November 2014 - The Reporter
September 26, 2024
3 traditional health plan options available for 2025
Eligible employees of UAB, UAB Hospital and UAB Hospital Management LLC will have the option to choose or decline health care coverage from VIVA Health and Blue Cross/Blue Shield during the annual open enrollment for benefits Oct. 18-Nov. 4.
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Benefits & Policies
September 26, 2024
Growth with Purpose Faculty Recruitment Fund helps bring more outstanding innovators to UAB
Take a closer look at the new fund, which was launched this summer by the Office of the President to help expand UAB’s portfolio of funded principal investigators as part of the Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose.
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Campus News
September 25, 2024
Type 2 Diabetes Study
TRANSCEND-T2D-2 is a clinical research study for people with type 2 diabetes. This study will test if an investigational medicine (the medicine being studied) can help with blood glucose (sugar) and weight management compared with an existing treatment for type 2 diabetes. You may be able to join the research study if you are aged 18 years or older, have type 2 diabetes, have been taking 1500mg or more of metformin each day for at least 3 months (with or without SGLT2i), have a BMI of 25 or more, have HbA1c levels of 7.0% to 10.5%. For more information, please contact Tracie Thomas, RN, at 205-996-4015 or email tthoma@uab.edu
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Clinical Trials
September 23, 2024
Consumer-driven health plan can make good financial sense
A benefit option that enables employees to pay lower monthly health care premiums in exchange for higher out-of-pocket expenses for covered services continues to grow in favor among eligible employees.
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Benefits & Policies
September 23, 2024
Adolescent Depression Study
Are you or is your child...
- Between the ages of 11 and 19?
- Feeling sad, down, or hopeless?
- Feeling guilty, tense, or irritable?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study.
Compensation provided for both parent and child, if applicable.
For more information, please contact the UAB Office of Psychiatric Clinical Research at (205) 934-2484.
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We Need Healthy Adolescent Controls!
- Are you in good physical health?
- Are you between the ages of 11 and 19?
- Do you have NO history of Depression?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study.
Compensation provided for both parent and child, if applicable.
For more information, please contact the UAB Office of Psychiatric Clinical Research at (205) 934-2484.
- Between the ages of 11 and 19?
- Feeling sad, down, or hopeless?
- Feeling guilty, tense, or irritable?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study.
Compensation provided for both parent and child, if applicable.
For more information, please contact the UAB Office of Psychiatric Clinical Research at (205) 934-2484.
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We Need Healthy Adolescent Controls!
- Are you in good physical health?
- Are you between the ages of 11 and 19?
- Do you have NO history of Depression?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study.
Compensation provided for both parent and child, if applicable.
For more information, please contact the UAB Office of Psychiatric Clinical Research at (205) 934-2484.
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Clinical Trials
September 23, 2024
New class enters UAB’s leadership academy
The latest cohort selected for the Blaze Leadership Academy includes 20 faculty and staff from across campus.
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Learning & Development
September 19, 2024
We Need Healthy Controls!
Are you between the ages of 18 and 60?
Do you have NO history of Depression?
Are you eager to participate in research?
If so, you maybe be eligible to participate in a non-treatment study. Compensation provided.
For more information, please call the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484.
Do you have NO history of Depression?
Are you eager to participate in research?
If so, you maybe be eligible to participate in a non-treatment study. Compensation provided.
For more information, please call the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484.
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Clinical Trials
September 19, 2024
Are You Depressed?
Are you...
- 18-60 years old?
- Feeling sad, down, hopeless?
- Experiencing increase or decrease in appetite?
- Experiencing loss of interest in activities?
- Having difficulty concentrating?
- Sleeping too little or too much?
- Wishing you were dead?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study. Compensation provided.
For more information, please call the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484.
- 18-60 years old?
- Feeling sad, down, hopeless?
- Experiencing increase or decrease in appetite?
- Experiencing loss of interest in activities?
- Having difficulty concentrating?
- Sleeping too little or too much?
- Wishing you were dead?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a non-treatment research study. Compensation provided.
For more information, please call the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484.
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Clinical Trials
September 18, 2024
Ladies We Need You!
Are you a cisgender woman over 18 who's been sexually active with a cisgender man in the past year?
If you haven't received a positive HIV test and haven't been on long-acting PrEP, you could be eligible to participate in our study.
Important: You CANNOT get HIV from participating in this clinical trial.Interested? Sign up today with the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB to contribute to this vital research and get compensated for your participation. Call 205-934-7492 today.
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Clinical Trials
September 16, 2024
5 things to know about open enrollment this year
Stay tuned to the UAB Reporter as UAB begins rolling out open enrollment information to provide benefit-eligible employees time to review upcoming changes and make informed decisions. Open enrollment begins 7 a.m. Oct. 18 and concludes 5 p.m. Nov. 4.
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Benefits & Policies
