November 2014 - The Reporter
December 18, 2023
2023 in review: 12 Blazers who will inspire you
From veteran staff members to undergraduates ready to take on the world, UAB is home to innovators all across campus. Meet 12 people whose stories we were able to share this year, and visit uab.edu/reporter and uab.edu/news to read dozens more.
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Go Blazers!
December 18, 2023
Seeking Adults 18 to 55 Years of Age for Clinical Trial
About 12% of people in the United States are currently living with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) genital herpes. Moderna is sponsoring the Vantage Trial, a clinical trial looking at the safety and immune response of an investigational vaccine to potentially treat HSV-2. Your participation may help advance research of an investigational treatment option for HSV-2—one that aims to treat genital herpes and relieve the burden of daily medication.
If you are living with HSV-2, you may be eligible to join. To learn more, contact the UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic at 205-934-8166.
If you are living with HSV-2, you may be eligible to join. To learn more, contact the UAB Sexual Health Research Clinic at 205-934-8166.
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Clinical Trials
Eligible participants must be healthy adults (BMI less than 45 kg/m2) and have no history of diabetes, heart problems, or kidney problems. The study involves consuming prepared meals, performing exercise on a treadmill, undergoing a glucose test, and collecting blood, urine samples, and collection of genetic information. Participants will be compensated $300 for completing all the visits and meals will be provided at no cost. Please e-mail us at, genesis@uabmc.edu or call us at (205) 975-3956 if you are interested.
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Clinical Trials
December 15, 2023
Are you a healthy African American between the ages of 18 and 60?
You may be eligible to participate in a research study looking at the effects of sacubitril/valsartan on how your body handles sugar. This medication is related to blood pressure and is safe to take with or without hypertension. Eligible participants must be healthy men and women, African American, and have no history of diabetes, heart disease or kidney problems. The study involves performing some exercise, taking sacubitril/valsartan, and collecting blood samples. Participants will be compensated $675 for completing all the visits. To participate, please contact Tiffany at 205-934-0534 or email us at nauticalstudy@uabmc.edu.
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Clinical Trials
December 14, 2023
4 chosen as UAB VIPs for fourth-quarter 2023
Whitney Covington, Brooke Gleason, Lynne Jarreau and Amanda Sherman are the fourth-quarter 2023 honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program, which honors those whose work exemplifies and embodies Forging the Future’s shared values. Nominations for first-quarter 2024 honorees are open through Jan. 25.
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Awards & Honors
December 14, 2023
Love it or hate it, generative AI is not going away
Here’s how UAB’s Center for Teaching and Learning is responding, and how UAB faculty are using gen AI this semester to teach first-year composition, graduate-level professional writing and information security.
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Teaching & Learning
December 14, 2023
Hands-on review: What the president of a national group of writing program leaders thinks of ChatGPT
Lilian Mina, Ph.D., director of the writing program in the Department of English, shares how she has used generative AI tools in her upper-level Professional Writing course this semester.
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Teaching & Learning
December 14, 2023
5 prompts that explain how a writing professor flipped the script on AI
Assistant Professor Meagan Malone, Ph.D., teaches First-Year Composition and 300-level Professional Writing courses in the Department of English. Here is how she reworked her classes this fall to incorporate generative AI tools.
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Teaching & Learning
December 14, 2023
This business professor gave his students an object lesson in trusting AI over human judgment
Professor Paul Di Gangi, Ph.D., gave ChatGPT and Bard a chance to weigh in on a standard exercise for future IT leaders. Given the opportunity to make subjective decisions on tough calls, the models went their own way.
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Teaching & Learning
December 14, 2023
Graduate School and Global Affairs: Newly formed unit is powered by strategic thinking and bold vision
The Graduate School and the Office of Global Engagement have merged to form the UAB Graduate School and Global Affairs, or GSGA, which consists of the Graduate School, INTO UAB, Education Abroad, International Student & Scholar Services, International Faculty & Staff Immigration Services, and the UAB Passport Office.
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Campus News
