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Netto, George
George Netto, M.D. Genitourinary pathology • Bladder, prostate, and renal cancers • Molecular diagnostics • COVID-19 testing -
UAB COVID Respiratory Clinic expands telehealth efforts
Funding from the FCC supports smart technology in use at the UAB COVID respiratory clinic. -
Project aims to address HIV and substance use in Jefferson County youth
Project LEAP will make novel use of integrated patient navigation and student champions to help high-risk young residents. -
UAB School of Dentistry implements new technology in response to COVID-19
To protect the health of patients, students and staff, UAB’s School of Dentistry has acquired new technology to help with temperature scanning and aerosol filtration system. -
Heart, Double Lung Transplant Gives UAB Student New Perspective
Cooper Pierce was just 13 years old when his doctors diagnosed him with pulmonary hypertension. He compares the condition to really bad asthma that would leave him breathless and blue from climbing a single flight of stairs. Thanks to the extraordinary care from doctors at UAB, including our own DOM Pulmonary Hypertension Team, Cooper was able to receive a heart, double lung transplant. Today, he's living his best life as a UAB student, and hopes his story will inspire others -
O’Neal Cancer Center and ADPH bring enhanced cervical cancer education and screening options to 13 counties in state
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB is partnering with the Alabama Department of Public Health for expanded cervical cancer screening and education in 13 counties. -
Department of Pathology develops strategy to support GuideSafe™ Entry Testing, process more than 200,000 samples
This strategy will allow for ramping up testing capacity tenfold for the next 20-plus days leading up to the start of school. -
DOM Releases "MedEd Moments" Faculty Development Series
The UAB MedEd Moments faculty development video series is now online! These brief, high quality videos are designed to enhance clinician-educator skills in five important areas: Setting Expectations, Giving Feedback, Teaching Procedures, Improving the Learning Climate, and Enhancing Evaluations. The series not only fulfills an ACGME requirement, but also helps faculty and learners be successful in the medical training environment. Kudos to our talented MedEd team for developing this free and accessible resource for all medical educators. -
UAB COVID-19 testing site to be relocated
UAB Medicine is moving its drive-thru testing site to the UAB Hospital-Highlands parking deck effective Aug. 9. -
Students receive aid to offset COVID-19 expenses
The fund was created to provide emergency aid to more than 1,000 students. More students have been recommended for approval to receive assistance, but the funds aren’t available. -
Buford named director of the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine
Thomas Buford to head the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine as the new director starting Aug. 1, 2020. -
Deshane receives NanoString technology grant
UAB scientist Jessy Deshane is one of five researchers to receive a specialized grant from NanoString Technologies, which will allow her to evaluate immune response in 3D non-small-cell lung cancer models. -
New addiction and pain prevention center aims to rally researchers and community
Interdisciplinary center is focused on cutting-edge research that can be developed into better treatments — and helping junior faculty develop their own research programs. -
Nearly one-third of non-Hispanic Black young adults in the U.S. have hypertension
A study conducted by UAB investigators shows that nearly a third of non-Hispanic Black young adults nationwide have hypertension, and the control of high blood pressure in all young adults is only 10 percent. -
Novel diabetes drug candidate shows promising properties in human islets and mouse models
The drug candidate is a non-toxic small molecule that given orally effectively rescued mice from models of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. -
O’Neal Cancer Center receives Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation gift to bolster COVID-19 and cancer response in Alabama’s Black Belt region
A $75,000 gift from the Mike & Gillian Goodrich Foundation to support cancer awareness and COVID-19 response in Alabama’s Back Belt region was given to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. -
Four ways to save energy and money while working from home
A UAB sustainability expert recommends four ways to save energy and money when working remotely. -
4 honored with Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence
Caroline Harada, Burel Goodin, Tina Kempin Reuter and Allison Shorten demonstrated extraordinary commitment to engaging undergraduate students in service-learning, undergraduate research, education-abroad experiences and team-learning environments. -
Fouad, Ruffin and Vickers: COVID-19 is disproportionately high in African Americans
Three UAB doctors and professors share five ways the medical community can work to address the needs of underrepresented populations as we work to understand COVID-19. -
Fouad, Ruffin and Vickers: COVID-19 is disproportionately high in African Americans
Three UAB doctors and professors share five ways the medical community can work to address the needs of underrepresented populations as we work to understand COVID-19.
