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2022 News
- UAB News
- September 6, 2022
- Mark Dransfield, MD
- Dransfield, Lancet publish COPD Commission findings
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2021 News
- UAB News
- November 29, 2021
- Keith Wille, MD
- UAB’s Pulmonary Embolism Response Team saves lives through team approach to pulmonary embolism
- UAB News
- November 23, 2021
- Steve Duncan, MD and Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD
- Novel therapy for AE-IPF could potentially save lives
- Stat News
- October 5, 2021
- Steve Stigler, MD
- At a rural ICU, Covid-19’s summer surge put telehealth to the test
- UAB News
- August 24, 2021
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Video telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation an ‘effective alternative’ for patients with COPD
- UAB News
- August 23, 2021
- A. Brent Carter, MD
- Reversal of lung fibrosis in mouse model suggests a novel therapeutic target for pulmonary fibrosis
- UAB News
- July 16, 2021
- Keith Wille, MD
- UAB’s longest COVID patient goes home
- UAB News
- July 16, 2021
- Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH
- A small molecule induces readthrough of cystic fibrosis CFTR nonsense mutations
- American Federation for Aging Research
- March 24, 2021
- Anand Iyer, MD
- Grantee in the News: Anand Iyer testifies on COVID-19 before Senate Special Committee on Aging
- MedPage Today
- March 20, 2021
- Anand Iyer, MD
- Building Trust and Bridges: Ways to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy, Access
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2020 News
- WBRC Fox 6
- February 10, 2020
- Hitesh Batra, MD
- Fox 6 Medical Minute - Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery
- UAB Department of Medicine
- April 20, 2020
- Susan Harding, MD
- Meet My Loved One: Making Palliative Connections in Times of Isolation
- McSweeney's Internet Tendency
- April 30, 2020
- Gretchen Winter, MD
- "Thanks for Assuming I'm Not the Faculty and That My Faculty is Male: Texts from Four Women ICU Physicians Across the Country Caring for COVID Patients"
- al.com
- May 2, 2020
- Steve Stigler, MD
- Birmingham ICU past peak, seeing fewer coronavirus cases: "There's a greater sense of optimism"
- UAB Reporter
- May 4, 2020
- Kate O'Connor, DO
- Convalescent plasma therapy is treating coronavirus patients in UAB research
- UAB News - School of Medicine
- May 26, 2020
- Stefanie Krick, MD, PhD
- Krick named 2020 Dean's Excellence Award Winnter in Mentorship
- UAB Reporter
- June 1, 2020
- Jessy Deshane, PhD
- Researchers model COVID-19 infection in 3D human lung tissue
- UAB News
- June 10, 2020
- Tracy Luckhardt, MD
- NHRA mechanic who has inspired many during coronavirus recovery discharged from UAB Hospital
- NBC News
- June 13, 2020
- Steve Stigler, MD
- What ICU doctors have learned about COVID-19 - and how they're prepared for a 2nd wave
- WBRC Fox 6
- June 25, 2020
- Gretchen Winter, MD
- "There was a need I could fill, so that's what I wanted to do": A UAB doctor shares story of serving in NYC
- UAB News
- July 9, 2020
- Jessy Deshane, PhD
- Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells
- UAB News
- July 17, 2020
- Jessy Deshane, PhD
- Congratulations to the GeoMx Cancer Transcriptome Atlas Grant Award Winners
- UAB News
- July 29, 2020
- Jessy Deshane, PhD
- Deshane Recieves NanoString Technology Grant
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- August 3, 2020
- Stefanie Krick, MD
- Great Escapes: Doctors and Nurses Find Respite from Pandemic Fatigue
- Nature
- September 4, 2020
- Steven M. Rowe, MD
- A simple test could extend cystic-fibrosis treatments to those left behind
- UAB News
- September 15, 2020
- Patricia Patterson, MD
- Seven signs of poor sleep
- UAB News
- September 28, 2020
- Anand Iyer, MD
- Iyer Receives Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging
- WBRC Fox 6
- October 14, 2020
- Steve Stigler, MD
- UAB, Advanced ICU Care develoop tele-ICU operations center
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2019 News
- UAB News
- November 15, 2019
- Amit Gaggar, MD, PhD
- Disease-causing protein in cystic fibrosis has ancient roots in sea lamprey
- UAB News
- November 12, 2019
- A. Brent Carter, MD, Jennifer Larson-Casey, PhD, Qiang Ding,PhD, Ranu Surolia, PhD and Veena Antony, MD
- Research points to possible target to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF
- UAB Medicine Magazine
- August 29, 2019
- Moon Nahm, MD
- SK Bioscience Pledge Enhances Pneumonia Research
- U.S. News and World Report
- August 28, 2019
- David LaFon, MD
- A Patient's Guide to Pneumonia
- AJMC Managed Markets Network
- August 25, 2019
- Anand Iyer, MD
- A Significant Unmet Mental Health Care Need Exists for Patients With COPD
- UAB News
- August 7, 2019
- Steven Rowe, MD
- Innovative tool gives researchers new look at the nasal airway in CF patients
- UAB News
- July 17, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Airway fractal dimension predicts respiratory morbidity and mortality in COPD
- UAB News
- June 25, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- New research hopes to identify individuals at risk of clinically significant COPD
- UAB News
- June 21, 2019
- Mark Dransfield, MD
- Cohort will study how vaping, environment and lifestyle impact long-term lung health in millennials
- ScienceBlog
- June 5, 2019
- Steven Rowe, MD and Mark Dransfield, MD
- An air of optimism takes hold for CF sufferers
- American Thoracic Society
- June 5, 2019
- Veena Antony, MD
- ATS Concerned by Trump Administration Action to Halt NIH Fetal Tissue Intramural Research
- Cystic Fibrosis News Today
- June 3, 2019
- Steven M. Rowe, MD
- Vertex Plans to Seek Approval of VX-445 Triple Combo in US and Europe
- COPD News Today
- May 17, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Telehealth Rehabilitation Lowers Hospital Readmissions After COPD Exacerbation, Study Finds
- Newswise
- May 10, 2019
- Anand Iyer, MD
- Significant unmet mental health care needs exist in current and former smokers with COPD
- AJMC Managed Markets Network
- May 10, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Video Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation Cut Risk of 30-Day Readmission in Patients with COPD
- mHEALTH INTELLIGENCE
- May 10, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Congress Mulls Pilot Program to Treat COPD Patients Via Telehealth
- UAB News
- April 25, 2019
- Surya Bhatt, MD
- Telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation reduces 30-day readmissions
- UAB Reporter
- March 18, 2019
- Jamie Elliott and Taylor Bono
- Six honored as Outstanding Women for 2019
- UAB News
- March 18, 2019
- Derek Russell, MD
- Using bag-mask ventilation during intubation improves patient outcomes
- UAB News
- January 10, 2019
- J. Edwin Blalock, PhD, Kristopher Genschmer, PhD, Derek W. Russell, MD, Amit Gaggar, MD, PhD.,Tomasz Szul, PhD, Xin Xu, PhD, J. Michael Wells, MD, Mark Dransfield, MD
- Activated PMN exosomes are pathogenic entities that cause destruction in the COPD lung
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2018 News
- Cancer Network
- December 14, 2018
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Chemotherapy in NSCLC Patients With COPD: Do Benefits Outweigh the Risks?
- UAB News
- November 13, 2018
- Veena Antony, M.D. and Jessy Deshane, Ph.D.
- An enzyme in immune cells plays essential role in host defense against tuberculosis
- UAB News
- November 12, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- Vaping, e-cigarettes, JUULing: what parents, teens need to know
- The UAB Mix
- November 5, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- After a cystic fibrosis 'miracle,' researchers are exploring ways to reach millions more
- Birmingham Business Journal
- October 19, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- UAB researchers leading way on drug regimen battling cystic fibrosis
- UAB News
- October 18, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- New triple-combination drug should benefit the majority of patients with cystic fibrosis
- UAB News
- August 23, 2018
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Thannickal receives $8.9 million grant to continue testing of new drug for IPF
- UAB News
- August 22, 2018
- Veena Antony, M.D.
- NIH award given to study effects and potential antidotes of arsenical exposure
- UAB News
- August 6, 2018
- Steven M. Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- Acebilustat Seen to Prevent Pulmonary Exacerbations in CF Patients in Phase 2b Trial
- Pulmonary Fibrosis News
- August 3, 2018
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- NIH-Funded Consortium Will Conduct Phase 2 Trial to Assess Role of NOX Enzymes in IPF
- Birmingham Business Journal
- August 2, 2018
- Steven M. Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- Celtaxsys Announces Results of Phase 2 Trial Showing Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Pulmonary Exacerbations in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
- MD Magazine
- July 5, 2018
- Jaroslaw Zmijewski, Ph.D & Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Metformin Could Accelerate Idiothatic Pulmonary Fibrosis Reversal
- UAB News
- July 2, 2018
- Jaroslaw Zmijewski, Ph.D & Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Metformin reverses established lung fibrosis
- Birmingham Business Journal
- June 4, 2018
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB study shows improvement for emphysema patients
- UAB News
- May 25, 2018
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- New emphysema therapy improves pulmonary function
- Cision PR Newswire
- April 24, 2018
- Anand Iyer, M.D.
- UAB Medicine Partners with Guideway Care for COPD Guidance
- UAB School of Medicine
- March 9, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- New Drug Combination Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Shows Promise
- UAB News
- March 8, 2018
- Xin Xu, M.D., Ph.D., M.L.S., Derek Russell, M.D., Tomasz Szul, Ph.D., J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D., and Amit Gaggar, M.D., Ph.D.
- Exosomal MicroRNA Predicts and Protects Against Severe Lung Disease in Extremely Premature Infants
- UAB Medicine
- February 28, 2018
- Hitesh Batra, M.D.
- Barbara Frey: Lung Nodule Patient
- Pulmonology Advisor
- February 27, 2018
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Concomitant Use of Beta-Blockers, Beta-Agonists in COPD with CV Risk
- Cystic Fibrosis News Today
- February 22, 2018
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H.
- French clinical trial to be conducted at UAB with $8.9M NIH grant Vertex Begins First Phase 3 Trial Testing CF Triple Combo Therapy VX-659, Tezacaftor and Kalydeco
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2017 News
- UAB News
- November 21, 2017
- Steve Duncan, M.D., Vincent Valentine, M.D., Keith Wille, M.D., and Victoria Rusanov, M.D., Ph.D
- Experimental Therapies for an Unknown Disease Relieve a Woman’s Five-Month Suffocating Odyssey
- Medical Association of the State of Alabama
- November 3, 2017
- Jack Hasson, M.D.
- Always on the Move with Jack Hasson, M.D.
- UAB News
- November 3, 2017
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H
- New Drug Combination Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Shows Promise
- UAB News
- November 1, 2017
- Maria del Pilar Acosta Lara, M.D. and Philip O’Reilly, M.D.
- Sepsis: The Unknown Medical Emergency
- Birmingham Business Journal
- September 28, 2017
- Steven Duncan, M.D.
- UAB Study Aims to Tackle Rare Lung Disease
- Drug Discovery and Development
- July 19, 2017
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H
- Vertex Reveals Promising Data for Triple Combination Cystic Fibrosis Therapies
- Rare Disease Report
- July 19, 2017
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H
- Vertex Stock Soars Following Positive Data from 3 Different Regimens in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
- UAB News
- July 18, 2017
- Steven Rowe, M.D, M.S.P.H
- New data show three triple-combination regimens are “highly effective” for up to 90 percent of cystic fibrosis patients
- Nasdaq
- Newswise
- June 14, 2017
- J. Michael Wells
- Men's Health Week: Say Goodbye to Tobacco
- UAB News
- January 30, 2017
- Hitesh Batra, M.D. & Joseph Thachuthara-George, M.D
- UAB Launches Comprehensive Interventional Pulmonary Program
- UAB News
- January 26, 2017
- Veena Antony, M.D.
- Precision Medicine: UAB Study Creates 'Mini-Lung' to Study Effect of Pulmonary Fibrosis Drugs
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2016 News
- Doctors Lounge
- December 30, 2016
- Surya Bhatt, M.D.
- Bundled Payment Initiative Had No Effect on COPD Readmissions
- WIAT CBS 42
- November 11, 2016
- Tejaswini Kulkarni, M.D.
- Smoke From Wildfire Making It Hard to Breathe for Some Residents
- Specialty Pharmacy Times
- November 11, 2016
- William C. Bailey, M.D.
- Oxygen Treatment Ineffective for some COPD Patients
- National Institutes of Health
- October 27, 2016
- William C. Bailey, M.D.
- Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Does Not Benefit Some COPD Patients
- UAB News
- October 14, 2016
- Moon Nahm, M.D.
- Saving Lives by Making Pneumonia Vaccine Affordable
- MedicalXpress
- October 4, 2015
- Steven Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H
- Researchers Uncover A New Mechanistic Understanding of Potential Treatment for Genetic Disorders
- UAB News
- September 22, 2016
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB Study Says Exacerbations of COPD Lead to Lung Function Decline
- Specialty Pharmacy Times
- September 19, 2016
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- Exacerbations in Mild COPD Leads to Decline in Lung Function
- Clinical Advisor
- September 14, 2016
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Acute Exacerbations May Accelerate Lung Function Decline in Smokers with COPD
- EurekAlert
- September 8, 2016
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- COPD Exacerbations Lead to Lung Function Decline, Particularly Among Those with Mild COPD
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- August 6, 2016
- Joao de Andrade, M.D. & Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- "Jerry and Friends" Raise Over $7000 for UAB-ILD
- UAB News
- July 11, 2016
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- Ben Branscomb, UAB Pioneering Physician, Passes Away at 92
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- May 24, 2016
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- UAB Hosts 2nd Annual Research Summit
- UAB News
- June 8, 2016
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB Joins Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Network
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- May 24, 2016
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- Women In Pulmonary Medicine Symposium
- UAB Graduate School
- April 28, 2016
- Amit Gaggar, M.D., Ph.D.
- 15 UAB Faculty Honored for Excellence in Mentorship
- UAB School of Medicine
- April 28, 2016
- Steve Stigler, M.D.
- Stigler's Teaching Designed to Inspire Lifelong Learners
- UAB News
- April 18, 2016
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Four from UAB Named to Association of American Physicians
- UAB School of Medicine
- April 14, 2016
- Yong Zhou, Ph.D
- Personalized Mentoring Creates Win-Win Relationships in Zhou's Lab
- ABC News
- March 30, 2016
- Keith Wille, M.D
- Teen No Longer Needs Lung Transplant After 'Miracle' Recovery
- UAB News
- March 30, 2016
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman, M.D. & Keith Wille, M.D.
- Chicago Teen Who Arrived at UAB Hospital on Christmas Eve Set to Go Home After Remarkable Recovery
- Alabama Newscenter
- March 30, 2016
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman, M.D. & Keith Wille, M.D.
- Chicago Teen Who Arrived at UAB Hospital on Christmas Eve Set to Go Home After Miraculous Recovery
- UAB School of Medicine
- March 2, 2016
- George Solomon, M.D.
- New UAB Clinic for PCD Brings Hope for This Underappreciated Disease
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- February 26, 2016
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- Faculty Honored with Emeritus Status
- UAB News
- February 23, 2016
- A. Brent Carter, M.D.
- Mitophagy in macrophages is a key step toward pulmonary fibrosis
- Today
- February 17, 2016
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- Teen with Cystic Fibrosis Vows to Live Life to Fullest to Honor Organ Donor
- GlobeNewswire
- February 17, 2016
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman, M.D. & Dr. Keith Wille
- Gifts of Life: Two Families Share Joy and Pain After Rare Double-Lung and Heart Transplant
- UAB News
- February 2, 2016
- Surya Bhatt, M.D.
- Another smoking related airway condition linked to breathing issues discovered
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2015 News
- AL.com
- October 21, 2015
- Stephen Rowe, M.D., M.S.P.H
- Birmingham's Southern Research Center Wins $7.5 Million Grant for Cystic Fibrosis Research
- UAB School of Medicine
- October 15, 2015
- Kevin J. Leon, M.D.
- Leon Named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
- UAB School of Medicine
- October 12, 2015
- Veena Antony, M.D.
- UAB's Adult CF Program Wins National Quality Award
- UAB School of Medicine
- July 16, 2015
- Steven M. Rowe, M.D., MSPH
- Rowe Tapped to Lead UAB's Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- UAB School of Medicine
- July 2, 2015
- Chad Steele, Ph.D.
- Steele to Streamline Faculty Onboarding as Assistant Dean for Research Administration
- UAB News
- June 4, 2015
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Experimental Zephyr endobronchial valve provides good result in emphysema patient at UAB
- UAB School of Medicine
- May 28, 2015
- William C. Bailey, M.D.
- Bailey Given Lifetime Achievement Award
- UAB School of Medicine
- May 15, 2015
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- Four Projects Awarded Funding Through AMC21 Multi-Investigator Grants
- UAB News
- May 17, 2015
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- Studies show drug combo is effective for some cystic fibrosis patients
- UAB News
- April 27, 2015
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB secures $11 million DOD grant for COPD study
- UAB News
- April 7, 2015
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB study suggests oil dispersant used in Gulf oil spill causes lung and gill injuries to humans and aquatic animals, also identifies protective enzyme
- UAB News
- February 19, 2015
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- Medicare to cover lung cancer screening with CT scan
- UAB News
- January 28, 2015
- Joao A.M. de Andrade, M.D.
- UAB named to national pulmonary fibrosis care network
- UAB News
- January 23, 2015
- Chad Steele, Ph.D.
- UAB wins grant to study effects of fungi on asthma
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2014 News
- UAB News
- December 15, 2014
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman, M.D.
- UAB uses ECMO to save carbon monoxide victim
- Birmingham Medical News
- September 8, 2014
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- A Killing Silence
- UAB News
- May 22, 2014
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Studies shows statins no help for COPD or ARDS
- UAB School of Medicine
- April 16, 2014
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Study Outlines Why Aging May Predispose to Fibrotic Diseases
- Birmingham Medical News
- April 8, 2014
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman, M.D.
- Breath of Life
- UAB News
- March 12, 2014
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman
- ECMO can be used for treating carbon monoxide poisoning
- UAB News
- February 5, 2014
- Chad Steele, Ph.D. & Veena Antony, M.D.
- Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center yields big return for UAB
- UAB News
- January 16, 2014
- Enrique Diaz-Guzman
- UAB’s last-resort therapy saving lives during flu epidemic
- UAB News
- January 3, 2014
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB is leader in using newly recommended CT scans for lung cancer detection
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2013 News
- UAB News
- October 11, 2013
- Victor Thannickal, M.D
- UAB gets $9.7 million to find treatments for deadly lung disease pulmonary fibrosis
- UAB News
- July 19, 2013
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB offers CT scan for early detection of lung cancer
- News Medical
- March 25, 2013
- Victor Thannickal, M.D. & Yong Zhou, Ph.D
- Scientists identify potential treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- UAB News
- March 21, 2013
- Victor Thannickal, M.D. & Yong Zhou, Ph.D
- UAB researchers discover possible treatment for incurable lung disease
- News Medical
- February 23, 2013
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- UAB becomes first in America to test experimental therapy for emphysema
- UAB News
- February 20, 2013
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- UAB first in U.S. to test new emphysema procedure
- UAB News
- January 23, 2013
- Steven Rowe, M.D.
- New imaging method facilitates research into cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases
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2012 News
- UAB News
- November 1, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB first in nation to test experimental therapy for emphysema
- UAB News
- September 13, 2012
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Clean Air Initiative scientific session slated for Sept. 21
- UAB News
- September 4, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB study suggests simple CT scan can predict worsening COPD
- News Medical
- September 3, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- CT scan appears to predict risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations
- News Medical
- June 30, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Smokers with COPD may find relief with cystic fibrosis drug
- UAB News
- June 29, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Cystic fibrosis drug may be useful for treating COPD in smokers
- News Medical
- May 22, 2012
- Veena Antony, M.D.
- UAB create Program in Environmental and Translational Medicine
- UAB News
- May 21, 2012
- Veena Antony, M.D.
- Environmental health risks are focus of new UAB program
- Birmingham Medical News
- May 3, 2012
- Victor Thannickal, M.D.
- Research Funding Needed to Stop Deadly Lung Disease
- UAB News
- February 6, 2012
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- New treatment for severe asthma gets patients moving again
- UAB News
- January 31, 2012
- Steven Rowe, M.D., MSPH
- Newly approved drug for CF tested at UAB
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2011 News
- News Medical
- August 25, 2011
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- Azithromycin can effectively reduce acute COPD exacerbations
- UAB News
- August 24, 2011
- Mark Dransfield, M.D
- Commonly prescribed antibiotic reduces acute COPD attacks
- UAB News
- July 19, 2011
- Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
- UAB Hospital among 'America’s Best' in latest U.S. News & World Report
- UAB News
- April 25, 2011
- Mark Dransfield, M.D.
- UAB offers new treatment for severe asthma