Haley Herfurth
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Does vaping lead to abuse of illicit substances? Rehab scientists use i2b2 to find answers
With electronic-cigarette use on the rise, doctoral student Abdullah Alanazi and Eric Ford, Ph.D., professor in the School of Public Health, want to understand the trend’s relationship with drug use — and is using UAB’s informatics framework for translational research to do it.
Volunteers get outside with scouts
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Don’t let distractions drive you off the road
Before you crank the car, think about these four things that increase the risk of a crash — from drowsy driving to road rage — to increase the likelihood you’ll get safely to your destinations this summer.
There’s no evidence-based consensus on how long a seizure-ridden patient should be kept in an artificial coma to enable the brain to recover. Wolfgang Muhlhofer, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology, wants to change that.
Volker Hall’s namesake was a man of firsts
UAB’s first president was also the first University of Alabama System chancellor, paving the way for a focus on health care for years to come.
Stacey Holloway, MFA, assistant professor of sculpture, partnered with colleagues to publish a collection of letters to a fictional young iron-caster written by 21 iron-casting innovators.
The College of Arts and Sciences selected Heather McPherson to honor her passion and scholarship in art history.
James McClintock, Ph.D., has co-directed 15 research expeditions and led 10 climate-change philanthropic cruises to the continent in his decades as a researcher.
Many women with spina bifida were leaving pediatric care unaware they could become pregnant. Now groundbreaking data on this phenomenon has been compiled using a new informatics framework for translational research.
