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UAB endocrinology and diabetes specialty receives highest USNWR classification
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) recently ranked UAB Hospital as the best hospital in Alabama, naming several of its specialties as top-ranking in the nation. UAB Hospital’s diabetes and endocrinology specialty was ranked as high performing, the highest classification.
Ashraf reviews the role of gut microbiota in obesity, metabolic syndrome, and Type 2 diabetes
Ambika Ashraf, M.D., division director of UAB Pediatric Endocrinology and Ralph Frohsin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology, has delved into the intricate world of the gut microbiota (GM) and its profound impact on obesity, metabolic syndrome (MS), and Type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Pierre featured in July issue of Endocrine News magazine
Tanya Pierre, a fourth-year graduate student in the lab of Chad Hunter, Ph.D., was featued in the July issue of the Endocrine Society's magazine Endocrine News. The article,"Sweet Homeostasis Alabama: Q&A with Tanya Pierre" highlights her research and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31).
UCDC welcomes Lim to Department of Genetics
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) is pleased to welcome Hui-Ying Lim, Ph.D., who will serve as an associate professor in the Department of Genetics.
Get to know the UCDC researchers: Samuel Poole
In a new series, the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC), a leader in the field of diabetes research, will highlight its dynamic faculty and trainees.
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UCDC welcomes visiting research scholar Rithvikha Nair
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) often welcomes international students and researchers to the center to promote international research collaboration. This summer, we are pleased to welcome Rithvikha Nair as a visiting research scholar in the Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., Lab.
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UCDC releases video showcasing trainee experience
Ava Michl, Ph.D. student, recently shared her experience having diabetes and researching diabetes in the lab of Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D. Watch here or via the embedded video below.
Garvey and researchers share findings from healthcare professionals survey on anti-obesity medications
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Associate Director W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., and collaborators recently shared their findings from a cross-sectional online survey of 785 health care professionals (HCPs).
Ashraf publishes review in Current Opinion in Lipidology
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Associate Director Ambika Ashraf, M.D., published the review “Altered lipid metabolism and the development of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease” in the journal Current Opinion in Lipidology.
Read moreAgarwal awarded AACE H. Jack Baskin, MD, Endocrine Teaching Award
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) awarded UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professor Monica Argawal, M.D., the Jack Baskin, MD, Endocrine Teaching Award.
Garvey and researchers publish findings on cardiometabolic risk prediction models
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Associate Director W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., and collaborators recently published “Cardiometabolic Disease Staging and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event Prediction in 2 Prospective Cohorts” in the journal JACC: Advances.
UCDC researchers to present in Boston and Orlando
June 2024 brings with it many endocrinology and diabetes conference opportunities. Notably, the Endocrine Society meeting, ENDO 2024, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 83rd Scientific Session, and others.
UCDC welcomes Wang to the Department of Genetics
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) is pleased to welcome Weidong Wang, Ph.D., who will serve as an associate professor in the Department of Genetics.
Alsharif awarded best overall oral presentation at Boshell Diabetes Research Day
Hafia (Saba) Alsharif, a doctoral student in the lab of Sushant Bhatnagar, Ph.D., recently won the Best Overall Presentation Award at the Boshell Diabetes Research Day program in Auburn, Alabama.
UCDC members present research, speak at Boshell Diabetes Research Day
Justin Alexander (left) and Saba Alsharif (right)This year’s Boshell Diabetes Research Day featured W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center, director of the UAB Diabetes Research Center, and professor in the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences, as the banquet speaker.
Ananda and Rita Basu named to endowed professorships
The UAB Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professors and UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) Senior Scientists Ananda Basu, M.D., and Rita Basu, M.D., were each awarded an endowed professorship.
Couple brought together by Type 1 diabetes continues to give to diabetes research
When Chelsey LaRussa Heslop was just five years old, she received a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Her entire family–the LaRussa family–was taken by surprise but met the diagnosis head on.
Pierre secures prestigious NIH predoctoral fellowship award
Tanya Pierre, a fourth-year graduate student in the lab of Chad Hunter, Ph.D., has secured a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31).
Gower on the future of the Department of Nutrition: food as medicine
In January of this year, Barbara Gower, Ph.D., was named chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences. During Women’s History Month, the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) sat down with Gower, who is a member of the center, to learn more about her journey to chair and her vision for the department.
UCDC trainees research score well at 2024 Trainee Research Symposium
Alsharif (left) and Perez (right)Two UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) trainees who presented research at the UAB Department of Medicine Trainee Research Symposium (TRS) scored among the top presentations.