UAB emphysema patient has good result from experimental one-way valve procedure
Written by Bob Shepard
In late March, physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham carefully threaded a one-way valve the size of a black-eyed pea into the lower lobe of Dennis Bullock’s left lung. Bullock, a 67-year-old emphysema patient, was the fourth person at UAB to receive the experimental Zephyr® endobronchial valve.
The Women’s Choice Award has named UAB Hospital to the fifth annual list of “America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience.”
Nine outstanding faculty members were named recipients of the Dean’s Excellence Awards, an honor recognizing exceptional contributions made by School of Medicine faculty in service, teaching, research, diversity enhancement and mentorship.
The active pursuit of excellence through diversity and inclusion is the means by which the UAB School of Medicine will achieve unprecedented success as we serve, educate and empower the medical professionals of the present and future.
Thirty students from universities across the country are participating this summer in the Summer in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research Program and the Preparation for Graduate and Medical Education programs.
David Sweatt, Ph.D., the Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology, has been appointed interim director of the UAB Civitan International Research Center, effective June 1.
UAB study says race influences warfarin dose – an advance for personalized medicine
Written by Bob Shepard
A new report demonstrates that clinical and genetic factors affecting dose requirements for warfarin vary by race.
Top leaders in infectious disease research to lecture at UAB June 4
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Four of the most world renowned scholars and influential leaders in the field of infectious disease research will come to UAB to honor the legacy of the late Distinguished Professor Charles Alford, M.D.
William C. Bailey, professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for 50 years of exemplary service by the Tulane Medical Alumni Association.
UAB faculty members met with legislators and their staffs to advocate for a sustainable growth in science funding.