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November 2014 - The Reporter

August 22, 2013

UAB Cancer Center celebrates grand opening of modernized facility

Originally built in 1975, the Wallace Tumor Institute is the hub of the Cancer Center’s research and administrative enterprise.

Published in Patient Care

August 21, 2013

Investigators honored for creativity in obesity research

This unique Creativity is a Decision competition, now in its third year, is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 20, 2013

Perry earns national award for work in youth literacy

Perry is co-director of The Red Mountain Writing Project and has worked in various capacities with the Alabama Council of Teachers of English.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 20, 2013

Public Health professors release text on health-care management

The latest edition reflects the unique strategic management processes of health-care organizations.

Published in Research & Scholarship

August 20, 2013

UAB investigators receive Science Unbound ‘best paper’ awards

The institutions named in the awards were selected on the basis of their demonstrated strength at promoting careers of young investigators in the areas of obesity, nutrition and statistical science.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 20, 2013

Schwebke receives award for achievement in STD research

The awards were presented in July during the 2013 STI and AIDS World Congress in Vienna, Austria.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 20, 2013

Mönkemüller elected AGSE committee co-chair

Mönkemüller is an ASGE Fellow and an editorial board member for the society’s journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 19, 2013

Selwyn Vickers, M.D., chosen to lead UAB School of Medicine

Vickers, a surgeon, pancreatic cancer researcher and Alabama native, returns to UAB after chairing the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota.

Published in Faculty Appointments

August 15, 2013

DeVivo spinal cord injury paper ‘most cited’ in 2012

The paper is based primarily on data from UAB’s Spinal Cord Injury Model System Database.

Published in Awards & Honors

August 14, 2013

UAB studies low-strength magnetic stimulation therapy for depression

Magnetic stimulation therapy is gaining popularity in treating depression and UAB researchers are now looking at a low-magnetic strength version that might be better and cheaper.

Published in Patient Care

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Events
Attend a showcase to promote diversity in food service purchasing
UAB event planners and purchasing decision-makers can see how to make small decisions that make a big impact.
- Event Date September 20
posted a while back 6250 views
Events
Hear practical tips for building a more inclusive UAB

Stefanie Johnson will discuss her research on the intersection of leadership, entrepreneurship and diversity and suggest ways to mitigate unconscious bias.
- Event Date April 16
posted a while back 6117 views
Events

Discoveries in the Making series returns

Learn what UAB graduate students and postdocs are uncovering in their research during two events this month.

posted a while back 5874 views
Events
Ireland visiting scholar Daniel Beaty to speak, perform March 10

Beaty will speak and perform his critically acclaimed, off-Broadway solo play, “Emergency,” 4 p.m. March 10 in the ASC.
- Event Date March 10
posted a while back 8379 views
Events
Darwin Day commemorates biologist’s birthday, showcases scientific research

A movie, panel discussion, art exhibition and noted lecturers are among the events planned to commemorate the birth of Charles Darwin and celebrate scientific research in evolutionary biology and other disciplines.
- Event Date February 9
posted a while back 8824 views
Events
UAB to host 'Stand as One' forum
The program, “Stand as One: Empowering Marginalized Voices in Birmingham," is a free public event hosted by UAB Institute for Human Rights. All are welcome.
- Event Date February 16
posted a while back 11370 views
Events
Panel to discuss ‘What now?’ in wake of divisive election

UAB and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will bring together a diverse panel of citizens and community leaders to discuss the importance of civil discourse, and how it can be practiced in our daily lives, during a free public event 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in Heritage Hall Room 106.
- Event Date November 15
posted a while back 6929 views
Events
Watts to deliver encore presentation of the State of the University

President Ray Watts will highlight UAB’s groundbreaking accomplishments in all areas of its mission, plus the strategic planning and key new facilities that are part of an updated Campus Master Plan.
- Event Date October 25
posted a while back 7941 views
Events
Nurses Week paintings to be auctioned to benefit Benevolent Fund
Online bidding begins June 10 on the UAB Benevolent Fund website, and a “buy now” option is available.
- Event Date June 10
posted a while back 7473 views
Events
How can health-care workers help stop human trafficking?
Rochelle Rollins, Ph.D., acting deputy director for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office on Trafficking in Persons, will discuss the importance and role of health-care workers in combating this crime 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 29 in Spain Auditorium.
posted a while back 3190 views
Events
Get some “Holiday Soul” with Eric Essix and 5 Men on a Stool
Following the success of their last show, Essix will once again perform his handpicked collection of soulful “songs of the season” and audience favorites with the harmonious Atlanta super-group.
- Event Date December 13
posted a while back 2512 views
Events
See “Downton Abbey” season 6 sneak preview at ASC
Seating is first-come, first-served for this free event; ASC members may reserve premium seating and enjoy a free reception. This sneak preview is presented in conjunction with Alabama Public Television.
- Event Date December 30
posted a while back 1604 views
Events

7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK
Things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of Oct. 25-31.

posted a while back 9625 views
Events
BookTalk to discuss “A Place in Time"
Join Assistant Professor Randy Blythe for a discussion of “A Place in Time —Twenty Stories of the Port William” by Wendell Berry, 6 p.m. in the Sterne Library Director’s Conference Room. UAB BookTalk meets monthly, and all are welcome. A list of upcoming dates and books are online.
- Event Date November 3
posted a while back 1761 views
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7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK
Things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of Oct. 18-24.

posted a while back 9690 views
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7 THINGS TO KNOW
A list of things to see and do for the UAB community during the week of Sept. 27- Oct. 3.

posted a while back 12059 views
Events
Plan to attend, present at annual exercise medicine symposium

UAB Center for Exercise Medicine will hold its annual symposium highlighting research and training 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept 25 in the Children's Harbor Bradley Lecture Center. Details and registration information are online.
- Event Date September 25
posted a while back 10160 views
Events
UAB to host top names in infectious disease research
Four of the most influential researchers in the field of infectious diseases in the world will be here.
- Event Date June 3
posted a while back 6653 views
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Explore the future of lab-made organs and printed tissues April 22
Anthony Atala, M.D., developer of the first lab-grown organ to be implanted into a human, to talk about the future of printing human tissue on demand.
- Event Date April 22
posted a while back 8444 views
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7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK

A list of things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of March 15-21.

posted a while back 10476 views

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