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20 profs presented Excellence in Mentorship Awards

Twenty professors from 17 departments received the 2012 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship.

Published in Awards & Honors

Professor Trigg latest to be memorialized on Wall of Honor

Trigg latest from UAB family to be memorialized on the Hill University Center's Wall of Honor.

Published in Awards & Honors

New courses, minor added to Public Health offerings

Two new undergraduate Public Health courses focus on environmental exposures and their impact on human health.

Published in Learning & Development

Bennett inspires faculty, staff and students in SOPH

Bennett’s commitment faculty, staff and students and his community outreach endeavors, has earned him the Employee of the Month honor.

Published in Awards & Honors

GeoSentinel finds E. coli not big concern for travelers

Traveler's Health Clinic Director David Freedman says concerns the Germany strain of E. Coli will spread in America are minimal.

Published in Research & Scholarship

Gulf seafood is safe, but more monitoring is needed

Seafood from the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coastlines is safe for consumption according to federal testing.

Published in Research & Scholarship

UAB works to help its own, community

UAB faculty, staff and students responded to those in need in the aftermath of the April 27 tornadoes, and they know more work will need to be done in the coming months.

Published in Outreach

Energy-use policy must balance benefits, risks of sources

Julia Gohlke investigates the link between coal consumption, electricity use and health to weigh the implications for energy policy.
Published in Research & Scholarship

Mathworks site license to boost UAB’s research power

UAB is Alabama’s first university to employ the total TAH license giving unlimited use of MATLAB in both teaching and research activities.
Published in Academics

Support group formed for rare syndrome for females

Dori Pekmezi recently discovered the state’s first Turner’s syndrome support group and now is promoting an upcoming April meeting.
Published in Patient Care

Kohler earns national award for excellence in mentoring

Connie Kohler has mentored students for the past 15 years and she admits to possessing an affinity for explaining things to other people.
Published in Awards & Honors

Gulf oil spill: Five priority study areas advised

The Institute of Medicine’s Expert Committee has pointed to five areas to address in the Gulf oil spill disaster.
Published in Research & Scholarship

Study focuses on factors influencing children’s behavior

The Healthy Passages project will assess health behaviors in children — from physical activity and nutrition to violence.
Published in Research & Scholarship

Born to run? UAB studies influence of genes on exercise

The TIGER Study, led by Molly Bray, will investigate the influence of variation in DNA sequence on body fatness and fitness.
Published in Research & Scholarship

Tucker’s research changed the treatment of addictions

Jalie Tucker received the Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service from the American Psychological Association.
Published in Awards & Honors

GWA Test Driver expands researchers’ calculating power

The new GWA Test Driver enables researchers to test-drive combinations of prospective designs and analyses and produce reports containing publication-quality plots and tables of power analyses and sample-size calculations ready to include in manuscripts and grant applications.
Published in Research & Scholarship

UAB is one of 14 emergency response learning centers

UAB faculty and staff have been training organizations and first responders — ranging from law enforcement officials to first receivers to veterinarians — for a decade through the Center for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP). The organization includes a partnership with Tulane University and the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Published in Extramural Awards
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  • UAB This Week: Aug. 10 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: Aug. 10

    This week is all about progress: Opening of the new UAB Police headquarters, mixing personal medicine and politics and revealing the beauty of Collat's "Steps to Success." See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2653 views
  • UAB This Week: Aug. 3 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: Aug. 3

    This week, UAB is on the move. Teens tackle dangerous driving habits in a simulator, a new Blazer-themed locomotive takes to the tracks and summer graduates prepare to launch Aug. 10-11. See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2791 views
  • UAB This Week; July 27 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week; July 27

    This week is all about making strides. The UAB Kidney Chain passed 100 transplants. Students showcased their work in the summer EXPO. And football fans got a peek inside the upcoming season. See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2420 views
  • UAB This Week: July 20 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: July 20

    This week, high school students learn how to be cyber detectives, WBRC FOX6 pays it forward to an artist-in-residence on campus and two online degrees earn honors. See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2480 views
  • UAB This Week: July 13 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: July 13

    This week, a common blood pressure drug is revealed to be an effective therapy for Type I diabetes, a team from NSF is helping faculty and staff better understand how to commercialize their technology and work on the new intramural fields is nearly complete. See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2670 views
  • UAB This Week UAB This Week
    UAB This Week

    This week is all about getting our hands on the missing As, Bs and Os, getting a handle on the heat and putting our hands together for a great season of performances to come at the Alys Stephens Center. See it online. All in one video.

    posted a while back 2789 views
  • UAB THIS WEEK: June 8 UAB This Week
    UAB THIS WEEK: June 8

    This week is all about being being young and highly accomplished, working together to deliver on the promise of tomorrow and making fun and fitness attractive.

    posted a while back 2683 views
  • UAB This Week: June 1 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: June 1

    This week, docs and vets team up to test therapies that could benefit mankind — and its best friends. The police chief tries his hand at demolition derby, and the city's food trucks are ready for their close-up on the Food Network. Learn more all in one video. Catch up in about a minute.

    posted a while back 2850 views
  • UAB This Week: May 25 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: May 25
    UAB Medicine's robotic surgery program — a national leader — celebrates a milestone 10,000 procedures an UAB Hospital earns accolades for its commitment to providing an outstanding patient experience. Better still, a lung transplant gives a teen the chance to graduate high school and live a more normal life.
    posted a while back 2721 views
  • UAB This Week: May 18 UAB This Week
    UAB This Week: May 18

    This week is all about working together — to combat a physician shortage, accelerate medical breakthroughs and promote college readiness. Learn more all in one video. Catch up in about a minute.

    posted a while back 2770 views

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