Making smart food choices starts with knowing what's in your food. In this video, you'll learn how to make delicious homemade peanut butter cookies using simple, wholesome ingredients—and how they compare to the store-bought kind.

Written by Tyren Lucas - April 4, 2025 Applying for an NIH grant can be a daunting process. NIH grants are highly competitive and require a careful strategy in order to build a winning proposal.

Birmingham, AL – The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine has been selected by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to lead a transformative conversation about the future of health research and clinical practice.

Mastering knife skills is one of the most essential steps to becoming confident in the kitchen. In this video, we'll focus on how to slice and dice onions safely and efficiently, Presented by Razel Gargollo, a second semester graduate student for the MS in Nutrition-Dietitian Education Program at UAB.

Clinical Trials Tip of the Month - March 2025 When reconsenting research participants, it's crucial to communicate clearly and explain any significant changes in the study. Provide a new consent form or addendum if applicable.

Written by Tyren Lucas - March 21, 2025 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) strives to build synergistic collaborations across the CTSA consortium, elevating translational science to a new heights. From March 5-7th, 2025, the CCTS joined five other CTSA Hubs to convene in Pine Mountain, Georgia, for the annual Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference.

Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – March 14, 2025 March is National Nutrition Month, a time to focus on the important role that good nutrition plays in keeping us healthy and strong. Eating well not only helps our bodies but also connects us to our culture, our loved ones, and our communities.

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Written by Brian C. Moon - February 7, 2025 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is excited to launch the RISE Leadership Program, a new initiative designed to equip clinical research professionals with essential leadership skills.

Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – February 7, 2025 February is National Heart Health Awareness Month, an important time to reflect on how we can keep our hearts healthy. One of the biggest factors that affect our heart health is diet, particularly the food we eat every day.

February 5, 2025 In the information age, bridging the gap between data and clinical application is crucial. The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is making significant investments in this area.

Louis Muglia, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and medical geneticist and pediatrician known for his groundbreaking research on preterm birth and prenatal testing, delivered "The Time to Be Born" at the Heersink Grand Rounds on Jan. 30..

The UAB campus is rapidly being reimagined through numerous new construction and building renovation projects. These include projects that directly support the goals of UAB’s Forging Ahead strategic plan and Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose, which set a goal of increasing research expenditures to $1 billion, from $774.5 million in fiscal year 2023.

Written by Brian C. Moon - January 6, 2025 The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) represents a transformative resource in health data research, empowering investigators to uncover critical insights and advance patient care.

Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – January 9, 2025 As the year 2025 commences, many are preparing to start a diet regimen to help shave off pounds gained over the holidays. During the first quarter of the year, internet searches for diet trends often peak, and according to Google data, the keto diet was the most searched diet of all the diet trends in 2021.

Brian C. Moon – January 6, 2025 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) recently hosted “CEI Perspectives: Understanding Clinical Trials in Rural Communities,” a virtual event that brought together researchers, healthcare professionals, and community advocates to address limitations in clinical trial participation.

Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – November 21, 2024 The holiday season is upon us and one thing we all have in common is the desire to prepare and consume our favorite holiday foods.

Written by Brian C. Moon - November 12, 2024 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized how we collect, analyze, and visualize spatial data.

Written by Brian C. Moon - November 6, 2024 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) recently hosted a panel discussion titled "CEI Perspectives: Building Health Literacy in Rural Communities," which focused on the challenges and solutions involved in improving health literacy among rural populations.

Written by Anne Russell and Brian C. Moon - October 25, 2024 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science is thrilled to announce its newest Pilot Awardees.

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Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – October 16, 2024 Cancer is a growing public health concern in the US ranking as the second leading cause of death for adults living in the US. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS) about 18% of all cancers are diet-related and many of these cancers can be prevented through diet and exercise (ACS, 2020).

Written by Brian C. Moon - October 15, 2024 This year, the CCTS’s annual Community Engagement Institute (CEI) Symposium joined forces with the 2024 LEARN'd Conference, creating a robust platform for collaboration on healthcare.

October 11, 2024 MyOme, Inc., a leading clinical genetics innovation company, and Broad Clinical Labs (BCL), the world expert in whole genome sequencing (WGS) are announcing a partnership to support the Southern Research (SR), Catalyst program.

Written by Brian C. Moon - October 9, 2024 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is proud to celebrate the establishment and growth of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (DBIDS) in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.

Written by Brian C. Moon - October 4, 2024 The 2024 CCTS Translational Science Symposium brought together over 200 attendees from across the CCTS Partner Network for a dynamic event filled with insightful keynote presentations, workshops, and opportunities for collaboration.

Written by Brian C. Moon September 18, 2024 As part of the upcoming LEARN'd Conference, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Engagement of Communities domain is hosting an insightful panel discussion titled “Shaping a Sustainable Environment for a Healthy Society.”

September 9, 2024 We’re preparing for a website refresh and would love your feedback. Take a moment to complete our brief survey and let us know how visually appealing, easy to navigate, and helpful you find our current site.

Heersink School of Medicine awarded nine staff members as the 2024 Dean’s Excellence Awards for Staff winners. Individuals selected for this honor showcased outstanding accomplishments beyond their daily duties and contributed considerably to Heersink’s core mission areas – education, clinical care, and basic, translational, and clinical research.

Written by Brian C. Moon - September 6, 2024 The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), in partnership with The Ohio State University, the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, and community partners, is proud to host the 3rd annual LEARN'd Conference on September 30-October 1, 2024.

Written by Brian C. Moon - September 6, 2024 Meredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSNMeredith Fitz-Gerald, RN, MSN, Director of the Clinical Research Support Program (CRSP) at the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), has been recognized with the Heersink School of Medicine Dean’s Excellence Award for Staff.

Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – September 9, 2024 Thanks to advances in medical research, Americans are living longer. Compared to 100 years ago, the average life expectancy for men and women increased from 58.2 years to 77.5 years.

Written by Brian C. Moon - September 5, 2024 The CCTS Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) team is a vital resource for researchers across the CCTS Partner Network.

This devastating neurodevelopmental disorder has no currently approved treatments.

Cassandra Newsom, Psy.D., director of the Translational Research Core in Autism and Neurodevelopment of Civitan International Research Center, has completed participation in Phase 2 Clinical Trials of a new drug, NNZ-2591, that shows promising results for a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder called Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS).

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded four grants from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, part of the National Institutes of Health, totaling $82 million over seven years.

Orlando Gutiérrez, M.D., will be appointed senior associate dean for Clinical and Translational Research in the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and director and contact principal investigator of the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

A new artificial intelligence center will bring more discovery in the field to UAB.

On Thursday, May 18, UAB celebrated Clinical Trials Day. Since 2020, UAB has averaged nearly 300 new clinical trials annually.

These effector memory B cells appear poised for a rapid serum antibody response upon secondary challenge one year later, and evidence shows that the cells in this subset differ from all previously described memory B cell subsets.