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Use this easy checklist to prepare for severe weather

UAB Safe stream UAB has several resources that, when coupled with personal initiatives, can help keep you safe during bad weather.

Meet the 4 clinicians whose names grace the renovated Hilton’s meeting spaces

50thShieldONLY COLOR After a $20 million renovation and rebranding, the new Hilton at UAB features conference and event facilities named for prominent figures in UAB’s history.

Bartow Arena still hosts winners

retro art stream Twenty-two years ago, the arena was rededicated in honor of men’s basketball Coach and Athletic Director Gene Bartow. Today, UAB Basketball’s winning traditions continue.

7 things to know about the campus engagement survey

UAB faculty and staff will receive an email from ModernThink with the subject line "UAB Campus Engagement Survey" Jan. 29. It will include a unique link to the survey on its secure website. Here's what you need to know.

Say It In 6 returns, open to employee submissions through Jan. 25

Five finalists and five honorable mentions from each division will be displayed during a winner’s reception in AEIVA, and three students will win cash prizes.

Holloway to design, create sculpture for systemwide art trail

The new University of Alabama System Public Art Trail will support art that enhances the visual aesthetic of each campus.

Survey says: Speak up and be heard

Everyone has an opinion, but yours is the most valuable. Share your thoughts on work and life at UAB and identify strengths and opportunities for improvement in an online survey Jan. 29- Feb.12.

Concerned about your commute? Get tips to simplify it Jan. 23

Join UAB’s TRIP Lab for an information session with CommuteSmart 2-3:30 p.m. Jan. 23 in Hill Student Center 314.

3 ways to stay safer after dark

Going out alone after dark in the city can be nerve-wracking for some, but it doesn't have to be — especially when UAB has multiple resources to help keep you safe.

More ways to prepare for performance evaluation period this year

Five new virtual, self-directed workshops on the Performance Management site offer guidance on coaching, giving feedback, goal-setting and developing people to their full potential.

Blaze moves in

Plans for new student center approved

The new center will replace the Hill University Center (HUC) at the corner of University Boulevard and 14th Street and is expected to be complete for the Fall 2015 semester.

Sugrue named top teaching assistant in nation

CengageBrain's Top TA competition allowed college students to recognize the TAs who made the greatest impacts on their educations.

UAB brand campaign gives faculty, staff tools needed for success

Brand, Web and Social Media tool kits provide standards and guidelines, downloads and forms, marketing resources and other support

UAB's new steam system will save energy, dollars

Natural gas powered district steam system goes online this month and features state-of-the-art technology

Breast cancer study seeks women for post-treatment exercise program

Unique study investigates what tools survivors need to engage in regular exercise after treatment

UAB named Birmingham’s Healthiest Employer

UAB Wellness’ Green Screens initiative cited as an example of giving employees power to improve their health

New Executive Development Program provides customized leadership growth opportunities for high-potential UAB faculty and staff

Goal of program is to ensure UAB always has a pipeline of well-prepared leaders

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Funding Opportunities

How the HSF’s General Endowment Fund awards help UAB compete on a national stage
Over its 28 years, this signature program has awarded grants totaling almost $60 million. Meet recipients and see how the HSF-GEF grants make UAB “a place where, if you have a good idea, you can find the support to make it a reality.”

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Research Findings

Largest whole-genome sequencing study in Kawasaki disease could point to precision treatment
Research by UAB genetic epidemiologist Sadeep Shrestha, Ph.D., sheds light on a mysterious condition that is now the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children in the United States.

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Discoveries & Innovations

4 cutting-edge machines powering UAB discoveries
With research awards breaking all-time records, we toured labs where high-tech tools are driving science forward.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Meet the UAB doctors protecting Alabama from killer fungi

Alabama is a hotbed for fungal diseases — which is why experts in treating and tracking problematic fungi gravitate to UAB. This is great news for Alabamians as killer fungi become a worldwide threat.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Five lessons from the first five years of the All of Us Research Program
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.

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Research Findings

Fatal crashes rose in Alabama over past 3 years, new UAB study finds
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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Amid global ChatGPT obsession, UAB conference examines AI’s role in advancing health care and research
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.

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Research Findings

A neonatologist chooses to become a machine-learning expert to improve patient outcomes
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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

“Dr. Impossible” aims to bring brain tech to the people
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.

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Training & Development

Collat Professional Ed partners with researchers on leadership and professional development academy

The goal is to offer career development opportunities for all members of the NSF-funded IISAGE grant, led by Associate Professor Nicole Riddle, Ph.D., in the Department of Biology.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Why do super-agers skew female? These researchers are drilling into the hottest hypotheses.
In a search that encompasses geckos, bats, sex-switching fish and more, the NSF-funded IISAGE team is seeking data to explain lopsided lifespans. A key question: How much wiggle room is there in aging?

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Discoveries & Innovations

This med student is on a mission to make tattoo inks safe

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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Innovation Institute hosts country’s first metahealth symposium, Feb. 28
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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Four high-tech health devices being tested at UAB now

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

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Discoveries & Innovations

3 UAB chemists break down their formulas for fighting cancer
New treatments emerging from the labs in the Department of Chemistry rely on split-second timing, tiny cargo bubbles and supercomputer-powered predictions.

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Funding Opportunities

What you need to know about the new NIH data management and sharing policy

Beginning Jan. 25, 2023, the National Institutes of Health will implement a new data management and sharing policy, which will increase the rigor, reproducibility and transparency of research and create open access to data.

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Grants Awarded

Major NIAID grant brings cutting-edge equipment to UAB for research on COVID and more

UAB scientists will have a new arsenal of state-of-the-art, high-end technology for their investigations in infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness through a $4.3 million scientific equipment grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Researchers hack adaptive cruise control, then show how to make it safer

Driver assistance tech that comes standard on new vehicles can be tricked into causing accidents — but there is a way to alert humans in time. A UAB grad student and his mentor will share their findings this month at a global conference.

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Discoveries & Innovations

First-of-its-kind scan tracks immune invaders to explore puzzling brain diseases
Patients with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome will soon be able to enroll in the clinical trial of a PET agent that can capture evidence of brain infiltration by white blood cells and could eventually guide treatment.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Salt boosts blood pressure for some people. UAB study asks: Who?
By alternating high-salt and low-salt diets, a new clinical trial aims to find out how common salt sensitivity of blood pressure is in the general population. The researchers are also exploring whether the immune system plays a role.

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Research Findings

Study: Expert-led discussions change student perceptions of COVID vaccines
After undergraduates in introductory biology courses talked with an epidemiologist and a physician specializing in infectious diseases, 60% who initially said they would not get vaccinated had changed their minds.

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Grants Awarded

More faculty share the stories behind their development grants
Plant-based diets, biased language in the courts and the trouble with night lights: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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Funding Opportunities

Apply for fellowship to explore careers in technology transfer, commercialization

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Innovate Fellows program are trained and compensated to evaluate new inventions on campus through market, prior art and patent analyses to assess commercial merit.

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Grants Awarded

Four faculty share the stories behind their development grants

A civil rights field experience, safer MRI scans, investigating college stress and implementing a massive genetic test for cancer: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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Grants Awarded

22 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The UAB Faculty Development Grant Program supports junior faculty with funding to pursue research, creative works and scholarly activity.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Researchers pioneering long-read sequencing studies explain why long reads matter
New technologies are filling in gaps in the human genome and opening major areas for discovery. Zechen Chong, Ph.D., and Robert Kimberly, M.D., explain the pros and cons and how they are using long reads at UAB.

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Research Findings

Despite gains in bone marrow transplant survival, late mortality still a concern, study finds
Research led by UAB’s Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship finds that patients who received BMT using their own cells over the past three decades lived on average seven years fewer than peers, but newer strategies have narrowed the mortality gap.

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Research Findings

‘Motor-gaming’ stroke tele-therapy matches in-person results at much lower cost, study finds
A “flipped” approach to therapy using video games and short, motivational telehealth visits could spread the benefits of stroke rehabilitation far more widely.

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Research Findings

Why do students choose immunology? New study answers questions on a crucial pipeline
Researchers explore how to help budding scientists fall in love with a field that is incredibly important but can be “very overwhelming” to start.

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Discoveries & Innovations

UAB study: Could this five-second obesity management strategy keep the pounds off?
American adults tend to gain a pound or two per year. Researchers are testing a new approach to halt this creeping weight gain. They give participants a digital scale that graphs their weight over time and one job: step on it daily.

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Discoveries & Innovations

This long-running study proves that nice people finish first
More than 100 different UAB researchers have been first authors on papers based on the REGARDS study thanks to its innovative design — and a uniquely “friendly and welcoming team.”

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Grants Awarded

Using AI to translate old code and fix aging computer systems
UAB computer scientists are contributing to a DARPA-funded initiative with artificial intelligence-based programming languages that allow humans to understand the “safety and correctness of code in the wild.”

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Research Findings

Study provides ‘critical information’ for treating childhood cancer patients with COVID

The largest registry of U.S. children with cancer who were diagnosed with COVID-19 found an increased risk of having severe infection and having their cancer therapy modified because of COVID, underscoring the urgency of vaccinations for these children, the authors say.

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Discoveries & Innovations

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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

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.

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Discoveries & Innovations

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.

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Grants Awarded

ZAMBAMA grant leverages ‘reverse innovation’ to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and improve HIV outcomes
Researchers from UAB’s Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention are collaborating with colleagues in Africa on a $5.8-million study to translate effective approaches from Zambia to rural Alabama — and vice versa.

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Grants Awarded

Helping teachers see the beauty in Black language
Teaira McMurtry, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Education, is using funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program to provide Alabama teachers with tools, strategies and lesson plans to understand the power of Black language.

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Grants Awarded

1850s horror Twitter, recursive propaganda, mapping mutations: Faculty grants seed new projects and nurture careers
Projects selected for the UAB Faculty Development Grants Program offer an intriguing look into the creativity and range of research and scholarship on campus.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Hackathon yields AI-inspired ideas to fight cancer
Twelve teams competed for cash and prizes across two action-packed days in the AI Against Cancer hackathon. This is the third iteration of the UAB-sponsored event, which applies big data and artificial intelligence techniques to fight disease.

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