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Does vaping lead to abuse of illicit substances? Rehab scientists use i2b2 to find answers
With electronic-cigarette use on the rise, doctoral student Abdullah Alanazi and Eric Ford, Ph.D., professor in the School of Public Health, want to understand the trend’s relationship with drug use — and is using UAB’s informatics framework for translational research to do it. -
Data could help standardize use of therapeutic comas for epileptic patients
There’s no evidence-based consensus on how long a seizure-ridden patient should be kept in an artificial coma to enable the brain to recover. Wolfgang Muhlhofer, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology, wants to change that. -
i2b2 helps answer questions about spina bifida and reproduction
Many women with spina bifida were leaving pediatric care unaware they could become pregnant. Now groundbreaking data on this phenomenon has been compiled using a new informatics framework for translational research. -
Overstreet-Wadiche named chairperson of the Neurogenesis and Cell Fate Study Section
Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D., associate professor in the UAB Department of Neurobiology, has been named chairperson of the Neurogenesis and Cell Fate Study Section for the Center for Scientific Review -
Biomedical workforce program proves successful in encouraging diversity, receives additional grant for support
UAB’s PREP Scholars proves successful by furthering student dreams as it receives a grant to continue preparing minority baccalaureate students for graduate programs. -
UAB’s new sweat-measuring lab one of only seven in nation
The body’s autonomic nervous system affects involuntary actions, such as heart beat and breathing, and UAB opens a new tool to help diagnose autonomic-related conditions. -
Untangling brain neuron dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
A neuron model of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementias shows defects that could suggest treatments to halt or reverse cognitive impairments before the neurons die. -
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday unanimously recommended approval of an epilepsy medication made with an ingredient found in marijuana. If the agency follows the recommendation, as is expected, the drug would be the first cannabis-derived prescription medicine available in the United States.
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UAB STEM undergraduates honored by Goldwater scholarship competition
Sidhanth Chandra and Gunnar Eastep honored by Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. -
UAB hosts 10th McKnight Brain Institute Inter-Institutional Meeting
UAB, home of one of four McKnight Brain Institutes, hosted the group’s annual inter-institutional meeting in April.