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UAB expands vision care services to Sylacauga and Talladega

Vision services backed by UAB’s Callahan Eye Hospital now available in Talladega and Sylacauga.

UAB students create “legacy” work of art with students from The Bell Center

Seven Department of Art and Art History students drew silhouette portraits of each child and invited them to fill the silhouettes with color, then printed the final artwork onto canvas.

UAB study identifies pathway that may cause seizures and shorten survival for patients with severe brain tumors

UAB researchers find a chemical pathway — a glutamate transporter — that may be causing seizures and shorten survival rates for patients with brain tumors.

UAB Cancer Center scientists present research at ASCO national meeting

Pioneering cancer research at UAB will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

Alys Stephens Center donors invite 60 veterans for Jay Leno show

ASC donors Mac Fairley and Jim Stroud have reserved a block of tickets to the June 7 show for veterans from the Birmingham VA Medical Center.

Flavored fruit drink or poisonous cleaning product? How to prevent accidental poisonings

Two children die each day in the United States as a result of poisoning. UAB child safety expert David Schwebel, Ph.D., works to prevent this from occurring.

Students develop a business plan for Birmingham

Birmingham’s renaissance is ready to spread into its neighborhoods, thanks to a group of UAB Collat School of Business students who developed a growth plan for the city’s Sixth District. They share some of their smart solutions, which city leaders may implement, and describe how they developed the proposals in UAB Magazine.

Make Music Alabama finalists to perform at LOCAL festival June 20

The ASC asked musicians for original songs about Alabama for the competition, and six finalists were chosen from 45 submissions. Now they will perform live at a free festival that is all about Alabama.

UAB grad named Alabama’s Teacher of the Year

Vestavia Hills High School science teacher and UAB alumna Jennifer Brown will serve as the official spokesperson and representative for teachers in Alabama for the next year.

UAB chosen for 2016 Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders

UAB is one of five centers named to host the first class of fellows in the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders.

First patient-led research registry for arthritis patients launched

UAB and CreakyJoints, an online, non-profit, patient support community, are launching Arthritis Power — the first patient-centered research registry for arthritis, bone and inflammatory skin conditions — to securely collect health data from tens of thousands of arthritis patients to support future research.

Kasman to perform Medtner’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Kasman will perform the little-known masterpiece, which is extremely difficult, with the country’s leading orchestra and conductor, Volodymyr Sirenko.

Diastolic blood pressure: How low is too low?

Low diastolic blood pressure is a risk factor for new-onset heart failure in older adults. UAB cardiologist Jason Guichard explains why that might be, the causes of low diastolic pressure and how to deal with it.

Studies show drug combo is effective for some cystic fibrosis patients

UAB was part of a promising international study of a combination therapy for patients with the most common cystic fibrosis mutation.

City of Birmingham, with UAB’s AEIVA, presents “The Freedom Exhibition: Two Countries One Struggle” from June 5-Aug. 8

This display of the Civil Rights photographs of Spider Martin and Peter Magubane at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts explores images of American segregation and South African apartheid.

Boppana receives inaugural award for cytomegalovirus research

Suresh Boppana, M.D., received the award at the fifth annual International Congenital CMV Conference in Brisbane, Australia.

UAB Music Technology majors complete AVID Pro Tools training, certification

Many students successfully complete the music technology program; but only a select few also complete the AVID certification training, and even fewer attain certification.

Yang receives AACR career development award

UAB researcher awarded first joint AACR- TNBC Foundation Career Development Award focused specifically on triple negative breast cancer.

UAB surgeon assesses risk of coronary stent on later, noncardiac surgery

Increased risk of major adverse cardiac events after the later surgery persists for one year.

UAB opens the third clinic in the world for patients with transverse myelitis

UAB has established the third multidisciplinary comprehensive clinic in the world for transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord disease.