I am so proud to welcome @NIHDirector Monica M. Bertagnolli to UAB this morning for the Kirby I. Bland Endowed Lectureship UAB Heersink School of Medicine UAB Surgery UAB herb chen

We’re wrapping up a great day of gatherings with a few amazing chats with our UAB General Surgery Residents and UAB Heersink School of Medicine M.D. / Ph.D. students. Thank you for joining us today, @NIHDirector Dr. Bertagnolli! We have so enjoyed your visit!

Today will 100% be a highlight of my time at UAB Heersink School of Medicine 🎉 Thank you @NIHDirector Dr. Bertagnolli for coming to give an inspiring morning lecture, and finding time to sit down with us trainees!! Big thanks UAB Surgery & UAB MSTP for the unforgettable day/opportunity 😄🩺🔬

Such a privilege to meet with @NIHDirector Dr. Bertagnolli this afternoon with other UAB MSTP trainees! So grateful for her willingness to chat with us trainees and share her wisdom and huge thanks UAB Surgery for organizing!

Happy to announce the Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism 2024 meeting registration website is now active! Please check out the program and if you are interested join us in St. Louis, MO this September. #Mitochondria #Metabolism #CVD shvm2024.azuleon.org/welcome

Here we go! JointMeeting ASCI APSA

"Scientific progress is not only improved by collaboration, but requires it" Great ASCI presidential address on science, mentorship, super chickens and all! Ben Humphreys

Day 2 started off with a lot of excitement for both the plenary sessions and poster sessions scheduled for today at the AAP / ASCI / APSA JointMeeting:

Had a great time JointMeeting this weekend as a part of the UAB MSTP squad! Really enjoyed talking science with physician scientists from all training/career stages.

Cheers to another amazing AAP/ASCI/APSA JointMeeting!! Amazing time with UABHSOM APSA and loved reconnecting, meeting and sharing science with friends and mentors!! Thank you UAB MSTP Wende Lab UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) for the unending support! 🔬🩺

Excited to be back in STL at my alma mater for my first Society for Heart and Vascular Metabolism sessions!! Looking forward to great talks, posters, and connecting with lots of new and old friends 😄 Thank you UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) for the support!

Our first session of today: a 5k run/walk through the park before breakfast! Thanks to Wende Lab Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA for moderating 😉

Samuel Chang NIH NHLBI UAB MSTP UAB Pathology UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) Wende Lab Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA lab still has a 100% success rate in F30s... with the mentoring support, this is no accident!

An amazing first day of #AHA24 ❤️ Celebrating 100years, and learning about cutting edge work ranging from landmark clinical trials to trailblazing basic sciences!! Can’t wait to learn and experience more (… and apparently there’s a “puppy snuggle zone”?!? Will update on that)

Good to catch up with Samuel Chang. He is an aspiring physician-scientist at UAB under the mentorship of Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA #AHA24

Day 2 of #AHA24 ❤️ found the puppies, and excited to represent UAB MSTP with the latest work from Wende Lab! Come check it out at Zone 1- 1053 from 3:15-4:15

UAB Pathology recently funded travel awards to three trainees, Md Akkas Ali, Dr. Nicole Arroyo-Diaz and Samuel Chang, who presented their research at national meetings. @DarioVitturi Dan Tyrrell Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA Learn more about their presentations here: bit.ly/3ZvoO6M

PhD✅ MD …loading… 6 years after starting my physician scientist journey, reached the big milestone of finishing my PhD!! 🎉Couldn’t have done it without the endless support of Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA Wende Lab UAB MSTP UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) UAB Pathology 🔬🩺

Latest collaboration between Martin Young's John Chatham and Adam R. Wende, PhD, FAHA lab focused on role of cardiomyocyte O-GlcNAc on circadian clock regulation. Full text coming soon! frontiersin.org/journals/cardi…