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Isaac King adds this award to his list of many accomplishments at UAB.
A program that supports historically disadvantaged health professionals chooses two researchers in the UAB Department of Medicine as finalists.
Patient finds relief from abnormal menstrual cycles with minimally invasive hysterectomy alternative
After years of pain and excessive and prolonged menstrual cycle bleeding, Venita Gowdy found relief at UAB after undergoing a fibroid embolization in lieu of hysterectomy.
The ProAssurance Endowed Chair for Physician Wellness at UAB will help address health issues unique to physicians as they deal with the stress and pressures associated with providing care in today’s evolving health care environment.
The UAB School of Public Health awards Virginia Tech professor, recognizing her as a leader in biostatistics.
Larrell L. Wilkinson, Ph.D., accepted the role of chair for the Healthy Aging Community of Practice for the Society for Public Health Education.
Satellite analysis like that conducted by Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., and Gregory Mumford, Ph.D., provides valuable intelligence for international policing of the illegal antiquities trade.
The findings from the NIH-funded study will have implications on targeted interventions and policy changes in distracted driving.
UAB’s REGARDS study finds that disparities exist within men and older patients’ being prescribed stroke-preventing medication in the southeastern United States.
The August issue of the journal focused on genomics in rheumatic diseases, the complex effort to understand the genetic underpinnings of more than 100 diseases that affect joints and muscles.
Pam Benoit, Ph.D., knows how to make a persuasive argument, but she plans to devote her first months on the job to listening.
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.
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.
Leading neuroscientist Ron Lazar joins UAB as director of the McKnight Brain Institute, a multidisciplinary research enterprise on learning and memory in aging.
UAB's Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team was honored following a recent overseas deployment when the team commander received a prestigious award.
The Collat School of Business is one of only four schools globally with three trained instructors through the Professional Sales Certificate program.
A UAB physician visited Jordan to provide health care to Syrian refugees with chronic conditions.
Gamlin has been appointed chair of the Mechanisms of Sensory, Perceptual and Cognitive Processes Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review for the NIH.
Faculty and staff from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History, Department of Music and Department of Theatre explore their skills locally and abroad.
A UAB neurobiology professor has been inducted into the leading Slovenian scientific society.
Benoit is a seasoned educator, communicator and administrator who comes to UAB from Ohio University, where she was executive vice president and provost for almost eight years.
A photojournalist turned U.S. Army nurse is a shining example of nursing school’s commitment to providing quality health care for veterans.
UAB Professor Pat Speck received End Violence Against Women International’s 2017 Professional Impact Award.
Alabama research institutions make the case to Congress to maintain funding for the National Institutes of Health.
School of Nursing faculty were cited for impact on innovative nursing education.
Ashley Hodges, Ph.D., has served in many leadership roles over the course of her 27-year nursing career, and her leadership in nursing extends to daughter, son.
These scientifically diverse researchers deliver lectures at American Society for Microbiology Branch meetings throughout the United States.
The book “Art and Celebrity in the Age of Reynolds and Siddons” transports readers to late 18th-century London, where modern celebrity culture emerged.
New children’s book focuses on helping others and pursuing goals while having a career as a working mom.