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Postmenopausal heart health: what to expect
Experts say it is never too late for women to know their risk factors and take steps to prevent heart disease. -
Study shows one in 25 patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography-guided transcatheter structural cardiac intervention suffered a major complication
The research team analyzed the clinical outcomes of more than 12,000 patients who had a TEE-guided percutaneous transcatheter intervention and found that, over the past decade, 3.6 percent of patients who had this procedure had complications. -
Can you really experience a broken heart?
Learn what broken heart syndrome is, who is at risk for it, how to prevent it and more. -
Show your heart some love this month with a heart-healthy diet
UAB experts provide tips on how to maintain a heart-healthy diet. -
UAB study says 75 percent of young adults in the U.S. do not have ideal cardiovascular health
A nationwide study led by UAB researchers showed that cardiovascular health in young adults did not improve from 2007-2018 and only one in four people in that age group have ideal cardiovascular health. -
New Research Faculty Introduction
The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Summer and Fall 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty. -
Lohr Named New Director for the Division of Cardiovascular Disease
We are delighted that Nicole L. Lohr, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, will be the next Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Co-Director of the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular Institute (CVI), effective November 15, 2022, pending Provost approval. -
Inside a high-tech heart clinic, doctors look to the past for clues to the future
The Cardiogenomics Clinic at UAB, one of only two in the Southeast, uses genetic testing to develop a personalized plan for patients at risk of hereditary cardiovascular conditions. “We’re not just treating one patient, but the whole family,” doctors say. -
Robustly collaborative projects funded through annual AMC21 Multi-PI Awards; Lee, Pollock, and Korf advance cutting-edge research
The UAB Heersink School of Medicine has awarded the annual Multi-Investigator Program Award to three research investigators for the 2021-2022 cycle: Timmy Lee, M.D., Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D., and David Pollock, Ph.D. -
2022 Pittman Scholars Announced
Six faculty members in the Heersink School of Medicine have been named the 2022 class of James A. Pittman Jr., M.D., Scholars.