Displaying items by tag: school of medicine

Learners can get hands-on practice in everything from birthing to crisis management, to tricky conversations at the Office of Interprofessional Simulation’s Simulation Center in Volker Hall.
Published in Teaching & Learning
Hold better meetings, avoid cognitive blind spots, laugh or just be swept away by a great story. The fall semester may be right around the corner; but there’s always time to pick up a good book.
Published in Learning & Development
The UA System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to Ravi Bhatia, Heith Copes, Craig Elmets, Denise A. Gainey, Jeffrey D. Kerby, Farah D. Lubin, Jean-François Pittet and Martin E. Young and the rank of University Professor to Peter S. Hendricks during its meetings in April and June 2023.
Published in Awards & Honors
The Virtual Anatomy Lab, created by a faculty member and a graduate student who is about to begin medical school, brings together a wealth of resources and study tools, from textbooks to podcasts.
Published in Teaching & Learning
How the ambitious NIH initiative is turning precision medicine dreams into reality for hundreds of thousands of Americans left behind by previous studies — and where it is going next.

Flash radiation therapy delivers an ultra-fast, ultra-high burst that has the same deadly effect on tumors with fewer side effects for patients.

Published in Advances
Kayla Evans, Damian Schwartz and Brigitte Vola are the second-quarter 2023 honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program, which honors those whose work exemplifies and embodies Forging the Future’s shared values. Nominations for third-quarter 2023 honorees are open through Aug. 23.
Published in Awards & Honors
Despite fewer drivers on Alabama roadways and a decline in injuries per accident, fatal crashes rose over the three years from 2020 through 2022, according to a new analysis by UAB researchers published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Published in Research Findings
Using machines at UAB Libraries or in their own units, staff, students and faculty are making tools for their research projects, classrooms and HVAC units campuswide. See their work and find out how you can get started.
Published in Tools & Technology
Experts at ATTIS 2023 shared reports from the front lines, including how they are using ChatGPT in their labs, the need for regulation and why this is a “tremendous time” for health care.
With data from 25,000 deliveries at UAB, Vivek Shukla, M.D., aims to predict which fetal heart rates are cause for concern. He is also earning a Ph.D. in engineering to bridge the gap between clinicians and data scientists.
Published in Research Findings

Karen Cropsey, Psy.D., director of UAB’s Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention, served on an expert panel studying the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

Published in Achievements
Take a trip into the Alabama BRAIN Lab in UAB’s Spain Rehabilitation Center, where a team led by neuroengineer Jamie Tyler, Ph.D., is working with patient groups to test promising neuromodulation treatments for chronic pain, insomnia and more.
This eye-opening experience is more popular than ever. Hear from faculty on how they incorporate the two-hour sim, now fully online, in their courses for undergraduates, graduates and professionals.
Published in Teaching & Learning

A chemical mystery drew Matthew Kiszla into tattoo research: Why are red inks most likely to cause rashes and other reactions? Now he is working to analyze commercial inks and looking for collaborators both scientific and artistic.

Toby W. Tripp, Andrew B. Crouse and Carin Mayo are the first-quarter 2023 honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program, which honors those whose work exemplifies and embodies Forging the Future’s shared values. Nominations for second-quarter 2023 honorees are open through May 24.

Published in Awards & Honors

Key takeaways on retraining the nose after COVID, a drug that can take away persistent bad smells and more from Do-Yeon Cho, M.D., director of UAB’s Comprehensive Smell and Taste Clinic.

Published in Advances
Continuous glucose monitors are “such a useful and impactful behavior modification tool” that half of his patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes now use these devices, said Fernando Ovalle, M.D., director of UAB’s Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Diabetes Clinic. Learn how data leads to better decisions and better control of diabetes.
Published in Advances

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees voted to appoint one chair and three professors to endowed positions during its Feb. 3 meeting. Those honored are Jeffery Walker, Lewis Shi, Farah Lubin and Brant Wagener.

Published in Achievements

Discoveries led by Casey Weaver, M.D., revealed a new commander of the immune system and a new class of therapies for autoimmune diseases. In 2022, Weaver was elected to the National Academy of Sciences — now he has been selected for the academic medical center’s highest faculty honor.

Published in Awards & Honors
The event will explore a future of health care that “is going to be anchored in the metaverse” and be the first such symposium to be held both live and in the metaverse itself, according to Rubin Pillay, M.D., Ph.D., executive director of the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation.

Tatyana Gavrikova, Sherry Polhill and Aparna Tamhane are the fourth-quarter 2022 honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program, which honors those whose work exemplifies and embodies Forging the Future's shared values. Nominations for first-quarter 2023 honorees are open through Feb. 28.

Published in Awards & Honors

UAB continues to implement its Campus Master Plan through new facilities and renovations to enhance instruction, research, technology and student life. Some are under construction and others are in planning stages; these include an update to the Unity Park green space, seven new buildings and a new parking deck.

Published in Campus News

Take a look at new technologies being studied at UAB for treatment of depression, sleep apnea, traumatic brain injury and tic disorders.

Scientists participating in the UAB Green Labs program explain why they take part, the biggest changes they made and how it has affected their labs.
Published in Sustainability
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