An independent life for spina bifida patients is still possible, thanks to programs like the UAB Transitional Spina Bifida Clinic.
The effort led by UAB is projected to receive $17 million from NIH to support up to four years of patient follow-up.
The 2022 winners were announced Saturday, Oct. 23, during halftime at the UAB Homecoming game.
The life sciences fund will focus on development of early-stage UAB technologies and startup companies.

Release of TT-10 from nanoparticles improved heart function after a heart attack, accompanied by increased cardiomyocyte proliferation and smaller infarct size.

Overcoming perceived barriers such as work/life balance in the field is a key part of recruiting more women into orthopaedic surgery.
The final tag design, created by UAB graduate Sydney Williams, features a red-shouldered hawk in a long-leaf pine; both are native to Alabama.
Community members can visit 11th Ave Church of God in Christ in Kingston from 9:30-11:30 a.m., on October 27.
Students and community members can learn how they can be included in shaping the future of health care for generations to come by joining us for an All of Us Research Program enrollment event.

UAB’s Standaert elected vice president of a leading neurological professional organization.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is partnering with UAB Athletics as part of their KICK COVID program to host a vaccine clinic Saturday, Oct. 23, at Protective Stadium.
On Oct. 21, 2021, The American announced that UAB will join the American Athletic Conference, as momentum and success continue to build across UAB and in the Department of Athletics.
Internationally renowned researcher named UAB’s newest endowed chair in healthy aging through partnership with Protective Life.
UAB’s Erin DeLaney, M.D., shares tips to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and flu this Halloween.
Art students from UAB partnered with art students from Hewitt-Trussville, Woodlawn and Mortimer Jordan high schools to create the works, which reflect on the monarch butterfly’s migration.

Join UAB’s Dr. Mona Fouad to hear a discussion on implicit and explicit bias in the field of science and medicine. 

The collaboration puts UAB experts on the ground in Zambia to strengthen research and public health capacity and address major global health challenges.

Kristine Hopkins, professor in the UAB School of Optometry, has received the 2021 Educator of the Year award from the Alabama Optometric Association.

Because the beam of photons is so tightly focused, proton therapy has little effect on surrounding healthy tissue, making it especially beneficial for young patients.