Category: Recognition

As part of the fall 2026 cycle of O’Neal Invests, two projects received funding through the generosity of the BCRFA.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is pleased to announce the latest O’Neal Invests grant awards for the fall 2026 cycle.

Becker’s Hospital Review recognized the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center on its 2026 list of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs.” This annual list honors national leaders in cancer prevention, treatment, research, and innovation.

A study, co-authored by Aakash Desai, M.D., scientist at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center, was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center hosted Zhipeng Meng, Ph.D., on Friday, Oct 23, 2026, for a seminar titled “Regulation of Tissue Growth and Carcinogenesis by Hippo Signaling and Biomechanics.”

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center recognized achievements from students, researchers, residents, and staff at its 2026 Annual Research Retreat.

Timiya S. Nolan, Ph.D., associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement, participated in the 2026 Cancer Center Community Impact Forum in Seattle, Washington, Sept. 27–29.

Effective October 1, 2026, Natalie Gassman, Ph.D., will be the inaugural associate director for professional development at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center.

The Yang Lab at the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center is advancing a groundbreaking approach to precision MRI cancer screening.

UAB and UAB O'Neal Cancer Center researchers, led by Lara Garmire, Ph.D., are part of a new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering that uses artificial intelligence to uncover genetic differences within tumors from images routinely produced during cancer diagnosis.

Rebecca Arend, M.D., MPH, Associate Director of Clinical Research at the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center, was appointed as Gynecologic Oncology Vice Chair of the NRG Oncology Translational Science Committee.

The O'Neal Cancer Center held its 2026 Iron Strong Awards, which recognizes cancer patients who went through a clinical trial.

Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., UAB O’Neal Cancer Center Director, recently joined the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) congressional briefing.

Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., UAB O’Neal Cancer Center Director, recently joined the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) congressional briefing.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is playing a prominent role at the 2026 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress in Stockholm, Sweden.

Faculty, physicians, scientists, and trainees from the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center joined oncology leaders from around the world at the 2026 (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Faculty and researchers from the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will join oncology professionals from around the world at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place May 29 - June 2 in Chicago.

UAB's partnership with Infirmary Health offers patients around the southeast aceess to UAB-trained physicians, clinical trials, and all of the resources of the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center.

Andrea Comba, Ph.D., recently secured the V Foundation’s V Scholar Award through the support of her colleagues at the O’Neal Cancer Center.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is pleased to announce the latest O’Neal Invests grant awards. In this cycle, three grants received the award, including two funded by the BCRFA and by the Children’s of Alabama Hope Fund, respectively.

Jorge Cortes, M.D. will join the Division of Hematology and Oncology as Chief of Hematology; furthermore, Cortes will serve as the Deputy Director of the O'Neal Cancer Center. Similarly, Mehmet Akce, M.D., will serve as Interim Chief of Oncology.

Becker’s Hospital Review recognized the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center on its 2025 list of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs.” This annual list honors national leaders in cancer prevention, treatment, research, and innovation.

In June 2025, the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center earned accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), making UAB one of only two centers in Alabama to hold this designation.

UAB Medicine has been recognized by the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation (TCAF) as a Testicular Cancer Center of Excellence – the only one in the Southeast. This distinction is awarded to programs that provide complete, multispecialty care for testicular cancer.