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Graduate student Rylie Hightower is the fifth UAB student to receive an F99/K00 grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Reid Jones, a longtime UAB Health System leader, has been named CEO of UAB Medicine.
Up to 70 percent of adults with sickle cell anemia will develop chronic kidney disease; Lebensburger’s research will address monitoring renal disease progression.
The group will provide input and guidance on how to allocate $300 million for costs related to improving technology and infrastructure in remote areas across the state.
FASEB is the largest coalition of biological and biomedical research associations in the United States.
Canon will serve as president for two years.
Girkin is the Eyesight Foundation of Alabama chair of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
UAB School of Education professor hopes to grow a national mentor program for literacy and language scholars of color.
UAB’s Gretchen Winter, M.D., shares the highs and lows of treating coronavirus patients in New York City.
Tyler Peterson has been elected to a three-year term to lead the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling.
UAB students are granted the opportunity to continue academic goals through NASA research programs.
Rodney Tucker, M.D., honored for work and care given to patients nearing the end of their lives.
Jablonski is among 55 nurse leaders and innovators who were recognized by the journal Geriatric Nursing.
The UAB School of Optometry dean has been elected to serve on a national vision research board of directors.
Jodie Dionne-Odom, M.D., will help advance global health in the UAB Center for Women’s Reproductive Health.
The guide is unique in having separate, and extensive, basic versus clinical neuroscience sections, which support each other.
ACCSAP is the American College of Cardiology’s self-assessment program covering the entire field of adult clinical cardiology. Bittner has been with UAB since 1987.
Trey Gordon is recognized for outstanding academic achievement through UAB’s Graduate School.
Kevin Harrod’s lab operates at biosafety level 3, with scientists’ wearing full-body personal protective equipment that includes their own air supplies.
UAB graduate student Maigen Sullivan has been recognized for her leadership, creativity and community-outreach impact.
O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB investigators will present pioneering research at the 56th American Society of Clinical Oncology virtual national meeting.
Dudeja is a leader in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases and chronic pancreatitis.
A UAB professor is recognized for his outstanding work in teaching and leadership.
This award recognizes Robert Oster’s numerous statistical contributions to UAB faculty, staff and students.

Amy Beard is a board-certified nurse executive with more than 24 years of extensive operational and clinical leadership experience. 

The Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame honors the 2020 class of inductees, including six from UAB.
UAB has set a new institutional record for Fulbright Scholarship finalists.
The American Board of Ophthalmology is responsible for setting high standards and developing rigorous assessments for the certification of eye physicians and surgeons in the United States.
Sick with COVID-19 herself, a UAB resident physician sews masks to help others.
UAB College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate student Rose Albert has been awarded the Udall Scholarship, one of 55 winners nationwide.
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