A project by ophthalmologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will examine whether a partnership with community-based optometrists will improve detection and treatment of glaucoma, especially for high-risk populations.
UAB has teamed with the Michael J. Fox Foundation to look for genetic biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease.
UAB schools of Engineering and Medicine capitalize on overlapping interests with launch of joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Researchers discuss exercise clinical trials at NExTNet meeting
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine hosted the first face-to-face meeting of the newly implemented National Exercise Clinical Trials Network, attracting researchers from 49 institutions across the country.
The new clinics, located at at Medical West in Bessemer and the Birmingham St. Vincent’s Hospital campus, will provide care for a variety of ocular conditions.
Michael Saag, M.D., renowned leader in HIV research and AIDS care who was beginning his career when the movie's events transpired, addresses the accuracy of the Academy Award-nominated film.
UAB cardiologists implant subcutaneous defibrillator in first Alabama patient
Written by Tyler Greer
The S-ICD, which sits just below the skin, leaves the heart and blood vessels untouched while providing the same protection as traditional ICDs.
Sex cells
Written by Bob Shepard
You might know that sex sells, but did you know that the sex of cells is important in biomedical research?