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Alexa Mattheyses and Robert Grabski work on an imaging instrument at the UAB High-Resolution Imaging Facility
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

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.”

An illustration of four participants in All of Us with a doctor in a white coat standing at center
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

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.

Do-Yeon Cho, M.D., and Carly Bramel hold smell testing supplies and look at the camera in a Kirklin Clinic patient room
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

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.

A patient looks at her phone while sitting on a couch in this stock photo. On her upper arm is a small white patch that represents a continuous glucose monitor.
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

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.

Tatyana Gavrikova, Sherry Polhill and Aparna Tamhane
People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

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.

An athlete sitting on a basketball court with basketball beside him massages his knee
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

Each year, some 100,000 Americans have surgery to repair the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. But treatment and prevention best practices continue to evolve. Hear from a surgeon and a physical therapist on the latest thinking at UAB.

A clock is surrounded by an arrow in the form of a circle, pointing backward, in this graphic
In the Know • Published more than a year ago

A pandemic-era exception to UAB vacation accrual policy, originally set to expire Dec. 31, now is extended through 2023.

A copperhead snake blends in to leaves on a forest floor
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

After the emergency has passed, where can a snakebite survivor go for answers on healing? UAB’s follow-up clinic, launched in 2021, is part of a comprehensive program evaluating new diagnostics, coordinated care and other innovations.

Two UAB clinicians wearing gloves, masks and face shields are seen in UAB Hospital's COVID unit during the pandemic
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

UAB Hospital’s Clinical Practice Transformation group has developed a unique method for helping teams come together to create change and boost employee satisfaction. Although it was designed for health care, it can work in any setting, they say.

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