This study is providing researchers with an infrastructure they can build upon as they work to fully understand how exercise impacts the entire body.

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) hosted its 9th Annual Symposium - focused on "Exercise and Aging" - on September 11 and 12, 2023 at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Alumni House. The Symposium brought together about 150 scientists, clinicians, students and trainees from various fields. It featured eight speakers from external universities, six UAB speakers, flash talk presentations by faculty members and corporate organization representatives, a trainee poster presentation competition, a trainee flash talk competition and a networking reception. Sessions focused on Exercise and Aging Physiology, Clinical Exercise Interventions and Exercise and Skeletal Muscle Aging.

Awards and honors continue for the PRCA/PRSSA at UAB chapter, where students put their classroom learning into real-world practice, preparing them for careers and vaulting them into the professional world.

Sara Gould, M.D., MPH, associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Camden Hebson, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, were recently featured as experts on ESPN’s SportsCenter regarding athlete Bronny James’ recent cardiac arrest.

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) will host its 2023 Hunter-Bamman Award Lecture on April 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. CT at the UAB Kaul Finley Conference Center. Registration is required to attend. Laurie J. Goodyear, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Center will deliver the lecture entitled “Novel Mechanisms for the Benefits of Exercise on Health.” Goodyear’s research is focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms through which exercise improves health with a major focus on metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity.

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Thomas W. Buford, Ph.D., has been appointed associate dean for Research in the Heersink School of Medicine, effective April 1, 2023.

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM), the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) and the UAB Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS) jointly hosted the "Precision-the genes and beyond" Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on September 15 and 16, 2022 at the Hill Student Center Ballrooms, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Partnering with CEDHARS, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) sponsored lunch and photography for the event.

Everyone will experience aging, but can a person enhance their aging through simple modifications? UAB experts say yes.

Recent studies have shown that formal exercise training can help boost memory, and memory deficit is relatively common in people with epilepsy.

Anna Thalacker-Mercer, PhD, assistant professor in the UAB Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology has been appointed as the Associate Director of UCEM. Dr. Thalacker-Mercer has been very active with UAB since her postdoctoral fellowship at UAB in 2007 under the mentorship of Marcas Bamman, PhD, Founding Director of UCEM. “I’m very excited to have Dr. Thalacker-Mercer take this new leadership role within UCEM,” said Thomas Buford, Director of UCEM. “She is an outstanding scientist with a strong history at UAB and a heart for connecting people in related disciplines. I’m excited to see all the exciting ideas and initiatives she will bring to the center.”

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine hosted its Fall 2021 Research Retreat on November 4 and 5, 2021 at the Lakeshore Foundation. The two half-day event featured 10-minute presentations of 30 investigators at UAB conducting exercise medicine research. The retreat was designed to facilitate awareness and new collaborations among investigators across UAB who conduct research broadly related to exercise. More than 80 attendees comprising students, pre-and post-doctoral trainees, faculty and staff joined the sessions virtually. The event showcased seven sessions with interdisciplinary topics that steer exercise medicine research at UAB – Exercise Biology, Behavior Change, Early Career I, Rehabilitation, Pre-Clinical Research, Early Career II and Clinical Research.

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) will host its inaugural Hunter-Bamman Award Lecture on November 8, 2021 from noon to 1.15 p.m. CT virtually. This lecture will be co-sponsored by the UAB Nathan Shock Center. Sue C. Bodine, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center Chair, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will deliver the lecture on “Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Function: the critical role of recruitment and loading throughout the lifespan.” Registration is required to attend.

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The John B. Barnwell Award for outstanding achievement in clinical science research is the highest honor of the VA’s Clinical Science Research and Development Service.

People respond to weight loss strategies in different ways, but typical studies test only one intervention at a time. UAB’s Drew Sayer is testing multiple strategies in a single study.