The UAB Department of Psychiatry held its Sixth Annual Research Symposium on April 24, 2012. The event included 51 posters presented in the categories of Clinical Division, Faculty/Staff, Psychiatry Resident and Research Trainee followed by three oral presentations. Two Department of Psychiatry faculty members presented: Dr. Richard C. Shelton, Adiposity, Inflammation and Depression and Dr. [...]

The UAB Department of Psychiatry participated in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Walk for the 4th year in a row at Heardmont Park on November 6th, 2011. The Alabama Chapter of AFSP hosted several walks throughout the state this year with over $144,000 raised and more than 2,000 people [...]

Loly Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow in the UAB Department of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Neurobiology, received this year’s Anuradha Rao Memorial SFN travel award. Loly was chosen from a large number of excellent national and international applicants. The award of $1,000 is given annually to a graduate student or post-doc to cover expenses for [...]

Rita Cowell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the UAB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, received the coveted McNulty Scientist Award from Civitan International during the annual Civitan Board reception hosted by Dr. Harald Sontheimer and the Civitan International Research Center on October 20th, 2011. Dr. Cowell’s research focuses on how environmental stimuli can influence genetics [...]

The Department of Psychiatry held its annual Graduation Banquet and Awards Ceremony on the evening of Friday, June 17th at The Historic Cahaba Pumping Station Museum in Birmingham with dinner catered by The Fish Market. The event was one of the most well-attended in recent memory, with more than 100 people participating in the evening’s [...]

The UAB Department of Psychiatry held its FifthAnnual Research Symposium on April 12, 2011.  The event was a huge success!  54 posters were presented in the categories of Clinical Divisions, Faculty, Psychiatry Residents and Research Trainees. Winners from each category have been chosen and will be announced at the Graduation Banquet which will be held [...]

On January 25th, 2011 Lee Ascherman, M.D. received the 2011 UAB President’s Diversity Award for a Faculty Member from President Garrison at the annual Diversity Banquet. Dr. Ascherman received this honor for his tireless efforts to promote diversity in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and throughout the entire department, and his exemplary track [...]