2024 

  1. Haifa Alsharif received the Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Research from a Graduate Student. University of Alabama at Birmingham. This prestigious award is given to one master’s and one doctoral-level student each spring who is expected to graduate the same year. 
  2. Haifa Alsharif received the best oral presentation at the 15th Annual Boshell Research Day at Auburn University in Alabama.
  3. Haifa Alsharif received the Student Mentorship Award: Graduate Biomedical Sciences, UAB.
  4. Dr. Bhatnagar joins as a member of the DREAM Council of the Department of Medicine.
  5. Dr. Bhatnagar, Judge for Poster Presentations, DOM Annual Trainee Research Symposium
  6. Dr. Bhatnagar reviewed applications for the Max Cooper Award Department of Medicine nominee.
  7. Dr. Bhatnagar reviewed applications for Walter B Frommeyer, Jr Fellowship in Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine.
  8. Dr. Bhatnagar reviewed applications for the PhD Fellowships award in the Department of Medicine.
  9. Dr. Bhatnagar, ad hoc reviewer DDK-E Study Section, NIDDK, NIH
  10. Dr. Bhatnagar, ad hoc reviewer DDK-B Study Section, NIDDK, NIH
  11. Dr. Bhatnagar, Grant Reviewer NSF
  12. Dr. Bhatnagar teaches in the Insulin/IGF signaling and diabetes, Cell Signaling, Course GBS710.
  13. Dr. Bhatnagar teaches in the advanced diabetes course GBS 788 VTC.
  14. Dr. Bhatnagar, co-director of the Advanced Diabetes course GBS 788 VTC
  15. Haifa Alsharif presents at the Trainee Research Symposium, UAB, Birmingham, AL.
  16. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the Trainee Research Symposium, UAB, Birmingham, AL.
  17. Justin Alexander presents at the 15th Annual Boshell Research Day at Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
  18. Katherine Perez presents at the Trainee Research Symposium, UAB, Birmingham, AL.
  19. Katherine Perez joins the lab full time.
  20. Haifa Alsharif presents (oral) presents at the 15th Annual Boshell Research Day at Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

2023

  1. Haifa Alsharif received the best oral presentation at the Graduate Biomedical Sciences Symposium, UAB.
  2. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman received the Diabetes Research Center’s American Diabetes Association Travel Award.
  3. Dhrithi Tummala received the Presidential Honors Fellowship award from UAB.
  4. Navya Gullapalli received the Presidential Honors Fellowship award from UAB.
  5. Dr. Bhatnagar was invited to join the Editorial Board of the Diabetes Journal.
  6. Dr. Bhatnagar joins the Committee for Responsible Research Practices, Heersink School of Medicine, UAB.
  7. Dr. Bhatnagar joins the Department of Medicine – DREAM Council.
  8. Dr. Bhatnagar took responsibility as an organizer of the monthly UAB Diabetes Research Center Plenary Seminar series.
  9. Dr. Bhatnagar joins the Heersink School of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Program.
  10. Dr. Bhatnagar, ad hoc reviewer DDK-B Study Section, NIDDK, NIH
  11. Dr. Bhatnagar, reviewer NIDDK for a grant submitted in response to RFA-DK-220917: NIDDK Information Network Coordinating Unit: dkNET-CU
  12. Dr. Bhatnagar, abstracts reviewer for oral and poster presentations for the 83rd American Diabetes Association conference
  13. Dr. Bhatnagar teaches in the Molecular Basis of Disease, Course GBSC715.
  14. Dr. Bhatnagar teaches the Advanced diabetes course GBS 788 VTC.
  15. Dr. Bhatnagar, co-director of the Advanced Diabetes course GBS 788 VTC
  16. Dr. Bhatnagar published a review article in Comprehensive Physiology.
  17. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman published an article in FASEB! 
  18. Haifa Alsharif’s first author manuscript was published in Metabolites! 
  19. Two co-author manuscripts published iScience and Basic Clinical Pharmacology Toxicology journals. 
  20. Dhrithi Tummala presents at the UAB Undergraduate Research Spring Expo, Birmingham, AL.
  21. Navya Gullapalli presents at the UAB Undergraduate Research Spring Expo, Birmingham, AL.
  22. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the 83rd  Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association. 
  23. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the UAB Postdoctoral Appreciation Day.
  24. Haifa Alsharif presents at the GBS Annual Symposium, UAB, Birmingham, AL. 

2022

  1. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman received the Diabetes Research Center’s American Diabetes Association Travel Award. 
  2. Dr. Bhatnagar, alternate Senator to the UAB Faculty Senate 
  3. Dr. Bhatnagar, UAB Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee (FSCC)
  4. Dr. Bhatnagar joins Heersink School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Association 
  5. Dr. Bhatnagar, co-organizer of the Midwest Islet Club Conference (Virtual), University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
  6. Dr. Bhatnagar joins the organizing committee representing 17 diabetes research institutes in the USA for the monthly Diabetes Research Virtual Seminar Series.
  7. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the American Diabetes Association, New Orleans.
  8. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the 38th Annual Trainee Research Symposium, UAB.
  9. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the 14th Midwest Islet Club Conference, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.
  10. Haifa Alsharif presents at the 14th Midwest Islet Club Conference, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.
  11. Dr. Mostafizur Rahman presents at the American Diabetes Association’s 82nd Scientific Sessions. 
  12. John Trombley starts his new position at UAB CCTS.
  13. Mary Doamekpor starts a lab rotation.

2021 

  1. Saba visits home for a month.
  2. Sushant Bhatnagar is promoted to associate professor.
  3. Yesha Vyas joins the lab as a volunteer.
  4. Katherine Perez joins the lab as a volunteer.
  5. Mostafizur receives the UAB extraordinary first-year postdoc award-2021.
  6. Asmita relocates to New York.
  7. Mostafizur had the top-viewed poster/presentation at the American Diabetes Association conference: Pancreatic ß-Cell Specific Deletion of Complement 1q Like-3 Secreted Protein Improves Glucose Tolerance by Increasing Insulin Secretion.
  8. Navya Gullapalli, a UAB-CORD summer intern, started working on her project of Transfection with Saba Alsharif.
  9. Lab Party at the Bhatnagar household. 
  10. Haifa Alsharif wins first place for the 3-minute scientific thesis project talk.
  11. Haifa Alsharif has her first committee meeting.

2020

  1. Mostafizur has his first baby.
  2. Halloween party and Dr. Bhatnagar birthday parties.
  3. Mostafizur, a postdoctoral researcher, joined the lab.
  4. Manuscripts as co-author published in Diabetes and Scientific Reports Journals. Thank you, Jeonga Kim for including us in these studies. 
  5. John Trombley and Asmita Pathak isolate islets for the first time.
  6. Asmita Pathak, a postdoctoral researcher, joined the lab.
  7. John Trombley, researcher V, joined the lab.
  8. Dr. Bhatnagar received the Pittman Award given to young researchers at UAB.
  9. Dr. Sayak Bhatacharya secures lecture position at Bradford University, VA.
  10. Haifa Alsharif, a graduate student in the GGB Theme, joined Bhatnagar Lab to pursue a PhD.