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Seven nonprofit groups are set to implement their ideas after the Community Health Innovation Awards provided funding for their winning proposals.
Boost practical skills for service and collaborative research during a half-day training and education event Oct. 10.
From carpentry to community gardens, the UAB CCTS’ annual grant competition has helped enable participants to seek creative solutions to health challenges faced by Greater Birmingham area communities.
A genetic variant that shapes each person’s immune response contributes to the chances of developing autoimmune disease.
New UAB clinical trials unit makes participation in studies less stressful for patients and provides early access to experimental treatments.
Four winners in the first Community Health Innovation Awards will share $50,000 to fund implementation of their projects.
A UAB initiative challenges city residents to devise solutions to area health issues and compete for grant funding to implement ideas.

A new drug that improves lung function for some patients with cystic fibrosis may also help treat smokers with the incurable lung disease COPD.

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