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July 12, 2018

Register for a workshop on team-based learning

Explore the fundamentals of team-based learning and develop a course module during an intensive, four-day workshop Aug. 13-15 and Aug. 21.

Published in Learning & Development

June 22, 2018

Leading at All Levels to return in August

Leadership is a valuable skill, regardless of where you are on your career path. Register for the free, three-part series at uab.edu/learn.

Published in Learning & Development

June 18, 2018

UAB Family Night with the Barons is July 10

Get discounted tickets to see the Birmingham Barons take on the Mississippi Braves in Regions Field.

Published in Arts & Recreation

June 14, 2018

UAB This Week

This week is all about getting our hands on the missing As, Bs and Os, getting a handle on the heat and putting our hands together for a great season of performances to come at the Alys Stephens Center. See it online. All in one video.

Published in UAB This Week

June 07, 2018

UAB THIS WEEK: June 8

This week is all about being being young and highly accomplished, working together to deliver on the promise of tomorrow and making fun and fitness attractive.

Published in UAB This Week

May 31, 2018

UAB This Week: June 1

This week, docs and vets team up to test therapies that could benefit mankind — and its best friends. The police chief tries his hand at demolition derby, and the city's food trucks are ready for their close-up on the Food Network. Learn more all in one video. Catch up in about a minute.

Published in UAB This Week

May 24, 2018

UAB This Week: May 25

UAB Medicine's robotic surgery program — a national leader — celebrates a milestone 10,000 procedures an UAB Hospital earns accolades for its commitment to providing an outstanding patient experience. Better still, a lung transplant gives a teen the chance to graduate high school and live a more normal life.

Published in UAB This Week

May 17, 2018

UAB This Week: May 18

This week is all about working together — to combat a physician shortage, accelerate medical breakthroughs and promote college readiness. Learn more all in one video. Catch up in about a minute.

Published in UAB This Week

May 10, 2018

UAB This Week: May 11

This week is about excellence. UAB Hospital retains its place on Becker's list of the nation's 100 best. Our Comprehensive Transplant Institute celebrated 50 years of life-giving care. And UAB Athletics begins upgrades for soccer that will enable Birmingham's pro soccer team to make our home field theirs.

Published in UAB This Week

May 04, 2018

UAB This Week: May 4

This week was all about students coming and going: Reaching out to potential students on National College Decision Day. Doing a community service during their move out. And a graduate who got a surprise in camouflage on her big day. All in one video. Catch up in about a minute.

Published in UAB This Week

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Grants Awarded

UAB’s first NIH R38 StARR grant helps more doctors get involved with research during residency

The Stimulating Access to Research in Residency program, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is designed to help address the shortage of physician-scientists nationwide.

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Major NIAID grant brings cutting-edge equipment to UAB for research on COVID and more

UAB scientists will have a new arsenal of state-of-the-art, high-end technology for their investigations in infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness through a $4.3 million scientific equipment grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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More faculty share the stories behind their development grants
Plant-based diets, biased language in the courts and the trouble with night lights: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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Four faculty share the stories behind their development grants

A civil rights field experience, safer MRI scans, investigating college stress and implementing a massive genetic test for cancer: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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22 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The UAB Faculty Development Grant Program supports junior faculty with funding to pursue research, creative works and scholarly activity.

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Using AI to translate old code and fix aging computer systems
UAB computer scientists are contributing to a DARPA-funded initiative with artificial intelligence-based programming languages that allow humans to understand the “safety and correctness of code in the wild.”

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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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Helping teachers see the beauty in Black language
Teaira McMurtry, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Education, is using funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program to provide Alabama teachers with tools, strategies and lesson plans to understand the power of Black language.

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1850s horror Twitter, recursive propaganda, mapping mutations: Faculty grants seed new projects and nurture careers
Projects selected for the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program offer an intriguing look into the creativity and range of research and scholarship on campus.

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The world is bumpy. These researchers are teaching computers geometry to save lives and accelerate commutes.
With a new NSF grant, computer scientists are developing a precision flood prediction system that pushes the boundaries of the young field of geometric deep learning. Their work could lead to better route recommendations in navigation apps and breakthroughs in drug discovery and development of novel, energy-efficient materials.

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With new NSF grant, UAB researchers have a hot ticket to the materials of the future

UAB will be a statewide hub for developing a new generation of components for spacecraft, power plants and biomedical implants thanks to crush- and corrosion-resistant spark plasma sintering technology.

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Plant AI project aims to bring food to tables and students into science
With a $1 million-plus grant from the National Science Foundation, Shahid and Karolina Mukhtar, associate professors in the Department of Biology, will use machine learning to identify new ways to boost crop production and train high school science teachers in cutting-edge gene studies.

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21 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The Faculty Development Program supports junior faculty as they explore research initiatives, creative works, publications and presentations.

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Links between alcohol and suicide risk to be studied

What does drinking have to do with suicide risk? With a five-year, $750,000 mentored award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, early-career investigator Caitlin Clevenger, Ph.D., aims to find an answer.

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CAS grants spur interdisciplinary research

Pilot funds enable cross-campus collaborations focused on mobility with disabilities and older caregivers with HIV.

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Perseverance powers Eaton’s research linking HIV, substance use and mental health

By holiday season 2020, Assistant Professor Ellen Eaton, M.D., was almost ready to give up pursuing research funding and focus solely on patient care. She took one more shot, which paid off with two major new grants.

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‘High-risk, high-reward’ NIH grant expands researcher’s work predicting cancer immunotherapy success

Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $1.5-million New Innovator Award grant to develop a PET imaging test that identifies patients most likely to benefit from immunotherapy.

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Young investigator’s ‘kangaroo’ vaults her aging research onto a new level

Biology postdoc Jessica Hoffman earns a career-launching NIH K99/R00 award with her intriguing research into size and lifespan in dogs and other species.

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Dentistry awarded $22.4M to continue leading national research efforts

In this unique network, community clinicians and clinical scientists are expanding the knowledge base for clinical decision-making and moving the latest findings into routine care.

posted a while back 8628 views