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  • Civitan International Research Center celebrates 35 years of impact
    Sep 17, 2024
    Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) is a center dedicated to integrating knowledge and methods from various scientific fields to improve the lives of those who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  • UAB researchers aim to improve sleep and quality of life for individuals with Down syndrome
    Sep 06, 2024
    For their continued research in sleep disorders in individuals with Down syndrome, UAB’s Caroline G. Richter, Ph.D. and S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D. were named the recipients of the 2024-2025 McNulty Civitan Scientist Award.
  • Research in the classroom: Students conduct precision medicine research that benefits patients with neurological diseases through Undergraduate Neurosciences Program courses
    Sep 04, 2024
    Camerron Crowder, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Neurobiology and assistant director of the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute (PMI), offers a unique research opportunity for undergraduate students by teaching the PMI research process, how to develop animal models, and the use of artificial intelligence to identify treatment options through courses in the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program.
  • Cummings discovers unexpected role of brain region in fear processing, highlighting new PTSD treatment target
    Aug 28, 2024
    Kirstie Cummings, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology, was recently honored with the Heersink School of Medicine's Featured Discovery Award. She was recognized alongside Zephyr R. Desa, a UAB neuroscience Ph.D. student, and Rodrigo Campos-Cardoso, Ph.D., a UAB postdoc, the study’s first authors. The initiative highlights significant research contributions from Heersink faculty members.
  • Richter, Thomas receive McNulty Civitan Scientist Award; aim to improve sleep and quality of life for individuals with Down Syndrome
    Aug 12, 2024
    Caroline G. Richter, Ph.D., and S. Justin Thomas, Ph.D., have been selected for the 2024-2025 McNulty Civitan Scientist Award.
  • Memory loss in aging and dementia: Dendritic spine head diameter predicts memory in old age
    Aug 07, 2024
    This finding suggests that therapy to remodel synapses could help memory in old age and dementia patients.
  • Landmark drug trial shows promising results for Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
    Jul 05, 2024
    This devastating neurodevelopmental disorder has no currently approved treatments.
  • Newsom completes Phase 2 clinical trial of a novel drug for Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome
    Jun 28, 2024
    Cassandra Newsom, Psy.D., director of the Translational Research Core in Autism and Neurodevelopment of Civitan International Research Center, has completed participation in Phase 2 Clinical Trials of a new drug, NNZ-2591, that shows promising results for a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder called Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS).
  • Two researchers named Emerging Scholar Award winners for 2024-2025
    Jun 28, 2024
    Two researchers have been named Civitan Emerging Scholars for 2024-2025 by the Civitan International Research Center for neurodevelopmental disorders.
  • UAB receives $21.4 million from NIH to expand Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
    Jun 17, 2024
    The new, five-year grant will support research in the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center to address dementia disparities in the Deep South.