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UABTeach will prepare students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics to enter careers in secondary education by enabling them to earn a teaching certificate without adding time or expense to their four-year degree program.
UAB and Enterprise Rent-A-Car have created a car-sharing program for students and employees ages 18 and older with a credit card and valid driver's license. Registered members will be able to use two Ford Focus cars parked in the Blazer Hall circle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Two days before Christmas, a Monroeville teenager became the first Alabamian to receive the world’s only subcutaneous implantable defibrillator to protect against sudden cardiac arrest. Today, 14-year-old Christian Quarles is back in school and on the A-B honor roll.
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