causing matrix destruction and disease in the lung • Beatriz León, Ph.D. - Impaired tumor-necrosis-factor-alpha-driven dendritic cell activation limits lipopolysaccharide-induced protection from allergic inflammation in infants • James George, Ph.D. - Resident macrophages reprogram toward a developmental state after acute kidney injury • Ravi Bhatia, M.D. - Mesenchymal niche-specific expression of CXCL12 controls quiescence of treatment-resistant leukemia stem cells SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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Board of Visitors
Mary Battle, MSHA
Tom Blount
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Gail Cassell, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Sheri Cook, MBA, M.Ac
Garry Crowder
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Board of Visitors
Gene Davenport
Nancy Dunlap, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
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C.T. Fitzpatrick, CFA
Mike Goodrich, J.D.
Harry Greenberg, M.D.
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Board of Visitors
Mimi Head
Mary Heersink
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Jimmy Lee III
Ted Love, M.D., Co-Chair
George Lundberg, M.D.
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Board of Visitors
John Martin, Ph.D., MBA
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Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., MBA
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