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Quit bugging me! Tips on coping with bug bites and other summer perils
UAB Emergency Medicine physicians provides tips on dealing with bug bites and stings. -
Elie pioneers healing and hope across time and place as first Black woman to be named a permanent chair in her specialty
In part five of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion's Women's History Month series, Emergency Medicine Chair Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., shares her personal journey of becoming the first Black woman to be named a permanent chair of an academic emergency medicine department[…] -
Heroic efforts of UAB emergency department nurses recognized by Alabama State Nurses Association
UAB received statewide nursing awards, including two Nurse Legion of Honor medals, Outstanding Healthcare Organization and State Outstanding Nurse Educator. -
UAB’s Pulmonary Embolism Response Team saves lives through team approach to pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition that accounts for approximately 100,000 deaths annually in the United States. PERT was established to ensure UAB patients receive the best possible care for their specific situation. -
New Research Faculty Introduction
The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty members, January-August 2021 -
Toxicologist unravels the dangerous medical mystery of ZaZa, Alabama’s 'gas-station dope'
When use of an obscure antidepressant exploded across the state, William Rushton, M.D., who directs UAB’s medical toxicology program and the state’s poison control hotline, began an investigation that led the Alabama Department of Public Health to halt sales. -
Meet the new Learning Community Mentors: Part 1
Four faculty members joined the Learning Communities program earlier this year as new mentors. In Part 1 of a Q&A with the new mentors, read what motivated Sherell Hicks, M.D., and Pallavi Iyer, M.D., to join the program and why they[…] -
8 grants awarded to promote innovative teaching
The proposals, which support new approaches to instruction and learning in a team environment, reflect the "incredible diversity of creative scholarship" at UAB. -
9/11 brings changes to state’s disaster preparedness plans
UAB medical professionals who were in New York on 9/11 when the World Trade Center was attacked remember that day and the lessons learned.
