The School of Medicine will hold this year’s White Coat Ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 in the Alys Stephens Center.
Michael Froelich, M.D., an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, was elected to head the faculty senate for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Game time!
Written by Anupam Agarwal, M.D.
Being part of a world-class academic medical center – focused on training medical and graduate biomedical students, conducting research and caring for thousands of patients – it is sometimes easy to forget that our campus is also home to world-class student athletes. The drive, determination and focus important to being a college athlete are similarly important in our students, clinicians and scientists.
A joint project of the School of Medicine at UAB and the University of Minnesota Medical School will create the National Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for African-American Men’s Health.
The Clinical Skills Scholars will dedicate half a day each week to mentoring five to seven students about the intangibles.
The application deadline for pilot funds available through the AMC21 Research Strategic Plan to submit extramural, multi-investigator grants has been extended to Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013.
Barbie Randall, an administrative associate and clinical coordinator in the Division of Nephrology,was named UAB's Employee of the Month for July 2013.
The MHRC is partnering with Birmingham churches to educate African-American church leaders about having healthy congregations.
The American Cancer Society is conducting the Cancer Prevention Study-3; enrollment is coming to UAB this fall.
Mirjam-Colete Kempf, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Michael Saag, M.D., received a $3 million, five-year award to join the Women’s Interagency HIV study.