James Meador-Woodruff, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry, was recently honored for mentoring researchers.
Jiri Mestecky, M.D., Ph.D., was honored recently for his service to UAB, where he has studied immunology, and published 500+ papers, in 45 years.
From a child in war-torn London, Stephen Barnes, Ph.D., became a metabolomic marvel and a UAB distinguished scientist.
UAB School of Medicine’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association hosts its 3rd annual Little Red Dress Party Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, 8 p.m. to midnight at the Southern Museum of Flight.
UAB physician Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., Ph.D., professor emeritus of medicine, physiology and biophysics at UAB, the medical pioneer who invented the first fiber-optic endoscope, passed away Jan. 19, 2013.
UAB School of Medicine enters Sullivan Alliance to create more diversity in medical professions
Written by Kendra Carter
UAB will lead the academic partnership between 13 Alabama colleges and universities to promote increasing minority representation in medical careers.
Founder Mike Jezdimir believes the foundation will have a profound effect on better understanding of TM and potential therapies for the disease.
General Endowment Fund awards $1.4 million in research grants for UAB faculty
Written by Clinton Colmenares
Awards were given in four key areas – clinical care, medical education, laboratory research and patient-oriented research projects – that demonstrated a multidisciplinary effort and the likelihood of long-term success.
The 2013 list recognizes 325 UAB physicians in 65 specialties who are among the top 5 percent of clinicians in the United States, as voted by their peers. Nearly three-dozen additional top doctors were added to UAB’s total count compared to last year’s list.
Owsley named ARVO Gold Fellow
Written by Kendra Carter
Owsley is the director of the Clinical Research Unit in the Department of Ophthalmology and also serves as co-director of the Center for Research on Applied Gerontology at UAB.