UAB and Children’s of Alabama partner to decrease youth tobacco use, including electronic cigarettes, in Birmingham area
Written by Alicia Rohan
ADPH provides $80,000 to UAB investigator to learn more about teenagers’ tobacco habits.
UAB graduate and professional programs ranked in top 20 by U.S. News & World Report
Written by Tiffany Westry Womack
Several UAB programs ranked among the nation’s top 20 in 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools."
Schwiebert is the recipient of the 2015 Dean’s Excellence Award in Mentorship.
Springing forward with daylight saving time may increase your risk of having a heart attack if you have a history of heart disease.
Vaccine expert Offit to give 2016 Kennamer Distinguished Lecture in Montgomery
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Paul A. Offit, M.D., is director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a professor of vaccinology and pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ascherman continues to promote culture of diversity, inclusion in Department of Psychiatry
Written by Liann Cates
Ascherman is the recipient of the 2015 Dean’s Excellence Award in Diversity Enhancement.
Preliminary results from UAB’s CBD oil studies show benefit in seizure control in some patients.
Researcher focused on HIV and STD prevention in women will lead UAB School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
Novel reprogramming factor yields more efficient induction of human pluripotent stem cells
Written by Jeff Hansen
Greater efficiency is a must for future clinical use of these cells in regenerative medicine, drug screening and disease study.
UAB’s Suzanne Oparil, M.D., has been selected as one of only three doctors from the United States to receive the Clinical Excellence Award at the National Physician of the Year Awards in New York City.