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Is a pleasantly plump Santa Claus a bad role model in a nation dealing with out-of-control obesity rates? UAB’s Beth Kitchin says: not so much.

Tucker had previously served as chair of another American Psychological Association board.

Healthcare Leadership Academy provides year-long challenges to cultivate career success.

Dunlap also leads the Alabama Health Policy Initiative, an independent component of the School of Public Health.

Black men and women have twice the risk of fatal coronary heart disease as whites, but the disparity could be eliminated with better risk factor control.

World-renowned experts in health and wellness topics will come together Nov. 14-15 to help employers fashion their own programs targeting employee health.

Kilgore is also co-director of the Pharmaco-Epidemiology and Economics Research Group.

Learn more about the Interprofessional Global Health Service Learning program Oct. 31.

World-renowned obesity expert becomes one of nearly 30 past and present UAB researchers to attain one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

The Carole W. Samuelson Lectureship in Public Health Practice will be given by author Steven Johnson.

Multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health will propel research in energetics, aging and health disparities.

UAB-hosted seminar looking at the effects of air quality on human health.

Exercise may help stave off treatment-related fatigue in cancer patients, study shows.

Expectant mothers in Kenya avoid skilled care for fear of HIV label.

School of Public Health dean named to list of 100 Awesome Deans of Public Health list.

Researcher says states with stricter gun laws report fewer deaths by firearm, but Internet availability can undermine that.