New data show three triple-combination regimens are “highly effective” for up to 90 percent of cystic fibrosis patients
Written by Tyler Greer
A UAB physician will co-chair a steering committee of global cystic fibrosis experts and clinical trial investigators to support the design, conduct and execution of the triple combination pivotal study program.
School of Medicine to welcome incoming class at annual White Coat Ceremony
Written by Katelyn Howard
The School of Medicine will hold its White Coat Ceremony for first-year medical students at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13. Each of the 186 new members of the Class of 2020 will be presented with the traditional white coat in the presence of family, friends, faculty and staff.
When preparing your child’s back-to-school needs list, don’t forget to include vaccines
Written by Tyler Greer
Even if you’ve previously rejected vaccinating your children or have neglected to do so, UAB physicians say it’s not too late to protect them against many preventable diseases.
The new clinic will be located just off Interstate 20 in St. Clair County.
Yogesh Dwivedi has been named chair of the NIH Pathophysiological Basis of Mental Disorders and Addictions Study Section.
UAB’s Seth Landefeld joins the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine.
The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative has begun full scale recruitment of interested participants at two sites in Birmingham.
Physician travels to Africa to treat women who have suffered childbirth injuries
Written by Alicia Rohan
A UAB obstetric surgeon will lend her skills to African women by treating obstetric fistula, a common complication of childbirth in the developing world that causes incontinence.