University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, United States
Dr. Cron is Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine and Director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He developed and is the Director of the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship program at Children’s of Alabama. He is also Director of the Alabama Center for Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Disorders and is the inaugural holder of the Arthritis Foundation, Alabama Chapter Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rheumatology at UAB. He has served on several UAB committees, including the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, the Immunology, Autoimmunity and Transplantation, the UAB Dept. of Pediatrics Chair search, and the Dept. of Pediatrics Career Evaluations and Promotions committees.
Dr. Cron attended the University of California at Riverside for undergraduate studies (B.S. in Biomedical Sciences) and then the National Institutes of Health as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute pre-doctoral fellow prior to receiving a PhD in Immunology from the University of Chicago. He attended UCLA for medical school and completed Pediatric residency training at Stanford Children’s Hospital. He completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Washington in Seattle and subsequently worked as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University Medical Center. His first faculty appointment was at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1999 prior to recruitment to UAB in 2007
When and How to Gather: Building Social Connections and Intellectual Comradery
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM PT
Disclosure(s): AbbVie/Abbott: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Eli Lilly: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated); Pfizer: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Sobi: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
