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November 03, 2021

Dimensions software gives faculty, staff edge in planning research investments

Any member of the UAB community can set up a free account and explore a more data-driven approach to strategic planning for research. Engineering Dean Jeffrey Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., explains how his school used Dimensions to assist in new faculty hiring.

Published in Tools & Technology

October 29, 2021

Exploring simulations, a philosopher finds clues to overcoming “failure of imagination”

Lindsay Brainard, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, delves into the tools modern scientists use to generate new hypotheses in biology, medicine, astronomy — and philosophy.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

October 28, 2021

UAB plans to keep indoor masking through 2021

UAB’s safety protocols are proving largely effective, and the university plans to continue to require masking indoors until the end of the calendar year while it monitors changes in viral transmission.

Published in Campus Safety

October 26, 2021

Roughly 90 percent of UAB employees vaccinated

Incentive reporting helped UAB get a more accurate view of its vaccinated employees — and students — and the numbers are encouraging.

Published in Campus Safety

October 22, 2021

Feeling proud: UAB researcher’s work on touch cited in 2021 Medicine Nobel Prize

Professor Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., was the first to publish direct evidence that the Piezo2 channel is the sensor for light touch in 2014. His lab continues to pioneer research that could ease the burden of chemotherapy, excruciating facial pain and other conditions.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

October 21, 2021

Rural research participants needed

Rural Research Participants Needed FSU College of Nursing invites individuals with heart failure and their care partners who live in rural areas to participate in a research project under the direction of Lucinda J. Graven, Ph.D., APRN. Care teams will partner with a registered nurse to manage daily challenges related to heart failure self-care by telephone. Compensation up to $200 per care team who complete the telehealth program. Please contact Joan Grant Keltner, Ph.D., RN at (205) 934-6527 or grantj@uab.edu. For more information, you may also use: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3IPqQs7MAPmuHpH.

Published in Clinical Trials

October 21, 2021

Open enrollment for benefits is underway

UAB’s annual open enrollment for benefits will be held Oct. 22-Nov. 8. Eligible employees can choose among dental, vision and health insurance plans, plus voluntary plan options and tax-deferred spending accounts for health and dependent care for 2022.

Published in Benefits & Policies

October 20, 2021

Study tracks how UAB students’ mental health has been affected by COVID-19 and racism

More than 1,000 students and postdocs participated, revealing high levels of stress and rates of depression across campus. These results have already sparked several new programs and initiatives; anyone can contribute ideas and perspectives following a second seminar Nov. 16.

Published in Be Healthy

October 20, 2021

Researchers identify new phase of disaster during pandemic: the sandbar

In a new paper, UAB experts in counseling and health behavior adapt the widely used Phases of Disaster Model to help colleges and universities respond to unique needs during COVID.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

October 20, 2021

Feeling stuck because of COVID? Try these four R’s to break free.

Angela Stowe, Ph.D., director of Student Counseling Services, offers ways to “grow your resiliency and make it stronger.”

Published in Be Healthy

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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.
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- Event Date April 16
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Discoveries in the Making series returns

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

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- Event Date March 10
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Darwin Day commemorates biologist’s birthday, showcases scientific research

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- Event Date February 9
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- Event Date February 16
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Panel to discuss ‘What now?’ in wake of divisive election

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- Event Date November 15
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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
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Nurses Week paintings to be auctioned to benefit Benevolent Fund
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- Event Date June 10
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How can health-care workers help stop human trafficking?
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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
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See “Downton Abbey” season 6 sneak preview at ASC
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- Event Date December 30
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BookTalk to discuss “A Place in Time"
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- Event Date November 3
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7 THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE WEEK
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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
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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
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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
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A list of things for the UAB community to see and do during the week of March 15-21.

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