UAB: Comprehensive Cancer Center

August 28, 2012

Richard Whitley, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, the Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair of Pediatrics and director of the UAB Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is the inaugural recipient of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center’s Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Residence award.

Whitley will deliver a lecture as part of the Contemporary Clinical Medicine – Great Teachers series, a component of the NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, Feb. 13, 2013, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md.

Whitley also is the associate director for drug discovery and development with the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and a co-director of the CCTS Drug Discovery Component.

The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center is among the 41 cancer centers in the nation to meet the stringent criteria for the National Cancer Institute's comprehensive designation. The center is a leader in groundbreaking research, reducing cancer disparities and leading-edge patient care.