The $20 million National Science Foundation award will help UAB and eight other Alabama-based universities build research infrastructure. UAB’s share will be about $2 million.
The drug inhibits the kinase Cdk5, found in mature neurons. Cdk5 has long been implicated in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions, but previous inhibitors have largely failed to reach the brain through the blood-brain barrier.
After receiving monetary support to continue his education at UAB, Shegun Otulana and his wife, Mary, want to pay it forward to future UAB students.
Clinical trials serve as the bridge between research and patient care. Learn more about clinical trials, who can participate and why they play a vital role in cancer research.
UAB Emergency Medicine physicians provides tips on dealing with bug bites and stings.
Departments across UAB are now accepting registrations for their 2022 summer camps.
The steering committee will work to shorten the time of diagnosis for complex lung diseases.
Known for his warm baritone vocals, Porter’s earthy, cross-pollinated brand of jazz, soul and gospel makes him a gifted singer of standards as well as more contemporary soul.
A group of donors banded together to support underrepresented students in the UAB Department of Engineering through a scholarship.
More veteran students are seeking help from UAB’s Student Veterans Services, including Obie Carnathan, a Marine who, with mentorship from director Walter C. Stewart III, is helping others.
In honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month, UAB experts provide six ways to improve mental health.
Kaylee Crockett, Ph.D., a clinical health psychologist at UAB, provides tips on how to take care of one’s mental health while using social media.
This discovery validates siderophore secretion as a drug target in tuberculosis and reveals a new mechanism for putative drugs. Many tuberculosis bacteria are highly resistant to multiple antibiotics.
UAB’s Isabel Scarinci will be honored as the first recipient of the TogetHER for Health’s Trailblazer of the Year Award.
Students in the UAB Public Relations Council of Alabama/Public Relations Student Society of America chapter won an unprecedented 46 individual student awards, including Chapter of the Year and Student of the Year.
Five Blazers will work, live with and learn from people in their host countries during their time in the Fulbright program.
Nearly all of the 344 residents in Panola, Alabama, received vaccination shots.
ArtPlay was recognized as an arts education champion with the Making A Difference award, and the Inclusion Award was given to UAB Arts in Medicine for its positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities.
A UAB doctor explains what contrast imaging is and why it is important.
May is National Allergy and Asthma Month, and one UAB pulmonology and allergy specialist explains how to better control asthma and allergy symptoms.