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The UAB Lung Health Center Secures ADPH Grant to Combat Youth Smoking and Vaping

 

UAB Lung Health Center Secures ADPH Grant to Combat Youth Smoking and Vaping

The UAB Lung Health Center has received a grant from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) to combat smoking and vaping among middle- and high-school students in Birmingham. Led by Dr. Gabriela Oates, the "Healthy Communities for a Tobacco-Free Future" program will begin in October 2024.

 

Pittsburgh International Lung Health Conference

 

Pittsburgh International Lung Conference

The Pittsburgh International Lung Conference is a comprehensive conference dedicated to exploring the latest advancements and challenges in pulmonary research that brings together leading scientists and healthcare professionals from around the world to explore key topics shaping the future of lung health.

 

  • Inaugural AI in Medicine and Nursing Symposium hosted at UAB
    The AI in Medicine and Nursing Symposium, hosted by the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, UAB Medicine, UAB School of Health Professions, UAB School of Nursing, and Maastricht University Faculty of Science and Engineering, concluded successfully, bringing together leading experts, researchers, and industry representatives to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care.
  • UAB Lung Health Center to target youth smoking and vaping with annual award from the ADPH
    UAB is combating youth tobacco use with its ninth annual award from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
  • UAB to conduct NIH-funded research on the health impacts of public housing and neighborhood revitalization
    Funded by the National Institutes of Health, HEALTHe Birmingham will measure the effects of community revitalization on residents’ health.
  • UAB Innovation Institute and Center for Healthcare Management and Leadership host A Primer for AI in Healthcare event for professionals
    Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation (Innovation Institute) leadership regularly takes part in various events regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and health care, offering their expertise and professional insight. This fall, three of the institute’s leaders participated in a one-day program titled “A Primer for AI in Healthcare,” co-offered by the UAB School of Health Profession’s Department of Health Services Administration Center for Healthcare Management & Leadership.
  • Reduced sialylation of mucin impairs mucus transport in lungs
    By showing a critical role for sialylation in the biophysical properties of mucus and mucus transport, the study identifies a possible therapeutic target for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and other muco-obstructive diseases.
  • Hope restored: Georgia woman receives heart-double lung transplant thanks to organ donation, family
    Linda Morgan’s transplant journey has inspired many and will continue to do so as she shares her story with the world.
  • UAB Medicine welcomes 9th cohort of Institute for Leadership
    UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office welcomed 22 individuals in its ninth cohort of Institute for Leadership in August 2024.
  • COPD and BPD: Inhalation of live Lactobacilli lessens lung inflammation and improves lung function
    This live biotherapeutic product, tested in mouse models, shows promise in addressing common pathways of lung disease progression.
  • UAB launches three new research centers
    Research from the centers will help drive new knowledge and foster positive and lasting societal benefits.
  • UAB Hospital continues to be the best hospital in Alabama, Birmingham metro, according to U.S. News & World Report
    For 11 consecutive years, U.S. News has named UAB Hospital the best hospital in Alabama, with several specialties and procedures ranked among the best.
  • UAB launches its first Tele-ICU expanded hospital in the state
    Whitfield’s eight-bed ICU is monitored remotely 24/7 by the UAB Tele-ICU team to help support the bedside staff.
  • UAB to participate in trial to find best sedative choice for intubations
    The study will observe two sedation medications, ketamine and etomidate, that are most commonly used for sedations, ketamine and etomidate, to determine which is best during intubations.
  • Second Phase 3 clinical trial again shows dupilumab lessens disease in COPD patients with type 2 inflammation
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation saw rapid and sustained improvements after treatment with the monoclonal antibody dupilumab.
  • Dransfield named interim chair of the Department of Medicine
    Mark Dransfield, M.D., has been named interim chair of the UAB Department of Medicine, effective Sept. 1, 2024. Dransfield is a professor of Medicine and director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. He also holds the Ben Vaughan Branscomb Chair of Medicine in Respiratory Disease.
  • 12 graduate from UAB Medicine’s SAIL Spring 2024 program
    UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office recently recognized 12 individuals in its fourth cohort of Sharing Authentically to Inspire and Lead (SAIL). The spring 2024 graduates received their certificates on April 9.
  • Is your fatigue more than your lack of sleep? UAB experts discuss sleep apnea
    UAB experts says that individuals can prevent or decrease symptoms of sleep apnea by making small lifestyle changes.
  • COPD: The effect of low-dose cadmium, a highly toxic metal, on airway epithelial cells
    Cigarette smoking is associated with COPD, and each cigarette has 2 to 3 micrograms of cadmium.
  • This professor’s new startup aims to erase immune memories to stop Crohn’s disease
    Charles Elson, M.D., has developed an “antivaccine” that could remove the faulty memory cells that drive this autoimmune disorder. He launched ImmPrev Bio, Inc., in order to reach a first-in-human clinical trial.
  • Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship names winners of 2023 Innovation Awards
    Vivek Lal, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UAB Heersink School of Medicine and the founder of both ResBiotic Nutrition and Alveolus Bio, was given the 2023 Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship.
  • First-ever Blazer Bridge Fund grant recipients announced
    The Blazer Bridge Fund is intended to identify and assist in the development of promising ideas, discoveries, innovations and/or technologies from UAB faculty and staff that have commercial potential.