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Six new faculty join the O'Neal Cancer Center
Oct 22, 2020
The O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomes six new faculty recruits: Bo-Reui Chen, Ph.D., Maya Khalil, M.D., Katia Khoury, M.D., Victor Lin, M.D., PH.D., Satoru Osuka, M.D., PH.D., and Sravanti Rangaraju, M.D.
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Allen channels passion for community service into ‘bringing out the power in other people’
Oct 22, 2020
Read more...Shauntice Allen, assistant professor of environmental health sciences, is the winner of the 2020 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award for her work to influence change in the greater Birmingham community and beyond through community engagement.
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Learning and engaging virtually: York Housing Authority leaders join more than 100 others for UAB breast cancer education forum
Oct 16, 2020
Leaders of the York Housing Authority are determined to bring essential health messages to their residents, even as they remain physically separated during the pandemic.
York, Alabama, housing employees participated in a virtual conversation this week with more than 100 other people about breast cancer detection, treatment and survivorship. “Sister Talk” was the first of two interactive virtual conversations about breast cancer presented by the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Huh named chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oct 15, 2020
Warner K. Huh, M.D., will assume the role of OBGYN chair in the UAB School of Medicine on Nov. 1.Read more... -
Larimer receives prestigious $1.5 million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Oct 14, 2020
Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D., has received a $1.5 million award to conduct research on a PET-based diagnostic tool that could identify patients who will respond to immunotherapy.Read more... -
Calm in the storm: Breast cancer survivor, health advocate brings words of serenity, motivation to airwaves
Oct 8, 2020
Loretta Herring’s soothing words of encouragement are among the last heard by thousands at the end of each night. Her commentary lasts fewer than two minutes but delivers enough solace to relieve the worries of the day.
A Community Health Advisor for the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, Herring is used to speaking at church gatherings and community events, large and small. Still, she never expected to become a welcome presence in cars and homes every evening with her “Kiss Motivational Moment.”
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Sharing, surviving, thriving: Community health leaders provide education, examples of hope in face of breast cancer
Oct 1, 2020
Cancer, including breast cancer, has been a constant presence in the life of Community Advisory Board member Nan Brown-Curtis and that of Community Health Advisor Darlene Robinson.
Her sister and niece both died of breast cancer. Her mother and two aunts were diagnosed with breast cancer as well. Her first husband died of lymphoma. Her current husband is a kidney cancer survivor and is currently fighting multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. Brown-Curtis herself is also a survivor of colorectal cancer.
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Participate in this October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month events
Oct 1, 2020
In-person and virtual activities are planned in and around Birmingham for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Read more...
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Cancer Center Magazine
Published by the Office of Community Relations and Development, the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine highlights the center's physicians, scientists and patients.
