November 2014 - The Reporter
February 25, 2014
Nominations open for Norwood Award
Nominate someone for the annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences by June 27. Details are online at www.soph.uab.edu. The winner will receive a cash prize and deliver an invited lecture Sept. 9.
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Action Required
February 25, 2014
New procedure can help some patients avoid bypass surgery for chronic total occlusion
UAB is among the few heart centers in the United States to use a new minimally invasive method to unblock chronic total occlusions for the treatment of refractory chest pain. The new treatment may help prevent qualifying patients from needing bypass surgery, which is more invasive and involves a longer recovery time.
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Patient Care
February 25, 2014
Give help, hope during Benevolent Fund campaign
UAB hopes to help "Build the Future Now" with its Benevolent Fund faculty and staff campaign. The campaign is currently underway and will run through the spring. This year's goal is $1.85 million, slightly more than the $1.82 million donation total from this past year.
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Get Involved
February 24, 2014
Visiting scholar Leon Botstein to conduct performance
Leon Botstein, Ph.D., the 2014 Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Distinguished Visiting Scholar, will conduct a special, free performance of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra March 13. Watch his interview with Stephen Colbert on "The Colbert Report."
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Events
February 24, 2014
Kelly Nichols to become next dean of Optometry
Kelly K. Nichols, O.D., Ph.D., one of the world’s leading vision scientists in the area of dry eye disease, will be the next dean of the School of Optometry. She will assume the role June 25.
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Faculty Appointments
James Rimmer, Ph.D., the Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences, has been named to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Science Board. He is the first researcher with a focus on the fitness of people with disabilities to be named to the prestigious post.
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Faculty Appointments
February 21, 2014
Callahan Eye Hospital Clinic opens two satellite locations
Two new satellite locations — at Medical West in Bessemer and St. Vincent’s Hospital — will provide comprehensive care for a variety of ocular conditions. Make an appointment at www.uabmedicine.org/eyeclinic.
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Patient Care
February 21, 2014
"Positive" is a memoir and manifesto about HIV and American health care
In "Positive," Michael S. Saag, M.D., offers a behind-the-scenes story of the AIDS epidemic and "how, by people pulling together for a common cause, we converted HIV from a near-certain death sentence into a chronic, manageable condition." Saag, director of the UAB's Center for AIDS Research, also shines a light on dysfunctions of the U.S. health-care system and proposes remedies drawn from his distinguished medical career.
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Research & Scholarship
February 21, 2014
Campaign for UAB: Surgeon James Kirklin leads by example
James K. Kirklin, M.D., is a leader when it comes to giving. His gifts have created a heart transplant fund, visiting professorship, endowed fund in mechanical circulatory support and support for the Alys Stephens Center. Philanthropy, Kirklin says, “is an opportunity to invest in missions that have captivated my professional life."
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The Campaign for UAB
February 20, 2014
RA Research Update: Call for posters
UAB's annual research update on rheumatoid arthritis will be held March 19. Professor V. Michael Holers, M.D., of University of Colorado, Denver, will deliver the keynote at noon. General sessions begin at 1:30 p.m., and poster sessions follow at 5 p.m. To present a poster, send a one-page abstract by 5 p.m. March 14 to sledbetter@uab.edu. Details online.
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Research & Scholarship
