UAB wins 10 Parent's Choice Awards
Written by UAB Medicine
UAB received 10 awards in the third annual Parents’ Choice Awards held online by Alabama Baby & Child and Birmingham magazine. This is the third consecutive year that UAB has won Best Family-Friendly Company and Best Hospital NICU
Watts, former dean of the School of Medicine, has demonstrated visionary leadership in education, research and clinical care throughout his career.
Professor of Microbiology David Briles, Ph.D., and Professor of Optometry Lawrence DeLucas, O.D., Ph.D., will be inducted into the NIA, professional distinction accorded to academic inventors.
The hospital boasts 154 credentialed medical staff, including 80 surgeons, and has trained more than 200 ophthalmologists.
Inspirational win
Written by Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D.
The Blazers' win over the 16th ranked UNC Tar Heels was inspirational, and had much in common with the School of Medicine's drive for transformational growth and excellence.
Henry (Hank) Hoffman, Ph.D., a member of the faculty at UAB from 1957 until 1988, passed away on Thanksgiving Day and was buried Monday, Dec. 2, 2013.
The UAB Driving Assessment Clinic can help those with low vision get a driver's license.
PNP Therapeutics, UAB and Southern Research Institute work abolishes otherwise unmanageable human cancers in preclinical rodent studies.
The new 1,600-square-foot Central Alabama High-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility provides state-of-the-art sensitivity and resolution for biomedical research and drug discovery.
The student-operated Equal Access Birmingham Clinic celebrated its first anniversary of providing no-cost healthcare to underserved populations in Birmingham on Nov. 11.