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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.
Agarwal gives DOM Grand Rounds on obesity management
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center Member and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Professor Monica Agarwal, M.D., recently spoke to UAB Department of Medicine (DOM) faculty, staff, and students during the DOM Grand Rounds.
Grayson receives DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Award
Last month, Truman Grayson, UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) researcher V, was honored at the UAB Department of Medicine DOM STAR for Staff Excellence Awards reception.
Get to know the UCDC researchers: Teayoun Kim
In a new series, the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC), a leader in the field of diabetes research, will highlight researchers from the across the UCDC, particularly those who manage day-to-day operations in the lab space.
Read moreAshraf’s study illuminates management of hybrid diabetes in children and adolescents
Director of the UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and DiabetesAmbika Ashraf, M.D., recently published a study on hybrid diabetes (HD) in children and adolescents in the journal Endocrine Practice. Ashraf is also an associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC).
UCDC members research the relationship between gestational diabetes and leptin
UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center members and collaborators recently published “Leptin resistance in children with in utero exposure to maternal obesity and gestational diabetes” in the journal of Pediatric Obesity.
Celebrate Heart Month 2024 at UAB
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center recognizes February as Heart Month. The very first Heart Month was celebrated in February 1964, as declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Ramanadham contributed to paper sharing list of proteins to support Type 1 diabetes biomarker studies worldwide
Sasanka Ramanadham, Ph.D., co-authored the paper recently published “A proteomic meta-analysis refinement of plasma extracellular vesicles” in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Data.
Read moreHabegger chosen as American Diabetes Association podcast host for journal 'Diabetes'
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) selected Kirk Habegger, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC), as the cohost of the new podcast DiabetesBio of its flagship journal Diabetes.
UCDC featured in UAB Medicine Magazine fall issue
The UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) was recently featured in the Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) UAB Medicine Magazine fall issue, within the eight-page spread, “A Canopy of Care: UAB is leading the way in advancing diabetes research.”