UAB researchers awarded $11.5 million to study asymptomatic congenital CMV and neonatal HSV
Written by Alicia Rohan
The NIH recently awarded UAB $11.5 million to support studies that will assess treatment of babies born with congenital cytomegalovirus but no symptoms, and frequency of neonatal herpes infections in the United States and Peru.
Three multidisciplinary research teams have been awarded funding through the competitive grant process.
Meeks to speak on disability access in health science, medical education
Written by UAB Heersink School of Medicine News
Lisa Meeks, Ph.D., director of Medical Student Disability Services at the UCSF School of Medicine, will discuss the prevalence of students with disabilities, balancing patient safety and reasonable accommodations.
Interim team named to lead Admissions office; national search underway for new associate dean
Written by Kendra Carter
Effective Aug. 1, John Woods, M.D., Lanita Carter, Ph.D., and Shawn Galin, Ph.D., will guide the admissions process through the duration of a national search to secure a new associate dean for admissions.
Detour Interest Group provides academic and emotional support to struggling students
Written by Caitlin Miley
Created by four medical students in January, Detour works with Medical Student Services to provide academic and emotional support to struggling students.
Ben Vaughan Branscomb, M.D., a pioneering pulmonologist and professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for 51 years, passed away July 4. Branscomb, 92, was often referred to as the father of pulmonary medicine.
Caroline Harada, M.D., was one of nine faculty across UAB named to the 2016 class of Faculty Fellows in Engaged Scholarship.
UAB ECMO program wins gold
Written by Bob Shepard
UAB’s program for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, has won a Gold Level Award for Excellence.