Investigators from UAB’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center and School of Public Health have been awarded a four-year, $1 million R25 grant to deliver an annual short course on innovative methods to find obesity causes.
Research questioning sodium intake guidelines supported in New England Journal of Medicine editorial
Written by Tyler Greer
UAB Distinguished Professor’s editorial highlights research efforts exploring low-sodium intake guidelines and implications on cardiac disease and mortality.
Talking the Talk, Career Options in Science Communications, will inform the UAB community about career options in science communications.
Christopher Willey, M.D., Ph.D., receives a crucial ACS research grant to further his novel work on the MARCKS protein in relation to brain cancer.
The 2014 Research and Innovations in Medical Education (RIME) Week Education Summit, a full day of speakers and workshops designed to enhance the teaching skills of UAB faculty.
Register for the inaugural Equal Access Birmingham 5K/Fun Run
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Equal Access Birmingham will host its inaugural Heart + Sole 5K/Fun Run on Saturday, Sept. 6, to raise funds for the School of Medicine student-run free clinic, which provides education and health care to Birmingham’s uninsured and underserved.
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will present “UAB: Its Opportunity to Lead Us into the New World for Health Care,” Thursday, Aug. 14 as the inaugural speaker in the Leadership in Academic Medicine Lecture series.
The Argus Awards, created in 1996 to recognize faculty members, give medical students the chance to honor their mentors, professors, courses and course directors for outstanding service to medical education.
Interim Chief Nursing Officer Terri Poe has been selected to serve as the hospital’s chief nursing officer and senior associate vice president, effective Aug. 1.
White Coat Ceremony set for Aug. 17
Written by Kendra Carter
Each of the 187 new members of the School of Medicine Class of 2018 will be presented with the traditional white coat in the presence of family, friends, faculty and staff.