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  • UAB experts explain why advance care planning is important and how to get started
    Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, and UAB experts are providing recommendations for how to get started with advance care planning.
  • Registration is open for Psychosocial Oncology Training Academy fall 2023 workshops
    During POTA workshops, attendees will attain proficiency in evidence-based treatments, enhancing capacity to deliver holistic psychosocial cancer care.
  • UAB experts explain why advance care planning is important and how to get started
    Healthcare Decisions Day is April 16, and UAB experts are providing recommendations for how to get started with advance care planning.
  • Heartbeat in a bottle: UAB nurse creates keepsake to support grieving families
    To help families cherish the loving memory of their dear ones, a UAB nurse started her “Heartbeat in a Bottle” initiative to give families a unique way to remember the loved ones they have lost.
  • Black Christian patients are less likely to receive their preferred end-of-life care. Researchers hope change that.
    UAB researchers have published an article demonstrating how the term “aggressive care,” used loosely by clinicians to describe care that can negatively impact quality of life for patients with serious illness, is often used to inappropriately label the preferences of African American patients.
  • Four academic and community health systems partner to address palliative care disparities among African Americans
    This five-year study will determine the effectiveness of CHW-based palliative care programs in improving palliative care outcomes for African American patients with advanced-stage illnesses.
  • Poet turns health care workers’ stories into custom poems
    As a certified Listener Poet, Salaam Green with UAB Arts in Medicine is working with UAB professionals to create poems based on their experiences for National Poetry Month in April.
  • $100 million in contributions to transform UAB School of Medicine
    Record $95 million Heersink lead gift to advance strategic growth and biomedical innovation.
  • UAB’s Supportive Care Clinic showcases new clinic space in virtual tour
    The UAB Supportive Care Clinic recently moved to its newest location in the Kirklin Clinic, with new telehealth, counseling and therapy rooms, and a collection of local art.
  • Light at the end of a pandemic tunnel; experts offer wellness tips for spring
    Spring is always a time of hope, and experts from the UAB School of Medicine offer suggestions on how to improve your mental wellbeing.
  • First culturally based end-of-life care protocol created by community members published
    In partnership with community members, researchers at UAB created the first culturally based protocol for patients living with a serious illness or facing end-of-life care.
  • Tucker receives Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award
    Rodney Tucker, M.D., honored for work and care given to patients nearing the end of their lives.