Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH, FAHA, has been named Associate Dean for Genomic Medicine at UAB. She assumes this role after the retirement of Bruce Korf, MD, PhD.

Limdi earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from A.R. Patel College of Pharmacy in India in 1987 and a Doctor of Pharmacy from Samford University in 1994. Observing the variability in anticoagulant response among African Americans sparked her interest in clinical research, and she continued to develop research skills, completing an MSPH in 2005 and a PhD in Epidemiology in 2008.

She holds the Ray L. Watts Heersink Endowed Chair in the Department of Neurology. She also serves as Director of the Translational Pharmacogenetics program at UAB, Co-director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and Associate Director of the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute.

Limdi has mentored over 40 post-doctoral trainees and junior faculty since 2001. She was awarded the UAB Dean’s Mentorship award, a mentorship grant from NIH, and was nominated to serve as the Director of the UAB CTSA Training Academy for the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science.