UAB Cancer Center joins in endorsement of HPV vaccination for cancer prevention
Written by Beena Thannickal
In a joint statement of National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center urges parents, young adults and physicians to increase HPV vaccination rates.
How obesity makes memory go bad
Written by Jeff Hansen
UAB researchers find that epigenetic changes associated with chronic obesity alter expression of memory-related genes in the brain.
Recognition of a new pathway may change the treatment of allergic diseases.
John Kearney named an American Association of Immunologists career award recipient
Written by Jeff Hansen
Kearney was cited for outstanding contributions to B cell biology.
UAB is among the first in the United States to offer Pelvalon’s Eclipse System, a nonsurgical therapy for women who suffer from accidental bowel leakage.
New faculty recruits to lead nuclear, molecular imaging in the Department of Radiology
Written by Liann Cates
Suzanne Lapi, Ph.D. and Jonathan McConathy, M.D. recently joined the faculty in the UAB Department of Radiology.
Five faculty members in the School of Medicine have been named the 2016 class of James A. Pittman Jr., M.D., Scholars, a program organized to recognize the contributions of junior faculty and support the retention of highly competitive scientists and physician-scientists.
Telling tales: Second-year class president Corey Duke and fellow medical students create new podcast to share stories from the School of Medicine
Written by Jane Longshore
For second-year class president Corey Duke, developing a podcast has provided a creative outlet that he and other medical students, especially those with liberal arts backgrounds, had been missing.
Exploring The Traumatized Brain: Alumnus Sandeep Vaishnavi tackles traumatic brain injury and its aftermath
Written by UAB Medicine Magazine
Since his days as a student in the School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), Sandeep Vaishnavi, M.D. ’02, Ph.D. ’00 has been studying a silent epidemic.
Meeting explains how the Academic Enrichment Fund impacts research faculty
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Learn how the Academic Enrichment Fund is being used to support initiatives relevant to basic science faculty Thursday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. in the Finley Conference Center.