Matt Windsor
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Any member of the UAB community can set up a free account and explore a more data-driven approach to strategic planning for research. Engineering Dean Jeffrey Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., explains how his school used Dimensions to assist in new faculty hiring.
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Tools & Technology
October 29, 2021
Exploring simulations, a philosopher finds clues to overcoming “failure of imagination”
Lindsay Brainard, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, delves into the tools modern scientists use to generate new hypotheses in biology, medicine, astronomy — and philosophy.
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Discoveries & Innovations
Professor Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., was the first to publish direct evidence that the Piezo2 channel is the sensor for light touch in 2014. His lab continues to pioneer research that could ease the burden of chemotherapy, excruciating facial pain and other conditions.
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Discoveries & Innovations
October 20, 2021
Feeling stuck because of COVID? Try these four R’s to break free.
Angela Stowe, Ph.D., director of Student Counseling Services, offers ways to “grow your resiliency and make it stronger.”
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Be Healthy
October 20, 2021
Study tracks how UAB students’ mental health has been affected by COVID-19 and racism
More than 1,000 students and postdocs participated, revealing high levels of stress and rates of depression across campus. These results have already sparked several new programs and initiatives; anyone can contribute ideas and perspectives following a second seminar Nov. 16.
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Be Healthy
In a new paper, UAB experts in counseling and health behavior adapt the widely used Phases of Disaster Model to help colleges and universities respond to unique needs during COVID.
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Discoveries & Innovations
October 14, 2021
Setting international standards for health care simulation
UAB faculty and staff from four separate schools and units have contributed to the international standards in health care simulation, reinforcing UAB’s position among the world leaders in the field.
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Publications
October 13, 2021
5 transformative lessons from UAB's Advanced Safety Engineering and Management program
Students in this innovative, all-online master’s degree program share how they are equipped to bring change to their companies, and lead in a crisis.
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Programs & Curricula
October 13, 2021
New class enters UAB’s leadership academy
The 13th cohort selected for Blaze Leadership Academy includes 25 faculty and staff from all UAB schools and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as eight VP units and UAB Hospital.
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Learning & Development
October 11, 2021
ZAMBAMA grant leverages ‘reverse innovation’ to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and improve HIV outcomes
Researchers from UAB’s Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention are collaborating with colleagues in Africa on a $5.8-million study to translate effective approaches from Zambia to rural Alabama — and vice versa.
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Grants Awarded
