Jeff Hansen

Jeff Hansen

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Research Editor

jeffhans@uab.edu | (205) 209-2355

Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.

Specific beats: 

  • Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics 
  • Biomatrix Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 
  • Cell biology 
  • Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering 
  • CCTS
  • Center for Metabolic Bone Disease 
  • Microbiology 
  • Neurobiology 
  • Comprehensive Neuroscience Center 
  • Pathology, research shared with MS2
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology 
  • Physiology and Biophysics 
  • UAB Research Foundation/IIE 
  • Research Administration

How cadmium-induced inflammation increases the severity and mortality of lung infections

How cadmium-induced inflammation increases the severity and mortality of lung infections
Description of this mechanism offers a promising therapeutic target to limit lung injury and death. Lower respiratory tract infections, including bacterial pneumonia, are the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide, with 120 million to 156 million cases and 1.4 million deaths a year.

Easy and quick binding of targeting molecule and radiotracer to drug nanocarrier for cancer therapy

Easy and quick binding of targeting molecule and radiotracer to drug nanocarrier for cancer therapy
This is the first example of a chelator-free-radiolabeled polymersome capable of a long-term multiday positron emission tomography, or PET, imaging study in vivo.

Fomepizole helps overcome antibiotic-resistant pneumonia in mice

Fomepizole helps overcome antibiotic-resistant pneumonia in mice
Researchers identify a new target to fight infections caused by the opportunistic lung pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae — interference with the bacteria’s fermentation metabolism.

Memory B cell marker predicts long-lived antibody response to flu vaccine

Memory B cell marker predicts long-lived antibody response to flu vaccine
These effector memory B cells appear poised for a rapid serum antibody response upon secondary challenge one year later, and evidence shows that the cells in this subset differ from all previously described memory B cell subsets.

UAB startup receives $2.5 million FastTrack Grant from the NIH

UAB startup receives $2.5 million FastTrack Grant from the NIH
The grant validates the science of Alveolus Bio, and the funds will support development of first-of-its-kind inhaled biotherapeutics to treat chronic lung diseases.

FDA mandate to limit acetaminophen in acetaminophen-opioid medications is associated with reduced serious liver injury

FDA mandate to limit acetaminophen in acetaminophen-opioid medications is associated with reduced serious liver injury
The federal mandate, which was announced in 2011 and implemented in 2014, limited acetaminophen to 325 milligrams per opioid-acetaminophen combination pill. Acetaminophen is toxic to livers at high doses.

Rhythmic eating pattern preserves fruit fly muscle function under obese conditions

Rhythmic eating pattern preserves fruit fly muscle function under obese conditions
Mechanistic findings in this study may pave the way for future time-restricted feeding studies in muscle, providing a natural and affordable form of alternative therapy for managing pathologies related to metabolism and obesity.

COVID-19: Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, ICU admission and mechanical ventilation

COVID-19: Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, ICU admission and mechanical ventilation
Having a bacterial infection at the same time as COVID-19 is a greater risk factor for COVID-19 severity and mortality than previously described risk factors such as advanced age, male sex or various comorbidities.

Type 1 diabetes: first clinical trial of GABA/GAD in newly diagnosed, very young children

Type 1 diabetes: first clinical trial of GABA/GAD in newly diagnosed, very young children
The clinical trial focused on very young children, who have a more rapid loss of the pancreatic beta cells than do adolescents. The trial was constrained to a low-dose level, but showed safety and tolerability and reduced serum glucagon, a secondary outcome.

Two UAB faculty named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors

Two UAB faculty named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors
Basic research in bacteria has led Michael Niederweis and Moon Nahm to 17 U.S. patents and various new technologies with real impacts on the welfare of society.
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