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New Research Faculty Introduction

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Fall and Winter 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty.

2022 in review: Onward and upward

The university achieved innumerable accomplishments this year, including two program 50th anniversaries, a milestone gift to the College of Arts and Sciences, and the announcement of a new conference for UAB Athletics.

Osteoarthritis: Multi-ancestry analysis reveals novel genetic loci associated with the disease

The first large multi-ancestry genetics study of osteoarthritis, or OA, has found 10 novel OA-associated genetic loci, and results showed some of the OA-associated regions are robustly found in every population ancestry studied.

Emma Terry wins 2023 Miss UAB Scholarship Competition

Terry also won the Social Change, Talent and Spirit awards, earning a total of $3,300 in scholarships.

New Research Faculty Introduction

The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Summer and Fall 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty.

Fecal microbial transplants show lack of predictability when no prior antibiotic treatment is given to recipient

This finding suggests utility of treatments before fecal microbial transplants to reduce recipient microbial communities. This would help donor microbial strains dominate in the recipient.

Faculty recognized at Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception

Anupam Agarwal, M.D., interim dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on Sept. 29.

51 medical students named winners of annual Medical Student Research Day competition

Medical Student Research Day celebrates the research accomplishments of medical students and provides them with the opportunity to present their projects to fellow students and faculty.

Melanoma treatment: Potential target bypasses therapeutic resistance to immune checkpoint blockers

The clinically approved drug ruxolitinib suppressed a mouse model of melanoma that is resistant to immune checkpoint blockers.

Researchers studying proposed targeted delivery of multimodal therapy to reduce prostate cancer disparity

Among all racial groups, African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer, and their cancers exhibit more aggressive biology, leading to higher rates of death. Although systemic treatments have been developed for this disease, these are primarily palliative[…]

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New Research Faculty Introduction

2022 in review: Onward and upward

Osteoarthritis: Multi-ancestry analysis reveals novel genetic loci associated with the disease

Emma Terry wins 2023 Miss UAB Scholarship Competition

New Research Faculty Introduction

Fecal microbial transplants show lack of predictability when no prior antibiotic treatment is given to recipient

Faculty recognized at Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception

51 medical students named winners of annual Medical Student Research Day competition

Melanoma treatment: Potential target bypasses therapeutic resistance to immune checkpoint blockers

Researchers studying proposed targeted delivery of multimodal therapy to reduce prostate cancer disparity

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