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Live HealthSmart Alabama celebrates work done in Titusville and the creation of Birmingham’s first Neighborway

Live HealthSmart Alabama will host a ribbon cutting event Sept. 20, to celebrate phase one improvements in the Titusville community.
Live HealthSmart Alabama will host a ribbon cutting event Sept. 20, to celebrate phase one improvements in the Titusville community.

See aerial dance company Bandaloop free on UAB campus Sept. 24

See aerial dance company Bandaloop free on UAB campus Sept. 24
Bandaloop will take dance to new heights suspended from the roof of UAB’s Alys Stephens Center. Enjoy food trucks, live music and more as the ASC celebrates its 25th anniversary season.

UAB presents third panel discussion on COVID-19 for the public

The third in a series of panel discussions will provide up-to-date information on COVID-19 from UAB experts.
The third in a series of panel discussions will provide up-to-date information on COVID-19 from UAB experts.

Spend an evening with The Atlantic writer Clint Smith, Sept. 22

Spend an evening with The Atlantic writer Clint Smith, Sept. 22
Join UAB for a night of discussion around the slave trade and its deeply rooted imprint on today’s society.

Chen wins a VA Senior Research Career Scientist Award

Yabing Chen, Ph.D., is the first researcher at the Birmingham VA to receive this highest honor for a non-physician scientist.

Yabing Chen, Ph.D., is the first researcher at the Birmingham VA to receive this highest honor for a non-physician scientist.

UAB Athletics partners with Jefferson County Department of Health to Kick COVID-19

UAB Athletics partners with Jefferson County Department of Health to Kick COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines will be available through the JCDH at UAB’s first home football game.

UAB awarded NIH telehealth grant to fight diabetes in the Deep South

The grant will explore ways to employ artificial intelligence with telehealth in rural, underserved areas of the South.
The grant will explore ways to employ artificial intelligence with telehealth in rural, underserved areas of the South.

UAB Addiction Recovery helps patients stay sober despite COVID isolation

Videoconferencing software has helped address lower treatment rates and higher numbers of overdoses during the pandemic, but it has also made it easier for family members to stay connected to their loved one’s recovery journey.
Videoconferencing software has helped address lower treatment rates and higher numbers of overdoses during the pandemic, but it has also made it easier for family members to stay connected to their loved one’s recovery journey.

UAB Medicine asks patients to join “innovation challenge”

The collective intelligence gathered through Crowdicity will help UAB Medicine leadership and staff design solutions that help improve the patient experience.
The collective intelligence gathered through Crowdicity will help UAB Medicine leadership and staff design solutions that help improve the patient experience.

Moore awarded research prize for his book on jailed 17th-century Iberian “mulatto pilgrim”

Moore awarded research prize for his book on jailed 17th-century Iberian “mulatto pilgrim”
John K. Moore Jr., Ph.D., has been awarded the 2021 Prize for Research on the Road to Santiago and Pilgrimages for his 2020 book, which is both a critical study and scholarly translation of the case.

Exposed to COVID-19 ... What is next?

Learn what you need to do if you have been exposed to COVID-19.

Learn what you need to do if you have been exposed to COVID-19.

Blazer Kitchen, UAB’s on-campus food bank, moves to newly renovated space

Blazer Kitchen, UAB’s on-campus food bank, moves to newly renovated space
Blazer Kitchen’s mission is to increase food security in the UAB community by providing healthy food, resources and referrals to UAB employees, students, patients and their families.

The COVID-19 virus rapidly evolves to higher infectivity during in vitro growth, which may be a step toward lower virulence

The higher infectivity correlates with mutations that increase viral binding to a cell surface glucosaminoglycan, heparan sulfate.

The higher infectivity correlates with mutations that increase viral binding to a cell surface glucosaminoglycan, heparan sulfate.

Using translational pharmacogenomics to boost race-conscious medicine

Pharmacogenomics has become a valuable tool for optimizing treatments and is poised to play an increasing role in clinical care.

Pharmacogenomics has become a valuable tool for optimizing treatments and is poised to play an increasing role in clinical care.

Amm awarded R21 grant to study non-invasive imaging of rare tumor

This grant will allow Amm to develop a new pre-clinical model for surgically removing ameloblastomas to reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.

This grant will allow Amm to develop a new pre-clinical model for surgically removing ameloblastomas to reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.  

UAB nursing undergraduate degree ranked among top 10 nationwide by U.S. News & World Report

UAB nursing undergraduate degree ranked among top 10 nationwide by U.S. News & World Report
UAB’s School of Nursing is recognized by U.S. News & World Report in its most recent rankings list.

Memory killer T cells are primed in the spleen during influenza infection

This finding upends the long-held paradigm that priming during lung infections takes place only in the draining lymph nodes, and it will be key to developing more efficient vaccinations and therapies for respiratory challenges.

This finding upends the long-held paradigm that priming during lung infections takes place only in the draining lymph nodes, and it will be key to developing more efficient vaccinations and therapies for respiratory challenges.

Professor’s new textbook prepares medical students for interactions with Spanish-speaking patients

Professor’s new textbook prepares medical students for interactions with Spanish-speaking patients
In teaching the Intermediate Spanish for Health Professionals course at UAB, María Antonia Anderson de la Torre, Ph.D., wanted to work with a text that in addition to language skills also portrayed racial and cultural diversity.

UAB opening vaccination sites in Hoover and Wylam

To schedule an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.

To schedule an appointment, visit UABMedicineVaccine.org, or call 205-975-1881 for assistance.

UAB alumna named Alabama’s 12th poet laureate

UAB alumna named Alabama’s 12th poet laureate
A UAB College of Arts and Sciences alumna has been named the 12th Alabama state poet laureate.