Department of Psychology

Participants represent all schools that conduct clinical trials at the university. The CTDP is part of a strategic effort to maintain UAB’s remarkable growth in this area and offer the benefits of trials to more Alabamians.

Professor Rajesh K. Kana, Ph.D., associate dean for Graduate and Continuing Education in the College of Arts and Sciences, will begin serving Oct.

Brain Snacks are quick, hands-on activities that give young scientists the chance to spark curiosity at Birmingham events.

The findings suggest that relationship quality and lifestyle behaviors work together to influence biological aging.

This spring, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to nine faculty members and the rank of University Professor to five faculty members.

Recent research reveals the impact of a specialized type of cognitive training developed by a UAB expert.

When Brianna Dotson walks across the commencement stage, she will graduate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a multidisciplinary academic focus, earning a major in Psychology and minors in African American Studies and Public Health.  Here, she reflects with CAS on her college experience.

The Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate Students and Outstanding Graduate Students recognize exceptional undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences who have made significant contributions to the UAB community.

In the 14-person study, all participants randomized to receive Constraint-Induced Cognitive Therapy who wanted to return to work were able to do so; none of the participants in the control group returned to work.

UAB researchers share a discovery that could pave the way for non‑addictive alternatives to opioid painkillers amid an era of rising overdose deaths.

U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs gives UAB high marks, including a Top 5 national placement.

The UAB Center for Community Outreach Development (CORD) was thrilled to receive a second consecutive $30,000 grant from EBSCO Community Impact to support EBSCO Scholars: Summer Science Institute III (SSI III)—an eight-week immersive research program that engages high school students in hands-on scientific exploration and introduces them to STEM career pathways.

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal listed the city of Birmingham as being one of “the top five most promising locations to find work for recent college graduates.” The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences is doing its part to prepare students for a wide variety of job opportunities within the Magic City and beyond.

Across more than two decades of innovation, mentorship, and advocacy, Professor Clarence “Clancy” Blair, PhD, established himself as an internationally respected leader in the fields of early childhood development, developmental neuroscience, and education.

UAB neuroscientist Kauê Machado Costa, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, received a Parkinson's Foundation grant to test an intriguing hypothesis: The cognitive deficits now known to occur in the early years of Parkinson's disease may be a clue that learning-oriented dopamine circuits shift gears to cover for their movement-focused cousins. If Costa’s...

For 45 years, this competition has highlighted UAB students who excel in academics, leadership and community involvement, all while showing true Blazer spirit.

Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., and Maria Hopkins, Ph.D., have each been awarded a grant from the HRSA, marking a historic milestone as the first recipients of this grant within the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.

Hear “The Science of Color Vision” lecture Sept. 9, and get screened for colorblindness Sept.

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental images, and many individuals with the condition remain unaware until adulthood.

A decade after losing her mother to a rare brain virus, UAB graduate Julie Schifanella is learning to use artificial intelligence to help other patients.