Bradley Barnes, Ph.D., joined UAB in 2017 as vice provost for enrollment management. His new role will focus on integrating and improving student experience.

After an extensive national search, UAB has appointed David Kimberlin, M.D., as associate vice president for Clinical Trial Operations, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Each year, UAB’s official photographers capture tens of thousands of images as they document the incredible variety of events and personalities that make up our community. Here are some of our favorite photos from the past 12 months.

Are you or is your child between the ages of 11-19?

The UAB Office of Psychiatric Research is actively recruiting participants for an Adolescent Depression Study and wants to connect with you on our research! Whether you are needing someone to talk to, or even have no history of mental health conditions and are just wanting to further knowledge within the medical and mental health field, we would love to get you involved!

Our Adolescent Study is a Non-Treatment Study. Our Non-Treatment Studies do NOT involve testing a new medication or intervention. Instead, these studies focus on understanding behaviors and experiences of mental health conditions via interviews, tests, or surveys.

COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED FOR BOTH PARENT AND CHILD!

For more information, please reach out to the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484 or go to https://tinyurl.com/UABpsychiatricresearch and our team will be in contact with you shortly!

Are you between the ages of 18-60?

The UAB Office of Psychiatric Research is actively recruiting participants for our studies and wants to connect with you on our research! Whether you are needing someone to talk to, or even have no history of mental health conditions and are just wanting to further knowledge within the medical and mental health field, we would love to get you involved!

Our studies can be broken down into two different categories:

1) TREATMENT STUDIES – Our Treatment Studies are designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new antidepressants on individuals living with Major Depressive Disorder or Treatment-Resistant Depression.

2) NON-TREATMENT STUDIES – Our Non-Treatment Studies do NOT involve testing a new medication or intervention. Instead, these studies focus on understanding behaviors and experiences of mental health conditions via interviews, tests, or surveys.

COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED!

For more information, please reach out to the UAB Office of Psychiatric Research at (205) 934-2484 or go to: https://tinyurl.com/UABpsychiatricresearch and our team will be in contact with you shortly!

Do you experience mild to moderate anxiety?
Want to learn calligraphy?
Help us explore the effects of guided calligraphy training on mental health!

Check eligibility and sign up here: https://sites.uab.edu/calligraphyresearch

BENEFITS
Learn calligraphy with live instructor • Free online calligraphy training course • Free calligraphy supplies • Drawings for gift cards • Improve manual dexterity

PURPOSE
This is a pilot study to assess the feasibility of performing virtually administered art therapy research, as well as a preliminary study to explore whether calligraphy training affects anxiety levels in healthy individuals with mild to moderate anxiety.

TIME & LOCATION
All meetings and training sessions will be held on Zoom. Participation includes up to a total of 15 hours of time over 12 calendar weeks—an intro meeting, 4 training sessions, a debriefing meeting, and 15 minutes a day of practice--5 days a week for 4 weeks. Pending full recruitment, training classes will be held in January-February 2025.

HOW TO ENROLL
To learn more, check eligibility and sign up, click here: https://sites.uab.edu/calligraphyresearch

Join us at the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB! We are seeking participants who were assigned male at birth, are 18 years or older, are not living with HIV, have had receptive anal intercourse (RAI) and regularly douche before intercourse. Participants must not have taken oral or injectable PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) for 8 weeks prior to screening. Our clinical trial will help in the development of an on-demand PrEP in the form of a rectal douche. Your involvement will include simple procedures such as medical and sexual history collection, blood and urine sample testing, a physical exam, and receiving PrEP products in the form of an oral pill and a douche. Compensation will be available for your time and effort. If you are interested, please call 205-934-6777, 205-975-2839 or email avrc@uabmc.edu. You can also fill out our contact form at https://sites.uab.edu/avrc/contact-us/

We are conducting a research study to find out if a new contact lens can treat nearsightedness in children. 

You can be a part of this study if your child

• Is 8 to less than 13 years old
• Needs glasses or contact lenses to see well at far objects
• Is willing to wear contact lenses

The study includes 6 visits over a year, and your child will receive eye examinations, contact lenses, lens fitting, and lens prescription at no cost.

If eligible, you will be compensated $250 at the completion of the study for your time and participation.

For more information, contact Sindhu Gurrala at sgurral2@uab.edu or (205) 975-3881 or study principal investigator Dr. Safal Khanal at skhanal@uab.edu or (205) 934-4558.

Interested in being part of vision rehabilitation research for healthy older adults aged 50-59 to lay the foundation of using a new device?

Here is an overview of what our study will involve!

The purpose of this study?

• Calculate baseline data for Bioness Integrated Therapy System (BITS) and identify its clinical implications in treating visual impairments.
• Compare the baseline data of Bioness Integrated Therapy System (BITS) to Dynavision for visual scanning.

Who are we looking for?

• Healthy adults aged 50-59 without physical, visual, or cognitive impairment and with no history of seizures or balance problems.
• Adults who are able to walk without assistive devices and are English speakers.

What would you have to do in 60 minutes?

• Fill out a short survey for demographic data.
• Quick functional screening of upper extremities.
• Perform four tests on BITS.
• Perform four tests on Dynavision.

Participants will receive a $25 gift card.

To participate in the study, please fill out this short survey:
https://uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_exEYGMKXxc230p0

For more information, please contact us at almulhim@uab.edu

Lakonja Billups, Bernice Dunklin and Timothy Sherrer are the fourth-quarter 2024 honorees of the UAB Shared Values in Action Program. Nominations for first-quarter 2025 honorees are open through Jan. 22.