Jaida Bazemore, a summer RAMP-UP program participant from Tuskegee College, presented her study “Racial Disparities in Barriers to Healthcare by Older Patients with Pancreatic Neoplasms” at the UAB summer symposium 2024 under the mentorship or Dr. Andrea Gillis.

Research in Aging through Mentorship and Practice – Undergraduate Program (RAMP-UP) is a comprehensive program providing mentored research experiences and education in aging and health disparities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds in MSTEM fields. It combines hands-on research, additional training, and structured career guidance to prepare participants for graduate studies and careers in the research workforce.

Find out more about RAMP-UP here.

Oakwood University student, Peris Murangiri, presented her study “Investigation of the use of Amphetamines Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in the Deep South of the US” at the UAB Summer Symposium 2024.

Endocrine surgery fellow Dr. Corbin Frye presented his paper “A Natural Language Processing-Informed Adrenal Gland Incidentaloma Clinic Improves Guideline-Based Care” at the 2024 International Association of Endocrine Surgeons Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dr. Andrea Gillis attended and presented her work at NCI Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program Fall Symposium.

The NCI Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP) is a unique initiative to train and support early-career surgeon scientists in cancer research. This program provides three years of funding, fostering collaboration among cohorts across the U.S. to advance cancer-related basic and translational research.

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L – R Dr. Andrea Gillis, Dr. Jessica M. Fazendin, Dr. Jessica Liu McMullin (endocrine surgery fellow ’22 – ’23), Dr. Brenessa M. Lindeman, Dr. Herbert Chen

Our group had a strong showing at the 2023 Academic Surgical Congress in Houston TX! In addition to presenting our research and learning from other leaders in academic surgery, we love this meeting for getting to have a reunion with our former graduates! Fellows #1-6 were able to reunite and catch up at the UAB social at the Buffalo Bayou Brewing company (with photobombers Drs. Chen and Lindeman aka the fellows endocrine surgery “mom” and “dad”). 

The Endocrine Surgery Research group practiced “work life integration” and spent some time enjoying activities around Birmingham! Drs. Andrea Gillis, Jessica McMullin, and Polina Zmijewski took the prize at Harry Potter Trivia at local bookstore Little Professor and our group had a great night out together going to the Hamilton musical!