Office of Diversity & Inclusion launches new website
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The new site was developed as a mechanism to more easily and efficiently communicate with faculty and trainees about issues related to diversity and inclusion within the School of Medicine.
Two major national clinical trials available for lung cancer patients at UAB
Written by Beena Thannickal
UAB offers two national clinical trials with customized treatment for lung cancer patients.
Blazer Express bus service and Blazer Express Highlands van service will be suspended on Friday, July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.
Macrophage cells require agility to scavenge and digest dead cells and prevent an immune response to self. In lupus, the macrophages lose that agility.
A series of fascinating studies at Harvard University showed that many people respond positively to placebo pills — even when they are told that the pills don't have any active ingredients. Now researchers at UAB have partnered with a Harvard scientist to test these "open-label" placebos for the first time in cancer survivors.
Deadlines for abstracts are set for early fall and are open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and residents.
Join a UAB team or create a team for the annual walk, which helps raise funds for research efforts.
Boni Elewski, M.D., and Wendy Cantrell, DNP, pursue research and therapies that bring new drugs to market and change patients’ lives.
This improvement in cognition persists despite a high-glycemic-index diet, a possible risk factor for Alzheimer’s.
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center one of five centers selected to be part of HIRN-CTAR
Written by Tyler Greer
Three-year grant establishes consortium to better organize and support collaborative research related to the loss of functional beta cell mass in type 1 diabetes.