Long-acting, Injectable ART Offers Promising New Treatment for Individuals Living with HIV
In a clinical trial led by Aadia Rana, M.D., professor in the UAB Division of Infectious Diseases, findings show that long-acting, injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) is more effective in suppressing HIV than daily oral regimens. Because of its substantial benefits and potential impact, an independent safety monitoring board recommended halting randomization and offering all participants long-acting injectable therapy. Rana hopes that this study will expand HIV treatment guidelines to reach those with a history of non-adherence.
Search Begins for Interim DOM Chair
After 12 years leading the Department of Medicine, Dr. Seth Landefeld will step away from his role as Chair this September. Landefeld has had a transformative effect on our academic medical enterprise. He will leave UAB to become a fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to address the crisis in American primary care.
DREAM Council Announces 2024 Research Award Recipients
Wednesday, the DREAM Council announced the 2024 recipients of the Walter B. Frommeyer Jr. Fellowship in Investigative Medicine Award and the PhD Career Development Award for Research at the annual Trainee Research Symposium keynote panel discussion. Each award was designed to promote mentored research and foster the development of outstanding junior and senior scientist. Congratulations to these incredible scientists.
The DOM Celebrates 2023 DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Awardees
This week, the Department of Medicine hosted its annual reception to celebrate the 2023 DOM STAR for Staff Excellence awardees. Recipients were joined by leadership, coworkers, and family in the Wallace Tumor Institute lobby. Leaders shared remarks about the unique value each recipient adds to the department, highlighting exceptional patient care, advancing research, collaboration and culture building, and organization and planning. Thank you to the 2023 DOM STAR awardees for shining so brightly in our department.
85-Year-Old Patient Returns to Golf After TAVR Procedure
Within six months, Sarah Hazen went from being a vibrant and energetic 85-year-old, to experiencing shortness of breath, difficulty bending over, and an inability to walk more than twenty feet without resting. Hazen consulted with a team of UAB cardiologists and was diagnosed with aortic insufficiency and stenosis — conditions that cause the heart to enlarge and weaken, affecting its ability to pump blood to the rest of the body.