UAB Heersink School of Medicine

06/02/2026

The UAB International Medical Education Recognition of Distinction in Global Health program at the Heersink School of Medicine is celebrating its first graduates! 🎉

Congrats to Jordan Beam, M.D., and Emory Johnson, M.D., whose global experiences highlight the impact of international learning and collaboration.

We’re also excited to welcome 23 new students to the program as it continues to grow and shape future physicians. 💚

05/29/2026

A visionary leader. A builder of institutions. A legacy that still shapes medicine today.

Roy Kracke, M.D., helped lay the groundwork for what would become the UAB Heersink School of Medicine and a thriving academic medical center in Birmingham. His impact continues to be felt generations later.

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05/28/2026

Jordan DeMoss, MSHA, executive vice president of UAB Medicine, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Will Ferniany Academic Medicine Leadership Award.

The award, named after former health system chief executive officer Will Ferniany, Ph.D., recognizes administrative executives who have advanced and supported UAB Medicine’s academic mission.

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05/27/2026

From white coats to commencement 🎓

In 2022, they began their journey. On May 16, they graduated as physicians—guided by dedication, resilience, and compassion.

Congratulations, Class of 2026. 💚

05/26/2026

The Heersink School of Medicine recently held the 2026 Dean's Excellence Awards for Faculty. The awards honor junior and senior faculty members whose work advances the school’s mission and reflects a strong commitment to excellence in academic medicine.

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05/22/2026

A meaningful day for the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.

On May 16, we celebrated 179 graduates from the Class of 2026 at our annual Commencement ceremony. With 71 staying in Alabama and 53 continuing their residency training at UAB, they now begin the next phase of their careers in medicine. 💚

05/21/2026

Before there was the Heersink School of Medicine as we know it today, there was Dr. Roy Kracke, the visionary leader who helped build Alabama’s first four-year medical school from the ground up. Now, his legacy lives on at Kracke Plaza, honoring a man whose vision helped shape the future of medicine, research, and patient care in Birmingham and beyond.

From one faculty member and no students in 1944 to one of the nation’s largest academic medical centers today, the impact of that vision continues to grow. Read the full story in UAB Medicine magazine.

*Archival photos courtesy of UAB Archives.

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05/20/2026

Meet the newest doctors of 2026 🎉

Your hard work and dedication have truly paid off. We can’t wait to see what you do next. 💚

05/19/2026

Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, has been named the latest recipient of the school's Featured Discovery award.

Her study, “T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia exploits a neural proinflammatory pathway to colonize the meninges,” looks at T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, seeking to learn why leukemic cells seem to be drawn to the central nervous system. They also wanted to learn more about the effect of the CNS’s meningeal microenvironment on the disease.

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Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D.Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, has been named the latest recipient of the school's Featured Discovery award. This recognition celebrates notable faculty research contributions and...

05/16/2026

A moment to remember! 💚

Celebrating the milestones and memories from today’s commencement ceremony.