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November 2014 - The Reporter

February 05, 2014

Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center yields big return for UAB

In the six years since its creation, the center has parlayed an initial investment of $140,000 from the UAB School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Southern Research Institute into nearly $10 million in extramural research funding, which has helped recruit new faculty and produce new knowledge in treating lung injury.

Published in Research & Scholarship

February 05, 2014

Variety show featuring SOM students to raise funds for Equal Access Birmingham

Students for the UAB School of Medicine will take the stage Feb. 28 at the Alabama Theatre for The Best Medicine Show. The annual philanthropic event showcases students' creative sides with short digital films, music an dance. Proceeds from the event go to Equal Access Birmingham, a student-run program that operates a free primary care clinic for underserved people in the Birmingham area. Visit www.bestmedicineshow.com to purchase tickets or find more information.

Published in Events

February 05, 2014

Career & Professional Development brings faculty into the conversation as partners

HealthSouth corporate recruiters and faculty with various UAB programs met recently to discuss recruiting needs and explore ways to promote teamwork, creative thinking and career success for UAB students. This is a new approach for UAB Career & Professional Development, which traditionally had been viewed as a place to get your resume critiqued or to look at jobs posted online.

Published in Learning & Development

February 05, 2014

New ‘living document’ provides real-time guidance for treating Hep C

Professor Michael Saag, M.D., and colleagues created HCVguidelines.org, to ensure recommendations can be updated as soon as new data emerge and new therapies are approved. Hepatitis C virus is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Published in Patient Care

February 03, 2014

Mack named Employee of the Month

Called a wonderful leader and an outstanding motivator by her co-workers, LaKisha Mack exemplifies what it means to be UAB employee. Mack, operation manager in the Department of Medicine, has been named January's Employee of the Month.

Published in Awards & Honors

February 03, 2014

UAB IT: Being a target doesn't have to make you a victim

An entire cyber-crime economy has emerged, which is constantly improving its tactics and becoming more effective and efficient. The first step in protecting yourself is to understand you are a target. Read more in IT's February newsletter.

Published in Tools & Technology

February 03, 2014

UAB researchers collaborate to establish new imaging method

Experimental tools for determining how, when and why particular tissue or organ molecules act in the body were not sophisticated enough to determine exactly where they are produced or where they accumulate to function. Until now. The UAB-created matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization imaging mass spectrometry, or MALDI-IMS, has implications in critical research initiatives for many diseases, including cancer, chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases and age-related degenerative diseases.

Published in Research & Scholarship

January 31, 2014

Many give thanks to those who offered help, shelter during storm

UAB became a haven for faculty, staff, students and strangers who couldn't make it home after unexpected snow quickly turned to ice Tuesday, making safe travel near impossible. Here are some heartfelt messages of thanks to those who offered help and shelter during the storm.

Published in Behind the Scenes

January 31, 2014

Blazers stuck on campus during winter storm help each other, others

An unexpected two inches of snow quickly turned to ice and left many faculty, staff, students, travelers, patients and family members stranded and in need of food and shelter this week. That’s no small feat when you realize that if UAB were a city — its daily population would rank among the state’s top 20 largest.

Published in Behind the Scenes

January 30, 2014

UAB Behind the Scenes

We want to inspire and encourage people to seek out imaginative ways to use their time and talents to serve others. And we want to celebrate the service of UAB faculty, staff and students who reach across classes, cultures and continents into inner-city classrooms, rural clinics and far corners of the globe to make a better world for us all. Tell us how you are making a difference.

Published in Behind the Scenes

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Events
Attend a showcase to promote diversity in food service purchasing
UAB event planners and purchasing decision-makers can see how to make small decisions that make a big impact.
- Event Date September 20
posted a while back 6035 views
Events
Hear practical tips for building a more inclusive UAB

Stefanie Johnson will discuss her research on the intersection of leadership, entrepreneurship and diversity and suggest ways to mitigate unconscious bias.
- Event Date April 16
posted a while back 5775 views
Events

Discoveries in the Making series returns

Learn what UAB graduate students and postdocs are uncovering in their research during two events this month.

posted a while back 5629 views
Events
Ireland visiting scholar Daniel Beaty to speak, perform March 10

Beaty will speak and perform his critically acclaimed, off-Broadway solo play, “Emergency,” 4 p.m. March 10 in the ASC.
- Event Date March 10
posted a while back 7969 views
Events
Darwin Day commemorates biologist’s birthday, showcases scientific research

A movie, panel discussion, art exhibition and noted lecturers are among the events planned to commemorate the birth of Charles Darwin and celebrate scientific research in evolutionary biology and other disciplines.
- Event Date February 9
posted a while back 8502 views
Events
UAB to host 'Stand as One' forum
The program, “Stand as One: Empowering Marginalized Voices in Birmingham," is a free public event hosted by UAB Institute for Human Rights. All are welcome.
- Event Date February 16
posted a while back 10814 views
Events
Panel to discuss ‘What now?’ in wake of divisive election

UAB and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will bring together a diverse panel of citizens and community leaders to discuss the importance of civil discourse, and how it can be practiced in our daily lives, during a free public event 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in Heritage Hall Room 106.
- Event Date November 15
posted a while back 6691 views
Events
Watts to deliver encore presentation of the State of the University

President Ray Watts will highlight UAB’s groundbreaking accomplishments in all areas of its mission, plus the strategic planning and key new facilities that are part of an updated Campus Master Plan.
- Event Date October 25
posted a while back 7735 views
Events
Nurses Week paintings to be auctioned to benefit Benevolent Fund
Online bidding begins June 10 on the UAB Benevolent Fund website, and a “buy now” option is available.
- Event Date June 10
posted a while back 7244 views
Events
How can health-care workers help stop human trafficking?
Rochelle Rollins, Ph.D., acting deputy director for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office on Trafficking in Persons, will discuss the importance and role of health-care workers in combating this crime 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 29 in Spain Auditorium.
posted a while back 3015 views
Events
Get some “Holiday Soul” with Eric Essix and 5 Men on a Stool
Following the success of their last show, Essix will once again perform his handpicked collection of soulful “songs of the season” and audience favorites with the harmonious Atlanta super-group.
- Event Date December 13
posted a while back 2483 views
Events
See “Downton Abbey” season 6 sneak preview at ASC
Seating is first-come, first-served for this free event; ASC members may reserve premium seating and enjoy a free reception. This sneak preview is presented in conjunction with Alabama Public Television.
- Event Date December 30
posted a while back 1577 views
Events

7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK
Things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of Oct. 25-31.

posted a while back 9333 views
Events
BookTalk to discuss “A Place in Time"
Join Assistant Professor Randy Blythe for a discussion of “A Place in Time —Twenty Stories of the Port William” by Wendell Berry, 6 p.m. in the Sterne Library Director’s Conference Room. UAB BookTalk meets monthly, and all are welcome. A list of upcoming dates and books are online.
- Event Date November 3
posted a while back 1736 views
Events

7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK
Things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of Oct. 18-24.

posted a while back 9429 views
Events

7 THINGS TO KNOW
A list of things to see and do for the UAB community during the week of Sept. 27- Oct. 3.

posted a while back 11674 views
Events
Plan to attend, present at annual exercise medicine symposium

UAB Center for Exercise Medicine will hold its annual symposium highlighting research and training 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept 25 in the Children's Harbor Bradley Lecture Center. Details and registration information are online.
- Event Date September 25
posted a while back 9876 views
Events
UAB to host top names in infectious disease research
Four of the most influential researchers in the field of infectious diseases in the world will be here.
- Event Date June 3
posted a while back 6324 views
Events
Explore the future of lab-made organs and printed tissues April 22
Anthony Atala, M.D., developer of the first lab-grown organ to be implanted into a human, to talk about the future of printing human tissue on demand.
- Event Date April 22
posted a while back 8152 views
Events

7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK

A list of things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of March 15-21.

posted a while back 10205 views

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