For the 22nd year of this university tradition, 139 UAB volunteers worked with six community partners at 14 sites around Birmingham, including Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Sozo Trading and the Live HealthSmart Alabama community cleanup in Kingston.
Following a more than 40 year career as a senior leader in healthcare, Will Ferniany, CEO of the UAB Health System and the UAB/Ascension St. Vincent's Alliance, will retire at the end of year.
A study conducted by UAB investigators found that the newly recommended scores are very effective in diagnosing a type of heart failure that is challenging to detect, and can also help predict patients’ long-term outcomes.
The annual Vulcan Historical Review was honored in the 2020 Gerald D. Nash History Graduate Online Journal Competition.
Courtney Severino, Jasmin Revanna and Retta El Sayed will receive up to three years of support for graduate education, including a $34,000 annual stipend plus $12,000 per year toward the cost of graduate work.
The double CD “Alabama String Quartets” features original music by composers living in Alabama — including Matthew Scott Phillips, Brian Moon, Chris Steele and Monroe Golden — performed by Amernet String Quartet.
Anorectal melanoma is often misdiagnosed and most often as hemorrhoids, adenocarcinoma polyps and rectal cancer.
UAB’s Women & Infants Center is recognized for efforts to prevent sudden unexpected infant death.
WBHM was lauded for educating the community on the coronavirus, offering news briefings for nearly 50 other Alabama radio stations, covering racial injustice protests in Birmingham and its partnership with UAB to inform people navigating the first COVID-19 testing site.
Spring is always a time of hope, and experts from the UAB School of Medicine offer suggestions on how to improve your mental wellbeing.
Professor, author and podcaster Myisha Cherry, Ph.D., will discuss why some conversations are hard to have and what you can do about it, part of UAB’s Jemison Visiting Professorship on March 31.
Social Justice Café will host a virtual conversation March 31 to discuss the rise of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
UAB’s Critical Conversations series will host a discussion led by women of color on how to close the gender equity gap in areas like academia and business.
This study will aid the understanding of, and future research on, inflammatory bowel disease, which afflicts about 1.6 million Americans.
Irfan Asif takes on a new role as associate dean for Primary Care and Rural Health in the UAB School of Medicine.
This digital solution will help doctors offer patients timely genetic testing for hereditary cancer, greater clinical support and counseling, coupled with shorter wait times and more counselors to expand into other clinical areas when needed.
Masking can prevent more than COVID-19 from spreading this spring: Allergic rhinitis symptoms have shown to be significantly reduced with facemask usage during the pandemic.
The role is a new position in the Department of Family Medicine, and the chief will work with several other departments, including the Sports Medicine Clinic.
Children who can read on grade level by the end of third grade are 13 times more likely to graduate from high school than those who cannot.
Irfan Asif, M.D., has been working with the team since last year, helping them safely train and remain in peak physical shape during the COVID-19 pandemic.