Hannah Echols
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echolsh@uab.edu | (205) 704-2939Identifies and develops stories that highlight research, faculty news, patient stories, clinical stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- School of Public Health
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetesand Metabolism
- Department of Informatics
- Department of Genetics
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Surgery
- Pediatric
- Neurosurgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Precision Medicine
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science
The new, five-year grant will support research in the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center to address dementia disparities in the Deep South.
Reducing screen time, increasing physical activities and creating non-screen-related hobbies can help protect children’s eyes from irritation and strain.
The new Brain Aging and Memory Hub will house the UAB Divisions of Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, as well as the Alzheimer’s Disease Center and the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.
Students enrolled in the UAB Department of Pediatrics Mini Medical School are immersed in hands-on learning about the wide variety of career opportunities in the health care field.
Two Alabama women with the same one-in-a-million pregnancy deliver healthy “twins” at UAB Hospital less than two months apart.
The UAB neurosurgery team performed an emergency brain aspiration on Easton Fothergill after he was rushed to UAB Hospital with a large brain abscess.
Results showed that African American veterans with PTSD had a higher risk of rehospitalization than those without PTSD. However, white veterans with PTSD did not have a significantly higher risk of rehospitalization post-stroke.
The award is the highest honor given by the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine.
At 15 months old, Brooke Miley Lillie received a heart transplant. At 19, she received a kidney. At 27, she defied the odds and delivered her first daughter at UAB Hospital.
The MyLupus app is a patient-friendly, patient-focused decision-aid tool for people from all backgrounds with moderate to severe lupus.