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Using spatial transcriptomics, UAB researchers set out to understand the differences and similarities between two viral infections causing acute lung injury, as it could improve patient care, as well as identify novel therapeutic targets.
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On March 25, 2020, the School of Medicine and the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute issued a request for applications that would change the course of research at UAB. A year later, the 14 selected projects have led to new[…]
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Researchers find a role for citrullinated vimentin as a damage-associated molecular pattern molecule, or DAMP, that is generated by lung macrophages in response to environmental cadmium/carbon black.
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This year, the university recognizes 50 years of service by Jeanne Hutchison, Ph.D., and Ferdinand Urthaler, M.D., and 45 years of service by Robert Kim M.D., and Joseph Lovetto. In addition, 294 employees with 20 or more years and 904[…]
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The study examined trends in mortality due to chronic lower respiratory disease and investigated disparities in deaths due to CLRD between rural and urban areas across the United States.
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In January 2021, Dr. Victor J. Thannickal will undertake a new leadership challenge as Chair of the Department of Medicine at Tulane, after spending 11 years at UAB as director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine.[…]
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Thomas Kaleekal, M.D., has joined the UAB Pulmonary Faculty as our new Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases. Coming to us from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Kaleekal has over 22[…]
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A new multidisciplinary program within UAB Medicine will help evaluate patients who have recovered from COVID-19 but are still experiencing symptoms and link them to the specialized care they need.
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F. Shawn Galin, Ph.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and director of the Office of Standardized Patient Education at UAB, has been named president-elect of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators, the[…]
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The company will focus on the invention, creation and monetization of proprietary medical technologies to solve major health challenges.