Immunology at UAB - News

Anath Shalev, MD, and her team  discovered a safe and effective novel therapy to reduce insulin requirements and hypoglycemic episodes in adult subjects with recent onset type 1 diabetes Read more

Edwin Blalock, Ph.D., was named Distinguished Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care in the School of Medicine and William Britt, M.D., was named Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics. Read more

Kurt Zimmerman, Ph.D., whose postdoctoral training was supported by the immunology T32, and Katie Alexander, PhD, whose postdoctoral training is currently supported by the immunology T32, have been selected to receive Outstanding Postdoctoral Awards for their exceptional accomplishments. Click here for details

In preclinical experiments, Laurie Harrington, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have discovered a subset of immune cells that create and sustain chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Read more

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About the Program in Immunology


The multi-disciplinary Program in Immunology consists of over 100 UAB Faculty who identify themselves as basic or clinical immunologists and are members of multiple units at UAB.  A desire for excellence on the part of the UAB faculty, coupled with the relative youth of the institution, has promoted a collective attitude of interdepartmental cooperation and collegiality.


UAB is the home of several internationally prominent research programs, e.g., Developmental Immunology, Mucosal Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center, Host Defense, Virology and Vaccine Biology.  Newer programs in Cancer Immunology, Allergy, Immunogenetics, Inflammation and Tissue Injury, Transplantation Immunology, Neuroimmunology, and Basic Immunology of the T cell and innate systems are poised to become highly competitive.


For a brief history of the Program in Immunology at UAB, written by Dr. Claude Bennett, please click here.


Mission and Goals


The Program in Immunology was created to enhance the wide distribution of immunology-related research at UAB. This trans-departmental program seeks to enhance communication among faculty in order to identify and stimulate additional synergies across campus. The main goals of the program are to:

          • Facilitate research through coordination and collaboration
          • Establish a committed Program Administration that broadly represents participating Departments and Centers to implement cross-cutting activities
          • Enhance state-of-the-art technologies, including model systems, imaging, and cell therapeutics
          • Advance the translational research capacity, including pre- and post-doctoral training improvements
          • Establish a graduate training program in Immunology.

 

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