Research & Innovation

A Return on Investment
If you have ever wondered about the return on investment from a gift to research, you should meet Talene Yacoubian, M.D., Ph.D.
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Budgeting for Better Health
The first endowed chair in the UAB School of Public Health may help answer a question being asked across America: What is the best way to allocate scarce resources to improve our health and well-being?
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An Investment to End Diabetes
Faculty researchers at the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center are breaking new ground in understanding diabetes causes and mechanisms.
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The Power of Endowment: A Conversation with President Ray Watts
Simply put, endowments are the key to attracting and keeping top faculty, says UAB President Ray L. Watts, M.D. Read a conversation with Watts that gives insight to why endowments are crucial.
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The Power of Precision
Precision medicine is personal—especially for Matt Might, Ph.D., director of the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute at UAB.
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One Billion Thanks!
It is my honor to thank you for the generosity you’ve shown our university—and the people of Alabama—through your gifts to The Campaign for UAB.
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Grant from Shipt helps UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama expand its Mobile Market
As part of its Community Impact and Innovation grant program, retail tech company Shipt has awarded UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA) initiative a $20,000 microgrant to help expand its Live HealthSmart Mobile Market to 10 additional underserved communities, giving them access to fresh, affordable staple foods and produce.
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“We Have a Lot of Lives to Reach”
Birmingham’s Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. gave $250,000 to UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA) initiative this month, a gift that will be used to create Community Leadership Academies in the communities of Bush Hills, East Lake, Kingston, Titusville, Central City, Druid Hills, Evergreen, Fountain Heights and Norwood.
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Birmingham entrepreneur gives $100,000 to UAB’s Civitan-Sparks Clinic to support autism spectrum disorders program
Sheila Benson is a founder. She’s a CEO. An entrepreneur. A leader. The company she founded in 1994, Employment Screening Services (ESS), grew to become the third largest background screening company in the nation—right out of Birmingham, Ala.
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Advancing Cancer Care
Cain, now cancer-free, wants others to receive the same level of compassionate care she did during her time of need.
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Education is still the key to changing lives
Here’s how a group of donors banded together to support underrepresented students in engineering.
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Tom Brannan, UAB donors honored at National Philanthropy Day
The UAB Advancement team has accomplished great things over the years, including raising more than $1 billion in The Campaign for UAB, a 10-year fundraising effort that wrapped up in 2018.
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Lighting the Way to a Brighter Future
On his 49th birthday, Dwayne Chatoney was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. He received treatment at a hospital near his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana. But nine months later, the cancer returned, this time at stage 4. And this time, the hospital told him there was nothing they could do.
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The Gift That Changed Everything: Healthcare Leadership Academy
Ten years ago, an investment in the future of UAB began shaping the future of patient care.
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Better Understanding LGBTQ Health
Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) face troubling health disparities. UAB faculty, staff, researchers, community members, and allies are rallying support for an endowed chair for LGBTQ health studies in the School of Public Health.
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Care for the Caregivers
Many physicians experience work-related burnout, but it's a problem that may have solutions. Birmingham-based ProAssurance Corporation established a faculty position in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine that will investigate and promote physician wellness.
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