School of Public Health News
Student Spotlight Q&A: Olivia Blanton, MPH
Student Spotlight Q&A: Kashfi Pandit
Dr. Meredith Gartin elected Co-Chair of CUGH Education Committee
Public Health student tackles food insecurity with help from Live HealthSmart Alabama
Master of Science in Global Health students attend “glocal” health symposium in Canada
Honoring a pioneer in metabolic health
The Center for the Study of Community Health welcomes new director
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Ph.D., appointed to the Quetelet Endowed Professorship in Public Health
Black Warrior Riverkeeper receives 2025 Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award
UAB School of Public Health receives Public Health Champion Award
2025-2026 cohort of Albert Schweitzer Fellows includes public health students and alumni
Student Spotlight Q&A: Aldo Guerra, Senior
School of Public Health Announces 2024 Alumni Award recipients
UAB Center for the Study of Community Health announces 2025 Pilot Funding
UAB's annual event celebrates disability leaders and initiatives
Student Spotlight Q&A: Hazel Paola Quesada Leitón, MS
Study shows historical redlining linked to delays in HIV treatment
How UAB is taking a leading role in health promotion worldwide
Student Spotlight Q&A: Nathan Chen, MS
Virginia Howard to receive the 2024 Population Research Prize from the American Heart Association
Student Spotlight Q&A: Nic Carlisle, JD
Student Spotlight Q&A: Ene Mercy Enogela, MPH
Student Spotlight Q&A: Ashley M. Logan, Health Policy and Organization
UAB student earns prestigious national award for nuclear research
Sullivan appointed as Assistant Dean for Student and Academic Services
Fontaine steps down after 10 years as Chair of the Department of Health Behavior
UAB researchers show benefits of unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation on verbal fluency in Parkinson’s disease patients
Advocacy in action: How one UAB student is making a difference
Kim-Anh Do receives the Janet L. Norwood Award for outstanding achievement by a woman in statistical sciences
How often should people stretch?
Student Spotlight Q&A: Josie McGuire, Senior
Public Health launches new course on suicide prevention
On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we visit a shelter that remembers forgotten veterans
Survey shows Americans receptive to pig-to-human transplants, but concerned about viruses
Dallas Blackwell is the first UAB recipient of the CBYX German-American Exchange Fellowship
F.D.A. panel endorses safety of colon-cancer blood test
Adverse social determinants of health linked to treatment-resistant hypertension in Black Americans
Sparkman Center for Global Health’s Impact on CUGH 2024
Q&A: Genetic Disparities influence obesity and cardiometabolic health across race & sex
Two Public Health students named Albert Schweitzer fellows
Mental health: Fortifying your emotional resiliency
Walk this way – it's quite good for you
Birmingham United Neighborhoods named 2024 recipient of the Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award
Geographic factors drive differential receipt of neurologist evaluation after stroke
Stroke risk linked to sleep apnea may vary for Black people and white people
Student Spotlight Q&A: Rachel Stuckwisch, MPH, MS
Student Spotlight Q&A: Aishwarya Kaushal, MPH
Student Spotlight Q&A: Anna Junkins, MS
School of Public Health Announces 2023 Alumni Award recipients
Student Spotlight Q&A: Angelina Aduke Toluhi, Health Policy and Organization
Student Spotlight Q&A: Jessica Morgan, Health Behavior
Yu’s Health Behavior dissertation project published in JAMA Network Open
UNC School of Medicine’s Roper Hall opens, honoring UAB Public Health Alum Dr. Bill Roper
Gregory Pavela receives 2023 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: Douglas E Beardsley, MPH
Samant honored for ‘brave leadership’ in support of UAB, shared governance
UAB expands kidney research enterprise
More than 925,000 COVID-19 tests provided: School of Public Health’s K-12 Testing and Prevention Program comes to a close
School of Public Health welcomes inaugural cohort of Dean’s Excellence in Research Doctoral Fellowship recipients
Public Health’s Fall Information Sessions provide a closer look at graduate programs
Amita Manatunga honored for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences
Birmingham Field Center awarded 10-year $7.7 million continuation of a decades-long Cardiovascular Risk Study
Szychowski named Chair of the UAB Department of Biostatistics
Sparkman Center offers hands-on training course on global health and community development
UAB awarded over $6.9 million to continue knee osteoarthritis research
Summer Institute gives Birmingham-area high school students a closer look at Public Health
Disparities found in telehealth use among pediatric Medicaid enrollees in Alabama
DrPH student Anastasia Smith, MPH contributes to first neurosurgical-initiated resolution by the World Health Organization
Parts of Central Alabama faced with air quality concerns
Student Spotlight Q&A: Andrew Sims, PhD
Oceans and Human Health textbook featuring Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Matthew Gribble, launches on World Ocean Day
Sparkman Center makes impact at Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Annual Conference
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: McKenzi King, MPH
UAB researchers find significant cost-savings from the use of StreetBit, the Bluetooth-beaconed mobile app designed to protect distracted pedestrians
The mental toll of climate change
Alabama health experts discuss bill ending COVID national emergency
Study shows few adolescents report sustained cigarette smoking after initiation, regardless of baseline e-cigarette use
Peter Hendricks named co-editor-in-chief of new journal, Psychedelic Medicine
Cong joins inaugural class of NIH Climate and Health Scholars
Study shows different sexes prefer different vaping devices among UAB students
“UAB IS LEADING THE CHARGE”
UAB AmeriCorps Vista Statewide program releases 2022 Annual Report
Understanding environmental racism and how it can make people sick
Evidence for sex differences in carotid atherosclerosis more frequent or larger plaques found in men than women
Maternal mortality rates increased in 2021, highest in Black women
Attend a live screening and discussion of Emmy-winning docuseries, "On the Farm," produced by Public Health alumnus David R. Buys
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: Gwendolyn Hudson, PhD
For older adults, every 500 additional steps taken daily associated with lower heart risk
Olakunle Alonge, PhD, named director of UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health
2022 Alumni Award recipients in the UAB School of Public Health
Angela Sullivan, PhD, speaks at K-12 COVID-19 Response Symposium in Illinois
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: Luke Martin, MS
UAB School of Public Health establishes Community Engagement Council for continuous appraisal of strategic priorities and initiatives
Dr. George Howard, Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics, retires after 23 years at the UAB School of Public Health
Students encouraged to participate in Food Access at UAB Study
Paul Muntner to be honored with the American Heart Association’s 2022 Joseph A. Vita Award
Dr. Eric Ford appointed to Board of Joint Commission Resources
Dr. Lisa Koonin awarded the 2022 Carole W. Samuelson Endowed Lecture in Public Health Practice
Vilcassim accepted to competitive environmental health fellowship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
It’s never too early to think about bone health
Susan Halabi receives Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences
Dr. Gartin to serve a third consecutive term with the international Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
Public Health Doctoral Student chosen for WomenLift Leadership Program
Even light-intensity activity may lower risk of stroke, study finds
Alumni Awards presented at the School of Public Health Spring Town Hall
‘This Is Us’ should be remembered for its nuanced portraits of mental health, dementia, and identity
Report outlines barriers, improvements needed for women in workforce, economy
Study shows receipt of 2-dose hepatitis B vaccine compared with 3-dose not significantly associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction
C.D.C. issues alert over cluster of hepatitis cases in children
University of Alabama at Birmingham named a Top School for Online Master’s in Epidemiology
UAB and the Jefferson County Department of Health host annual public health address
The next big addiction treatment
School of Public Health epidemiologists win back-to-back American Heart Association Awards
Here's how university health centers are ‘adopting’ households to fight health disparities
Two School of Public Health students join the 2022-2023 Albert Schweitzer fellows
Study to examine whether telemedicine can reduce re-hospitalization of COPD patients
AmeriCorps CEO and Mayor of Birmingham announce food security initiative in Alabama
5 women trailblazers in Birmingham that you should know about
This one thing makes you 40 percent more likely to die from a stroke
Study on cannabis vaping among US youth and young adults accepted by JAMA Pediatrics
Families in Alabama have free, full-day prekindergarten while many Mass. families can only dream of it
Epidemiology student receives F31 award from National Cancer Institute
City of Birmingham honors Birmingham native Dr. E.O. Wilson
Human health meets climate change in Antarctica
The UAB School of Public Health Names 2021 Alumni Award Recipients
Dr. Kelley Pettee Gabriel shares thoughts on how to increase active lifestyles in America's cities
Dr. Ryan Irvin receives Emerging Investigator Award from NHLBI
Harnessing Psychedelics for Healing
Dr. Henna Budhwani's approach to vaccine hesitancy featured in NIMHD Research Framework Adaptations
School of Public Health hosts virtual grant-writing workshop for Aga Khan University
Climate Change is the biggest public health challenge of our lives, according to UAB Dean—here’s why
Living Beyond Breast Cancer elects Dr. Sameer Gupta, MPH ’05, to board of directors
Dr. Sarah MacCarthy appointed first holder of the Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship at the UAB School of Public Health
The disparities that remain in access to therapies for acute ischemic stroke
U.S. Government funds first therapeutic psilocybin research in 50 years
The Renovated Dr. Herman F. Lehman Classroom reopens at the UAB School of Public Health
Two Epidemiology students receive NIH F31 awards
New Gulf Scholars Program prepares undergraduates to address challenges in Gulf of Mexico region
This nutritional index scores foods based on their ability to fight (or invite) inflammation in the body
TED Ideas Worth Spreading: Three ways community creates a healthy life (Dr. Olivia Affuso)
Gargya Malla receives NIH's Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation Intramural Fellowship award
SOPH Associate Dean for DEI, Dr. April Carson, to begin role as Director of the Jackson Heart Study
Does the ketogenic diet have a role in treating cancer?
Bisakha Sen named to Leadership Birmingham's 2021-2022 class
Q&A with a Current School of Public Health Student
How has the COVID-19 Pandemic affected basic healthcare needs for Alabama’s most vulnerable youth populations?
Bhramar Mukherjee receives Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences
New mobile clinic ready to help find causes to health-related ailments in rural Alabama
Meet The Page Sisters: Top of Class in Birmingham and HBCUs
Kelley Gabriel awarded three R01s over 10 months focused on the role of movement behaviors to prevent heart failure and Alzheimer’s Disease
Joe Biden nominates SOPH alumnus to key role
2021 Back of the Envelope awardees announced
UAB School of Public Health to offer remote short course with Indiana University focused on behavioral obesity Research
Meeting God: The powerful psychedelic therapy that could help heal our wounded vets
Katie Adams, MPH of the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health named winner of the first annual SOPH Shared Values Award
Magic mushrooms: UAB studying benefits for addiction and pain
UAB to Partner with ADPH in Launching the Alabama Regional Center for Infection Prevention and Control
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: Ananya Bandyopadhyay, MPH
SOPH Alumni Affairs reflects on 2020, looks ahead to 2021 and beyond
Dr. Henna Budhwani joins newest cohort of University of California, San Francisco Visiting Professors with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Public health students surge at UAB
Dr. Janet Turan named Scientific Co-Chair of the NIH’s Fogarty Stigma Research Training Institute
5 reasons to get your blood pressure checked now
UAB-led statement presents strategies to preserve brain health
Public Health doctoral student receives grant funding from American Heart Association
Could the pandemic help boost diversity in clinical trials?
Drs. Tiwari and Geisler receive funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to investigate chlamydia reinfection in women
Can 12-step groups and psychedelic addiction treatment coexist?
Get vaccinated as soon as possible
2021 Public Health virtual research poster session during National Public Health Week
UAB DIAL program participant reaches a big milestone
Why are Black communities being singled out as vaccine hesitant?
Video games linked to lower depression risk for boys
Study finds New York-area subway air was dangerously polluted pre-COVID
Dr. Meredith Kilgore Lecture will kick off UAB’s First Annual Learning Health System Month
Dr. Anna Helova named deputy director of the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health
Project Horseshoe Farm named recipient of the 2020 Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award
1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America
Three Sparkman Center Staff selected to serve on CUGH Committees
Barely above water
NIH studies global-to-local solutions for HIV/AIDS stigma
Dr. George Howard Receives 2020 Stroke Council Award and Lecture by the American Heart Association for Presentation on Interventions to Reduce Stroke Disparities
UAB School of Public Health Names 2020 Alumni Award Recipients
Dr. Thomas A. LaVeist Awarded the 2020 Carole W. Samuelson Endowed Lecture in Public Health Practice for Work on Racism through a Public Health Lens
When Uncertainty About the Future Includes Your Next Meal
In the News: 25 Most Affordable Online MPH Programs for 2021
In the News: Research Goes Red awards first grants to women researchers
In the News: Surgeon general: Hypertension control must be national public health priority
In the News: The hearty lunches to kickstart your health
Research assistant opening in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy
In the News: Effects of gun laws cross state borders, new study suggests
Leslie Ain McClure receives Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in Statistical Sciences
Jeffery Walker, Ph.D., named Interim Director of the Center for the Study of Community Health
In the News: Growing up in the stroke belt increases cognitive risk in later life
Childcare Now Available for UAB Faculty, Staff, Employees and Students at the Hilton at UAB
Congratulations Summer Graduates!
Study focuses on low-carb, high-fat diet effect on older populations
COVID-19, Race, and Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Mental Health
In the News: New study shows more HIV testing is cost-efficient
