This procedure is the first of its kind in Alabama and offers a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with tracheobronchomalacia.
About three-quarters of people were consistently honest, telling between zero and two lies per day. By contrast, a small subset of people averaged more than six lies per day and accounted for a sizable proportion of the lies, says researcher Timothy Levine, Ph.D.

The latest grant for Andrea Cherrington, M.D., is $21.7 million over five years from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to improve chronic disease outcomes for Black Americans in the Deep South.

Chen sets an example for his surgical mentees and invites them into the field of surgery through his publications and research.
The Gulf Scholars Program prepares undergraduate students to address environmental, health, energy and infrastructure challenges in the Gulf of Mexico region.
Live HealthSmart’s goal is to improve Alabama’s national health ranking by 2030.
The grant links researchers from different disciplines, institutions and locations to study basic mechanisms that contribute to Parkinson’s disease.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming rise in domestic violence and intimate partner violence
An independent life for spina bifida patients is still possible, thanks to programs like the UAB Transitional Spina Bifida Clinic.
The effort led by UAB is projected to receive $17 million from NIH to support up to four years of patient follow-up.
The 2022 winners were announced Saturday, Oct. 23, during halftime at the UAB Homecoming game.
The life sciences fund will focus on development of early-stage UAB technologies and startup companies.

Release of TT-10 from nanoparticles improved heart function after a heart attack, accompanied by increased cardiomyocyte proliferation and smaller infarct size.

Overcoming perceived barriers such as work/life balance in the field is a key part of recruiting more women into orthopaedic surgery.
The final tag design, created by UAB graduate Sydney Williams, features a red-shouldered hawk in a long-leaf pine; both are native to Alabama.
Community members can visit 11th Ave Church of God in Christ in Kingston from 9:30-11:30 a.m., on October 27.
Students and community members can learn how they can be included in shaping the future of health care for generations to come by joining us for an All of Us Research Program enrollment event.

UAB’s Standaert elected vice president of a leading neurological professional organization.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is partnering with UAB Athletics as part of their KICK COVID program to host a vaccine clinic Saturday, Oct. 23, at Protective Stadium.
On Oct. 21, 2021, The American announced that UAB will join the American Athletic Conference, as momentum and success continue to build across UAB and in the Department of Athletics.