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As part of the CGI U, students developed initiatives focused on health, education, poverty, environment, human rights, poverty alleviation and public health, impacting local and global communities.
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This is the first study to examine mistreatment from patients across the entire clinical team and to examine the experience of gender and sexual minorities.
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UAB experts highlight the social determinants of obesity and add to the growing body of evidence identifying potential solutions to address obesity and related conditions.
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While the mental health of many Americans worsened during the pandemic, a recent UAB study found the increase in depression and anxiety symptoms was greatest within Black, Hispanic and Asian communities.
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The grant program funds early-career faculty to advance their skills and careers across campus and beyond.
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COVID-19 changed the way we communicate, care for others, educate our children, work and more. Experts from UAB weigh in on these changes.
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Researchers from the University of Alabama of Birmingham have published results of a survey gauging Alabama physicians’ support of medical cannabis for qualified patients.
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UAB’s Haddin Forum Lecture series will host a discussion on the effects of people’s beliefs in shaping COVID reactions and experiences in the U.S. and Poland.
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Mieke Beth Thomeer, Ph.D., has received a nearly $1.3 million grant to study midlife health disparities related to motherhood.
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The UAB Haddin Forum Lecture Series will host a discussion on the effects of secondhand discrimination on the well-being of Black adults.
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Investigators are developing a telemedicine program to reduce vaccine hesitancy related to HPV and the novel coronavirus for adolescents in rural Alabama.
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Mieke Beth Thomeer, Ph.D., and Jenjira Yahirun, Ph.D., discuss how families influence health and health disparities throughout life’s course and during COVID-19.
While demand for medical cannabis products grows in the United States, a UAB study suggests health care providers are ill-equipped to provide guidance.
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UAB’s Department of Sociology continues to blaze the path forward as leading experts in the field.
A degree in sociology builds a foundation of knowledge and understanding of how and why people react in society.
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Medical sociology provides a platform for a UAB graduate to pursue a medical degree while offering insight to the minds of her patients.
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Keith was recognized for her commitment and work ethic in the field of social inequalities and health.
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For young people, being the victim of violence can lead to risky sexual behavior.
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A UAB professor has published a first-of-its-kind book on millennials and aging.
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The socioeconomic resources of parents and adult children are related to women’s mortality risk in old age.
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