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UAB and City of Birmingham host Regional Wellness Day on April 20
Members of the Birmingham community can receive access to biometric and cancer screenings during the first Regional Wellness Day.
Live HealthSmart Alabama announces expansion into central Alabama with support from Novo Nordisk Inc.
Through a generous gift from Novo Nordisk Inc., Live HealthSmart Alabama is beginning to expand statewide, starting in central Alabama with Selma, Demopolis and Camden, while taking steps to make good health simple — one person, one family and one[…]
Live HealthSmart Alabama Celebrates New Designated Partners
A total of 15 organizations were recognized as Live HealthSmart Alabama Designated Partners for their commitment to promoting a healthier city and state. Led by Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA), an initiative of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the event[…]
Live HealthSmart Alabama participates in the 24th Bi-Annual 'Into the Streets' Event
On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, 344 volunteers gathered at 18 different Birmingham community sites to participate in the 24th bi-annual "Into the Streets," a program for students, faculty, and staff designed to support UAB's mission of forming partnerships that enhance[…]
Live HealthSmart Alabama launches Community Leadership Academy with inaugural cohort
The academy provides a forum where knowledge and skills are developed and refined to support community leaders as they conduct planning and improvement projects, balance needs and resources, and secure funding that ignites change.
Live HealthSmart Alabama’s Stairway to Wellness initiative unveils first of 11 murals across University of Alabama at Birmingham campus
Live HealthSmart Alabama, an initiative of the University of Alabama at Birmingham facilitated by the UAB Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center, has recently completed the first of what will be 11 murals in stairwells across the university. The[…]
Live HealthSmart Alabama launches development program, Community Leadership Academy, with inaugural cohort
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Live HealthSmart Alabama initiative has launched a new development program, the Community Leadership Academy (CLA).Using a gift from Coca-Cola UNITED, Live HealthSmart Alabama—and subject matter experts Kathy Boswell and Valeta Neal—created a custom leadership[…]
Back to School: 5 Tips for a Healthy School Year
The first semester of college is an exciting time. You’re meeting new people, learning how to be on your own, taking new classes, and maybe even learning a new city. Just because the beginning of college is exciting, it doesn’t[…]
New community health education course established in collaboration between UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine and Live HealthSmart Alabama
The UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, in partnership with Live HealthSmart Alabama, has established a new elective course to improve community health curriculum for first- and second- year medical students. “Community Health Education Co-Enrolled Course”, developed by the[…]
Live HealthSmart Alabama shows support for City of Birmingham's resolution to participate in CDC's Active People, Healthy Nation program
Live HealthSmart Alabama, a University of Alabama at Birmingham initiative, often works with the City of Birmingham to make improvements in communities across the city. This past May, the city released a resolution that committed itself to improving residents’ physical[…]
$9.6 million grant will create Center for Cancer Control in Persistent Poverty Areas through the UAB Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center and O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
As one of only five universities selected, UAB joins the NIH’s first major program to address how structural and institutional factors of persistent poverty relate to cancer.
UAB hosts first ever in-person Health Promoting Universities Summit Presidents Panel
The Health Promoting University Presidents Panel was just one part of the larger U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network Summit, which brought together over 170 participants from universities across the country.
Live HealthSmart Alabama celebrates completion of Bush Hills Connection Complex
Live HealthSmart Alabama is continuing to make good health simple with its completion of the new Bush Hills Connection Complex and Urban Garden.
“We have a lot of lives to reach”: $250,000 gift from Coca-Cola UNITED will help Live HealthSmart Alabama launch community leadership academies in underserved communities
The Healthy Happy Kids program focuses on a different health and physical activity topic each week, encouraging children to make healthier choices.
Healthy Happy Kids program expands to 24 Birmingham elementary schools, graduating over 2,300 students
The Healthy Happy Kids program focuses on a different health and physical activity topic each week, encouraging children to make healthier choices.
UAB hosts first ever in-person Health Promoting Universities summit
Created in June 2015, the Okanagan Charter provides institutions with a common language, principles and framework to become health-promoting campuses with cultures of compassion, well-being and equity.
2022 in review: Onward and upward
The university achieved innumerable accomplishments this year, including two program 50th anniversaries, a milestone gift to the College of Arts and Sciences, and the announcement of a new conference for UAB Athletics.
Greater Birmingham Ministries and Live HealthSmart Alabama team up for an awesome autumnal Mobile Market stop
A recap of the event, at which shoppers could buy reasonably priced fresh vegetables, dairy products, and pantry essentials with the help of a stipend.
Congratulations to the inaugural group of Designated Partners
Since winning the UAB Grand Challenge in 2019, Live HealthSmart Alabama has developed a comprehensive plan to improve health outcomes in Alabama.
Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion spotlights LHSA
The Heersink School of Medicine Office for Diversity and Inclusion spotlights a strong movement for change, Live HealthSmart Alabama.
UAB MHRC celebrates 20 years with name change to UAB Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center
As the Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center embarks on its next phase, it calls on all community members to work together to make health equity a reality.
Fouad takes a leadership role with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Professor Mona Fouad, M.D., a nationally recognized leader in health disparities research, is joining UAB’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) as associate vice president.
Fouad’s team named winner of UAB’s inaugural Grand Challenge
The winning proposal is a comprehensive approach to fixing Alabama’s complex health problems and includes 90 partners from government, business, education and more.
Healthy Alabama 2030 team charts changes to lift state rankings
Grand Challenge finalist plans to make Alabama a model of healthy living by expanding proven innovations and changing policies, neighborhoods, schools and workplaces.
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3 affordable ways you can get healthy + have fun at City Walk Bham this fall
If you’ve been to City Walk Bham, you know it’s a great place to play, but you may not know it’s also a convenient spot to get healthy. City Walk Bham has partnered with two organizations on offerings to improve the community’s health, plus another group that works with youth. Keep reading to find out how you can get involved.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) visits UAB to discuss health equity
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure—Administrator for the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—visited the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to discuss health equity with subject-matter experts. With its long-standing history in health disparities and goal to achieve health equity, the UAB Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center was selected to host visitors at the special event. During this multi-part panel, our nation’s leaders heard about the impact programs such as Grand Challenge winner Live HealthSmart Alabama are having in the community.
National Philanthropy Day Award winners selected for 2022
The Alabama Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals has unveiled winners of its annual awards that honor donors, volunteers, fundraising executives and professionals as part of National Philanthropy Day.
