The awards fund first-year medical students for an eight-week session in scholarly research.

Half of Alabama’s 2013 Goldwater Scholars study at UAB – university total is now 17 with eight scholarship winners in the past four years.

UAB departments most involved in rehabilitation science include Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Psychology and Occupational Therapy.

A Birmingham man coping with the spinal cord disease transverse myelitis creates a foundation to raise funds for research at UAB.

People with spina bifida now routinely live into adulthood; UAB’s Adult Spina Bifida Clinic handles their changing needs with one-stop shopping.

Spinal cord research at UAB gets boost with state funding through the T.J. Atchison Research Program.

A grant from NFL Charities will help UAB researchers study a potential way to minimize the biochemical injuries associated with concussions.

A nationally known researcher on disability and rehabilitation will chair the Department of Occupational Therapy.

Less than 20 percent of patients eligible for cardiac rehab are referred to a program, which can reduce mortality by up to 35 percent.

People with a traumatic brain injury may need help managing their finances in the months following injury, UAB researchers say.