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This year, the new President’s Award for Excellence in Shared Values honors Blazers who demonstrated one or more of UAB’s shared values in the course of their work during the extraordinary times presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The new location offers a wide range of comprehensive and specialty eye services to patients in and around the city of Trussville.
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Every February, the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science awaits the much-anticipated resident matches for the next year. These soon-to-be medical school graduates will begin their residency program in July 2022 and will spend three years learning from our[…]
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Paul D. Gamlin, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the UAB School of Medicine, has been named a Gold Fellow by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
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This holiday gathering safely allowed some UAB patients with vision impairment to visit with their friends and colleagues.
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To date, RPB has awarded UAB $5,245,000 in grants, which helped bolster the department’s research activities, including the purchase of equipment, lab supplies, and salaries for new and existing research faculty.
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Brought up with little resources in Medellín, Colombia, Dr. Marcela Frazier watched her single-mom work hard to provide for her family’s needs and create a happy and loving home. Now, along with the Hispanic/Latinx Faculty Association, Dr. Marcela is taking[…]
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A big round of congratulations to the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty members who were selected by scEYEnce as leading scientists in vision research. scEYEnce is a campaign that aims to educate the broader public about the crucial importance of[…]
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Medical experts from UAB say that, while limiting the amount of exposure to other people is the safest course, there are still ways to lessen feelings of loneliness and decreased activity.
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This finding and further studies could help treat strabismus, a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other while looking at an object.
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When glaucoma and an autoimmune disorder caused severe, painful blisters in his right eye, artist Charlie Busler was in danger of losing his eyesight.
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The A.S.P.E.C.T program’s goal is to empower individuals to be engaged in their eye health in every way.
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New UAB School of Optometry graduate Jessica Jasien will start her research career at NASA Johnson Space Center.
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This new initiative will promote an accommodating and positive experience for all guests and fans with a sensory issue that visits our clinics and hospital.
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Girkin is the Eyesight Foundation of Alabama chair of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
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Michael Callahan, M.D., professor with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, has been selected as a member of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.
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Sarah Lee, O.D., MSPH, assistant professor, and Christopher Lee, O.D., clinical instructor, might be relocating out of state, but the framework they built within Callahan Eye Hospital and the University of Alabama Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences will leave[…]
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Gregory R. Jackson, Ph.D., co-founder and chief technology officer of MacuLogix, was honored with a 2019 UAB Department of Psychology Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award.
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It began with piercing headaches accompanied by glimpses of flashing light. Then came the memory issues. Parked cars couldn’t be found. The names of old friends couldn’t be remembered. It became hard to swallow, then hard to even talk.
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UAB optometrists and ophthalmologists worked with lead medical personnel from UAB Athletics to modify AHSAA restrictions that prohibited tinted visors or other apparatuses in competition to get accommodations for high school athletes who had light sensitivity and similar health conditions. […]
