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the Division for clinical and investigative training in rheumatic diseases.

Research

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undertakings by Division researchers

as well as useful resources available

at UAB.

Patient Care

Information for patients and referring physicians about care by Clinical Physicians specializing in rheumatic diseases.

Attention:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is seeking clinicians, clinical investigators, and investigators in basic mechanisms of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases for Instructor of Medicine (non-tenure earning, Assistant Professor of Medicine (tenure-earning and non-tenure earning), Associate Professor of Medicine (non-tenure earning, tenure-earning, and tenured) and Professor (non-tenure earning, tenure-earning, and tenured) positions. Click here for more information.

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

(Updated October 25, 2007):

For a listing of new, relevant  funding opportunities and for updates to NIH procedures of which you MUST be knowledgeable, Please see Funding Link for more information.

NEWS AND EVENTS

Walk for Lupus Now 2008—The Lupus Foundation of America is sponsoring a 5K walk to raise money to increase awareness of and enable lupus research.  The event will be held Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, AL.  For more information, please click here.

UAB, Children’s Hospital, and the Arthritis Foundation welcome Pediatric Rheumatologists—UAB, Children’s Hospital, and the Birmingham Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation are especially excited to welcome Drs. Randy Cron and Timothy Beukelman, our new pediatric rheumatologists, filling a void in Alabama open since 2002. The successful recruitments are the result of major fund raising both locally and throughout the state.

Alabama Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation awards the Division with a 3-year gift totalling $150,000 to fund TETRAD (Tratment Efficacy and Toxicity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Database), a biorepository of DNA and serum from RA patients that will be a resource for researchers to study treatment responses. 
 

(updated August 8, 2008)

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