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UAB Continuous Performance Management Process - Circular Diagram This diagram illustrates UAB's year-round performance management cycle, represented as a circular flow with four quarterly stages: Q1: Performance Check-In (shown in dark green at top right) - above the arrow, smaller text reads "Regular One-on-Ones" Q2: Performance Check-In (shown in medium green at bottom right) Q3: Performance Check-In (shown in yellow/gold at bottom left) - above the arrow, smaller text reads "Regular One-on-Ones" Q4: Annual Performance Evaluation (shown in dark green at top left) The stages are connected by curved arrows moving clockwise, emphasizing the continuous, cyclical nature of the process. The center of the diagram displays "UAB Continuous Performance Management Process" as the core concept that all four stages support.
Research & Innovation • Published 10 months ago

Hear from members of the first cohort of this new program from the Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Then check out the beta versions of their software tools for better workplace communication and AI-powered research summaries. 

Closeup of the UAB Patent Coin in transparent case held by a model wearing a white lab coat
Research & Innovation • Published 11 months ago

Forty UAB inventors were named on 17 patents in fiscal year 2024. Through the new patent coin recognition program from UAB’s Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, these faculty and staff, along with patent holders moving forward, are receiving special tokens honoring their hard work and dedication.

John F. Kearney, Ph.D.
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

John F. Kearney, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor in Immunology in the Department of Microbiology, will be honored for five decades of service to UAB on April 8.

Kathy Nugent, Ph.D.
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., executive director of the UAB Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will lead efforts to advance and align biotechnology research, innovation and commercialization, driving economic development and job creation in Birmingham and across Alabama. 

A baby in UAB's Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit in 2023, with a heart rate monitor partially visible
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

After studying thousands of hours of data from heart rate monitors, UAB clinician-researchers developed algorithms to predict when a baby’s heart rate will drop to unsafe levels in the NICU. With funding from UAB’s Harbert Institute, they will now conduct a clinical trial of a device they have created to intervene automatically.

Charles Elson, M.D., seen in white coat
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Charles Elson, M.D., has developed an “antivaccine” that could remove the faulty memory cells that drive this autoimmune disorder. He launched ImmPrev Bio, Inc., in order to reach a first-in-human clinical trial.

Lori Edmonds, Ph.D.
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Lori Edmonds, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Education, has an idea to combat teacher burnout as it becomes a major issue in classrooms nationwide.

Anath Shalev, M.D., wearing a white coat, poses seated in her lab
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Anath Shalev, M.D., did everything she could to change treatment for Type 1 diabetes from her lab, but getting to first-in-human trials meant taking a step she had always resisted. The most surprising thing about launching a startup, though? “I have enjoyed it.”

People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Five years after he retired from the OR, cardiothoracic surgeon James K. Kirklin, M.D., is starting a new company that will leverage his team’s research on advanced statistics and machine-learning algorithms to track and predict outcomes for high-risk patients.

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