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Bubbles, dancing, a ball that beeps: Each year, UAB health professions and education students design creative ways to exercise for Alabamians with disabilities. Discover how the student teams adapt each person’s passions into fun challenges that encourage physical activity and healthy lifestyles.
Researchers at UAB are assessing elephant fat in evaluating the species’ reproductive and overall health.
Nearly one in three breast cancer survivors suffers from poor sleep, which can lead to greater mortality.
The UAB School of Health Professions’ program is the only nuclear medicine technology program in the state of Alabama.
Fobian is interested in reducing childhood and adolescent obesity by assessing new and innovative factors that may be successful in obesity interventions.
More than 1,500 students will graduate this fall, including 83 who will receive the university’s highest degrees. An estimated 700 will walk in the commencement ceremony.
The yearlong ACDD project will train more than 200 USAF security forces and first responders to recognize and respond to people with autism or other developmental disabilities.
nycu graphic 2Toy overload is real. UAB experts have tips on how to give experiences that can engage, inspire and create lasting memories.
The Alys Stephens Center will also present a free sensory-friendly show Nov. 18. During Kevin Spencer’s residency, he will meet with patients at Children’s of Alabama and patients and students at UAB.
This grant will fully support Kendra Royston’s research work within the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biology throughout the spring of 2018.
The research supported by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will evaluate the effectiveness of different types of exercise programs for people with MS.
UAB’s School of Health Professions Junior Advisory Board is hosting its annual Dodging for Degrees dodge ball tournament Oct. 1.
UAB’s student body grew nearly 7 percent year-over-year with gains in every school, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Honors College. UAB also enrolled its largest and most academically prepared freshman class.

Once paralyzed from the neck down, Tim Alexander has become an invaluable member of the UAB Football family as a champion of the program’s return and a continuing inspiration.

Cody will participate in a three-day intensive Physician Assistant Education Association workshop in Washington, D.C.
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