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    • McDonald Recognized for COPD Cachexia Research
    • Bhatt Evaluates Targeted Lung Denervation in COPD
    • Inhaler Plus Usual Care Decreases Asthma Exacerbations Among Black, Latinx Patients
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    • UAB Sarcoidosis Joins as a Founding Member of the Global Sarcoidosis Alliance
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    • Iyer Champions Palliative Care in Pulmonary Settings
    • Bhatt Researches New Measure of Airflow Obstruction
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News & Events

  • UAB Medicine leadership programs celebrate more than 100 participants

    In the last several years, UAB Medicine and Heersink School of Medicine have worked to bring leadership development to faculty and staff through the UAB Medicine Institute for Leadership and Momentum in Medicine programs.

  • 16 faculty named winners of 2023 Dean’s Excellence Awards

    16 faculty named winners of 2023 Dean’s Excellence Awards Sixteen remarkable faculty members have been named winners of the 2023 Dean’s Excellence Awards for Faculty.

  • Antony named 2023 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Research

    Antony named 2023 Dean's Excellence Award Winner in Research Veena Antony, M.D., professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, is the senior faculty winner of the Dean's Excellence Award in Research. Antony's research is focused on environmental and translational medicine, cystic fibrosis,[…]

  • Faculty recognized at Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception

    Faculty recognized at Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception Anupam Agarwal, M.D., dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on April 25.

  • How cadmium-induced inflammation increases the severity and mortality of lung infections

    How cadmium-induced inflammation increases the severity and mortality of lung infections Description of this mechanism offers a promising therapeutic target to limit lung injury and death. Lower respiratory tract infections, including bacterial pneumonia, are the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide, with 120 million to 156 million cases and 1.4 million deaths[…]

  • Nutrition for cystic fibrosis: how UAB is blazing new paths for patients

    Nutrition for cystic fibrosis: how UAB is blazing new paths for patients Patients suffering from cystic fibrosis often struggle with malnutrition, due to the disease’s impact on the digestive system and the increased energy needs of the body.

  • Three projects funded through annual AMC21 Multi-Investigator Program Awards

    Three projects funded through annual AMC21 Multi-Investigator Program Awards UAB Heersink School of Medicine has awarded three grants for the latest annual Multi-Investigator Program Award cycle. The 2022/2023 AMC21 Multi-PI Awards, which provide grant funding of $150,000 per year for two years, were awarded to Javier Neyra, M.D., Carlos Orihuela,[…]

  • COVID-19: Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, ICU admission and mechanical ventilation

    COVID-19: Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, ICU admission and mechanical ventilation Having a bacterial infection at the same time as COVID-19 is a greater risk factor for COVID-19 severity and mortality than previously described risk factors such as advanced age, male sex or various comorbidities.

  • Bhatt elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Bhatt elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation Bhatt serves as the medical director of the UAB Pulmonary Function and Exercise Physiology Lab and the UAB Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program.

  • Two UAB faculty named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors

    Two UAB faculty named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors Basic research in bacteria has led Michael Niederweis and Moon Nahm to 17 U.S. patents and various new technologies with real impacts on the welfare of society.

 
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