UAB Center for Exercise Medicine is looking for volunteers to participate in various exercise-based studies to help understand the role of exercise as medicine at the molecular, cellular and clinical levels. By participating, you receive supervised exercise training from certified trainers, valuable information about your health and compensation for your time. Read more to enroll in a study that best suits you!
UCEM provides extensive services for basic, clinical, and translational research via the state-of-the-art Exercise Clinical Trials Facility, Core Muscle Research Laboratory and REACT Mobile Technology Laboratory for research projects looking at the role of exercise as medicine. The Exercise Clinical Trials Facility in turn has 5 cores: Cardiorespiratory Function Laboratory, Neuromuscular Function Laboratory, Exercise Intervention Facility, DXA Body Composition Laboratory, and Biospecimen Collection & Processing Facility.
The center's research mission is to build a foundation of excellence for innovative and large-scale, multi-investigator studies that help advance the field of exercise biology and medicine. Our studies are biologically driven with the goal of better understanding mechanisms underpinning exercise-induced health benefits in disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
UCEM offers a multi-tiered education and training program structured for exercise medicine researchers ranging from undergraduates to senior scientists. Training and mentoring programs include the NIH T32 HD071866 Interdisciplinary Training in Pathobiology and Rehabililtation Medicine Program, Exercise Biology and Medicine Internship Program, Journal Club, and individualized faculty and trainee mentoring. The center also offers unique educational opportunities through the Distinguished Lecture Series and Annual Research Symposium.
Thomas Buford, Ph.D., will serve a four-year term on the NIH’s Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.
Samia O'Bryan, PhD, postdoctoral trainee in the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine is one of the seven individuals honored with the Mental Health Champion Award by the UAB Student Counseling Services Student Advisory Board. Each spring, the board recognizes individuals[…]
Thomas Buford, PhD, Director of the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine and Associate Professor in the UAB Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care has been invited to serve as a member of the NIH’s Aging Systems and Geriatrics (ASG)[…]
The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) was honored to host Juleen Zierath, PhD, Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and University of Copenhagen, Denmark on March 8, 2021 for the virtual UCEM Distinguished Lecture Series. Her presentation entitled “Circadian Control of[…]
The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM), UAB Hypertension Research Center (HRC) and the McKnight Brain Institute (MBI) are pleased to announce a joint RFA to fund pilot research that focuses on the intersection of exercise, hypertension and cognition. We[…]
Abbi Hernandez, PhD, UAB Center for Exercise Medicine T32 program's postdoctoral trainee received a travel award for her poster presentation at the 2021 Virtual UAB Microbiome Center Symposium. Hernandez’s work titled “Alzheimer’s disease-inflicted microbiome alterations may be ameliorated by a ketogenic,[…]
Medical experts from UAB say that, while limiting the amount of exposure to other people is the safest course, there are still ways to lessen feelings of loneliness and decreased activity.
