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Arts & Events Published 22 hours ago

Honoring trauma survivors, care teams and first responders, the Heroes and Healers event will feature three short films, with proceeds supporting the UAB Trauma Survivors Network and its peer mentoring and support programs.

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Campus & Community Published 1 day ago

UAB earns multiple top rankings in the 2026 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools, highlighting national excellence across health, nursing, business and engineering programs.

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Research & Innovation Published 5 days ago

A rise in research funding within UAB’s Department of Family and Community Medicine highlights its expanding research impact.

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Research & Innovation Published 6 days ago

A UAB professor leads a new discovery that could change how an aggressive thyroid cancer with limited treatments is approached and treated.

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Health & Medicine Published 6 days ago

A UAB experts offers clarity on the difference between watery and dry eyes, while shedding light on ways to mitigate eye allergy symptoms. 

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News You Can Use Published 7 days ago

UAB experts say there are many steps people can take to minimize the impacts of a sedentary lifestyle on their heart health.

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Arts & Events Published 7 days ago

This event brings together health care leaders, policymakers and community advocates to explore innovative health outcomes across Alabama.

Photo of three researchers in a lab standing in front of research posters. Left to right, Katarina Akhmetova, Igor Chesnokov and Maxim Balasov.
Research & Innovation Published 8 days ago

A new UAB study shows that a prevalent Meier‑Gorlin syndrome variant reduces ORC6 protein production — not its function — suggesting future treatments could boost protein levels to prevent developmental defects.

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Campus & Community Published 8 days ago

High school seniors can gain hands-on medical experience and career guidance at this upcoming workshop in Montgomery.

Headshot of Javier Neyra, MD (Associate Professor, Nephrology), June 2022.
Research & Innovation Published 8 days ago

Patients who received the additional therapy showed a higher likelihood of surviving at both one month and three months after treatment.

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Campus & Community Published 9 days ago

For 48 hours, UAB’s alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and families come together to support the programs and people who make the university exceptional. 

Headshots of S. Abdollah Mirbozorgi, Ph.D., Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D. and  Benjamin Larimer, Ph.D.
Research & Innovation Published 14 days ago

UAB researchers are advancing cancer prevention and treatment through lifestyle-based survivorship care, adaptive molecular therapies and precision biomedical engineering.

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Research & Innovation Published 19 days ago

This rare brain condition causes a person’s hand to move without intention or control.

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Research & Innovation Published 21 days ago

UAB has been a national leader in Fabry disease care and research for more than two decades.

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Health & Medicine Published 21 days ago

Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death among cancer survivors, second only to cancer itself

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People of UAB Published 22 days ago

This year’s cohort is the largest in ASF program history.

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News You Can Use Published 23 days ago

Feeling tired may not mean it is time for sleep, and misunderstanding the difference could be fueling insomnia and fatigue.

Health & Medicine Published 25 days ago

More than 9,400 people are on the waiting list for a liver transplant in the United States. UAB’s new living-donor liver transplant program aims to help that number decrease.

Research & Innovation Published 26 days ago

The study is aimed to track early brain and child development in the United States by following pregnant participants and their children for approximately 10 years.

Research & Innovation Published 26 days ago

UAB researchers are developing a new at-home cervical cancer screening device aimed at increasing access to screening and improving early detection.

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