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May will begin work full time at UAB Nov. 1 leading human resource units responsible for ensuring a positive employee experience at each point along the employee continuum.
When use of an obscure antidepressant exploded across the state, William Rushton, M.D., who directs UAB’s medical toxicology program and the state’s poison control hotline, began an investigation that led the Alabama Department of Public Health to halt sales.
This year, the university recognizes 50 years of service by Jeanne Hutchison, Ph.D., and Ferdinand Urthaler, M.D., and 45 years of service by Robert Kim M.D., and Joseph Lovetto. In addition, 294 employees with 20 or more years and 904 with five, 10 and 15 years will honored for their longevity.
Robert Centor, M.D., one of the world’s leading experts on sore throat and a mentor to generations of medical students, will receive the highest honor of the Academic Health Center.
Brian Burnett, Ph.D., who is interim associate vice president and chief financial officer for the University of Maryland, will begin work at UAB May 1.
For his dedication to aging research and science communication, biology Professor and Chair Steven Austad, Ph.D., has been awarded this year’s Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction.
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Allen Bolton has announced he will retire from UAB effective Jan. 1, 2021. A national search will be launched to identify his replacement.
John Kearney, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Microbiology, will be honored for 45 years of service to UAB during the annual Service Awards banquet March 6.
More than 280 employees with 20 or more years of service will be honored during the annual Service Awards Program luncheon noon March 6 in the Hill Student Center third floor ballroom. John F. Kearney, Ph.D., will be honored for 45 years of service to UAB, while Loy O. Vaughan, Ph.D., will be honored for 50.
From national television appearances to hands-on mentoring events, faculty, alumni and students of the School of Engineering demonstrate that innovation and leadership have no boundaries.
Greg Parsons, who has served as UAB’s assistant vice president for planning, design and construction since 2014, will become associate vice president and chief facilities officer Feb. 1.
A new online platform will enable the university to organize, promote and quantify engagement and scholarship in our community and beyond. See how to get started.
Ferdinand Urthaler, cardiologist and professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, is one of three being honored for 45 years of service during UAB’s annual Service Awards Luncheon March 4.
Assistant Professor Susan Smith’s hard work paid off when she won a national body-building title in November and earned the right to compete as a professional.
How UAB is using AI to improve care and accelerate research, an update on the myUABResearch rollout, and the latest on technology alignment and data modernization initiatives.
Answers to common questions from caregivers and other expert advice from geriatrician Andrew Duxbury, M.D., who has been treating people with dementia for four decades.
The GUIDE Model provides care coordination and management, caregiver support, and respite services. It is available at no out-of-pocket cost to patients with traditional Medicare who are not living in a nursing home or on hospice. Learn how this builds on UAB research and find out how to enroll.
An innovative project funded by the Department of Energy is digging into the possibilities of phytomining to boost American production of elements that are crucial to modern technology. Greer Dolby, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biology who specializes in evolutionary genomics, is part of the research team.
The Empathy Project helps trainees respond to the emotions beneath patients’ tough questions. Creator Kimberly Kopecky, M.D., MSCI, a UAB surgeon specializing in high-risk abdominal procedures, understands why doctors often substitute facts for feelings. But it is possible to have better doctor-patient conversations, she said: “It is a skill you can practice.”
A specialized training helps ICU specialists understand the complex dance of ventilator-assisted breathing as never before. Take a look behind the scenes of the first Multi-institutional Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation course at UAB — and see how educators are spreading the knowledge to doctors across the region.
More Americans age 65 or older take benzodiazepines for anxiety and sleep problems than any other group, even though they are at the highest risk of adverse events, including falls and hip fractures, motor vehicle collisions, and delirium and cognitive impairment. UAB psychiatrist Aniket Malhotra, M.D., explains how he talks with patients about the risks of these drugs and the process of tapering off of them.
As part of UAB’s Research Strategic Initiative, myUABResearch Phase 1 will be live on Dec. 15. Effective Dec. 15, how you submit grants, agreements, financial disclosures and pre-approval/external activity requests will change.
“Deprescribing” aims to reduce the potential harms from medicines. “Certain conditions are overtreated in older patients,” said Kenneth Boockvar, M.D., director of UAB’s Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, a clinician and researcher who studies deprescribing. The goal, he says, is to ask, “What can we treat?” but also, “What do we need to no longer treat?”
Major strategic investments recently launched through UAB’s Research Strategic Initiative have been made possible through supplemental state appropriations, including bridge funding to preserve high-impact research, investments in artificial intelligence and a new patient-friendly clinical trials unit.
The SIF backs cross-campus projects — designed and led by UAB faculty and staff — that align with the university’s strategic plan, Forging Ahead. Funded projects this year focus on eSports, a rapid innovation pipeline for clinical/research ideas, and a makerspace for research and education in arts, sciences and engineering. Learn more about the projects.
UAB neuroscientist Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, received a Parkinson's Foundation grant to test an intriguing hypothesis: The cognitive deficits now known to occur in the early years of Parkinson's disease may be a clue that learning-oriented dopamine circuits shift gears to cover for their movement-focused cousins. If Costa’s hypothesis is correct, it could point the way to tests that speed up Parkinson's diagnoses.
Julienne Carstens, Ph.D., is pioneering new techniques to track tumors in four dimensions. Her lab’s spatiotemporal work could help doctors zero in on the best therapies for specific patients, pinpoint when and where cancer cells are most vulnerable to manipulation and identify any cells in the area that could assist in the kill.
After studying thousands of pitchers across MLB seasons from 2017-2024, UAB orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Amit Momaya, M.D., has the data on three particularly risky pitch characteristics — plus advice on how young arms can lower their odds of needing Tommy John surgery.
At a pre-semester retreat in August, the UAB Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation and its trained simulated participants helped dozens of chairs and assistant deans practice active listening and resource referral in a safe setting.
Updates from two important efforts focused on data-driven decision-making and unifying technology strategies across UAB and UAB Medicine.