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January 22, 2025
Inside UAB’s AI-powered, human-centered adrenal clinic
A study published in December 2024 demonstrates how natural language processing techniques, combined with dedicated human personnel, can flag unusual findings in radiology images and connect patients with follow-up care. The work, pioneered in nodules on the adrenal glands, has many applications, the researchers say.
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Discoveries & Innovations
January 16, 2025
Lund is 2024–2025 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Fran Lund, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scientist who has uncovered crucial additional roles for the immune system’s antibody-generating B cells, has been selected for the academic medical center’s highest faculty honor. Learn more about her career and current work in immune memory in this article.
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Awards & Honors
January 13, 2025
Save the date: Mar. 19 town hall for Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose
Attend a town hall at the Alumni House at 10 a.m. March 19, 2025, for an important update on UAB’s Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose.
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Campus News
January 08, 2025
Does pregnancy protect a mom against Alzheimer’s? A new study sheds light on conflicting findings.
Many studies have linked childbearing to a lower risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia later in life. But in a new study, UAB sociologists found that early-life factors, including a woman’s socioeconomic status in adolescence, accounted for the apparent pregnancy-cognitive connection.
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Research Findings
January 06, 2025
AI-enhanced telesitter pilot program aims to improve care and safety of older adults in the ED
A grant from UAB’s Health Services Foundation General Endowment Fund will support a project testing an AI tool trained to predict fall risk and identify signs of delirium in order to improve patient care and safety for older adults in UAB’s Geriatric Emergency Department at UAB Hospital-Highlands.
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Advances
January 03, 2025
Center for Teaching and Learning adds new offices of Learning Technologies and Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
Amy Chatham, Ph.D., has been named executive director of the expanded center. “These offices are here to help faculty and are laser-focused on providing the tools, training and service that enable UAB’s teachers to be the most effective,” said Scott Phillips, Ph.D., vice provost for Innovative Teaching and Academic Engagement.
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Teaching & Learning
December 30, 2024
UAB upgrades research infrastructure with new addition
The $1 million project to install the university’s first bulk dry heat sterilizer was made possible through a grant from the NIH and internal investments as part of the Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose. Dry heat sterilization is more efficient and saves power and water.
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Campus News
December 19, 2024
What’s coming at UAB in 2025
Mark your calendars for these major events on campus coming in the first half of 2025.
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Campus News
December 17, 2024
Project to predict and prevent apnea in premature babies receives Blazer Bridge Fund support
After studying thousands of hours of data from heart rate monitors, UAB clinician-researchers developed algorithms to predict when a baby’s heart rate will drop to unsafe levels in the NICU. With funding from UAB’s Harbert Institute, they will now conduct a clinical trial of a device they have created to intervene automatically.
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Discoveries & Innovations
December 16, 2024
Health Services Foundation awards $1.5 million in General Endowment Fund grants for 2024
A 3D printer for prosthetics, navigation for patients on dialysis and a new electron microscope are three of the 11 projects to receive funding. The HSF-GEF faculty grants program is a way for UAB to support innovative ideas from its researchers and clinicians.
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Funding Opportunities