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An additional $5 million gift from Heersink will allow recruitment of top-tier faculty and enhance research efforts at UAB.
Kelsey Hatcher has a rare double uterus and was pregnant with a baby in each. With the help of UAB, she delivered two healthy “twin” girls 10 hours apart — and on separate days.
Canon will serve in the dual roles beginning in May 2024.
Burn survivor who received innovative “spray-on skin” treatment now giving back to UAB burn patients
Williams has now mentored more than 30 burn patients as they continue in their recovery.
New findings from UAB researchers indicates that preventable environmental factors like repeated blows to the head in contact sports and pesticides and herbicides account for a substantial number of Parkinson’s disease cases.
The multidisciplinary clinic will offer a full spectrum of sports and exercise medicine services to patients, including non-operative and surgical procedures and nutritional, biologic injections, cardio, exercise in pregnancy, and physical medicine and rehabilitation services.
Woodruff-Borden will join UAB on Feb. 1 from the University of Oregon, where she has served as interim provost and executive vice president for the past 15 months.
The unveiling of the new Science and Engineering Complex is helping “Forge the Future” of research at UAB.
Hyperbaric medicine is a therapy that treats oxygen like a drug, delivering high-pressure oxygen to treat wounds for patients in need.
The UAB Neonatal Helping Hands program provides volunteers the opportunity to hold, rock, talk, sing and read to infants in the RNICU and CCN. The program, which was paused in 2020 due to COVID, has relaunched and is accepting volunteer applications.
Ovarian cancer is known as the “silent killer” due to the difficulty in early detection because most women do not have any early symptoms.
Two real estate properties will build upon UAB’s already expansive over 100-block campus.
UAB’s residence halls play an integral role of providing transformational experiences for UAB undergraduate students as they pursue academic success and prepare for life beyond the campus.
The opening of the first phase of the Science and Engineering Complex is a significant milestone for UAB and demonstrates its unwavering dedication to advancing scientific knowledge.
This study, performed in a pre-clinical human model, is the first time xenotransplanted pig kidneys have shown clearance of creatinine and shown a standard immunosuppression regimen may be sufficient.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 31, at the UAB Mini Park, located at 800 13th St. South.
The baby boy, born in late May 2023, is the first baby born from a uterus transplant outside of a clinical trial and UAB’s first baby from its uterus transplant program.
To address the critical need for more emergency medical services in Birmingham and Alabama, UAB Hospital — with support from the State of Alabama — is creating 59 new exam rooms and more than 66,000 square feet of clinical space to meet service demand.
The UAB Department of Athletics has officially joined the American Athletic Conference as of July 1, 2023.
Tea, honey and voice rest. All things to bring a voice back. But do they work, and what causes one to lose their voice?
Students will have the opportunity to learn from experienced, diverse faculty with a range of international partners working in interdisciplinary, global health research and practice.
UAB’s Bartow Arena looks to upgrade the main entrance, premium seating, hospitality areas, scoreboards and the UAB Athletics Hall of Fame, pending additional stages of Board of Trustee approvals and sufficient philanthropic support to supplement other funding sources.
Live HealthSmart Alabama is continuing to make good health simple with its completion of the new Bush Hills Connection Complex and Urban Garden.
Hormonal changes throughout a woman’s life may impact oral health.
Both Carlisle and Jennings had been serving in their respective positions in an interim capacity since last year.
The new facility will be home to student organizations, sororities and fraternities, providing space for assembly, storage, events and other administrative needs.
After leading UAB to a decade of unprecedented success across its mission, Ray Watts is UAB’s longest-serving president — with more to come.
Six months after giving birth to identical twins, Britney Alba found out she was pregnant with her second set of identical twins. These twins, however, were monochorionic-monoamniotic — one of the rarest types of twins.
The potential affiliation will help RMC Health System to sustain and improve access to high-quality, low-cost care close to home.
To help families cherish the loving memory of their dear ones, a UAB nurse started her “Heartbeat in a Bottle” initiative to give families a unique way to remember the loved ones they have lost.