Matt Windsor
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February 22, 2023
Meet work opportunities or up-skill with new Collat professional courses
Data analytics, effective business writing and managing a hybrid workforce are part of an extensive catalog of non-academic classes.
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Learning & Development
New technologies are filling in gaps in the human genome and opening major areas for discovery. Zechen Chong, Ph.D., and Robert Kimberly, M.D., explain the pros and cons and how they are using long reads at UAB.
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Discoveries & Innovations
The Career Center Badge Rewards initiative uses gamification to enhance student learning and engagement — and signals career readiness to potential employers.
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Teaching & Learning
March 14, 2022
Highlighting data and diversity, this is an accounting text for today’s workplace needs
Professor Arline Savage, Ph.D., instructor/alum Alicja Foksinska and alum Danielle Brannock emphasize real-world applications, inclusion and insight from fellow Blazers in their new textbook for Wiley.
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Publications
March 10, 2022
Despite gains in bone marrow transplant survival, late mortality still a concern, study finds
Research led by UAB’s Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship finds that patients who received BMT using their own cells over the past three decades lived on average seven years fewer than peers, but newer strategies have narrowed the mortality gap.
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Research Findings
March 04, 2022
How seaweeds can help predict life on a warming planet
With a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation and innovative genetic techniques, UAB algal expert Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Ph.D., is uncovering clues to the success of a coastal ecosystem engineer.
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Achievements
March 02, 2022
Leal appointed as inaugural SEBLAB scientific director
Sixto Leal, M.D., Ph.D., will enhance the scientific vision for UAB’s Southeastern Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham as it takes a leading role in COVID research and a new world of pandemic preparedness. Leal also will work to attract new investigators to the state-of-the-art facility.
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Appointments
February 28, 2022
Searching for the holy grail of room-temperature superconductors with seriously big data and supercomputing
With a prestigious NSF CAREER grant, physicist Cheng-Chien Chen, Ph.D., is working on a problem that could lead to a new generation of electronics — and giving UAB students a front-row seat to the action.
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Achievements
February 14, 2022
Navigating life after prison is ‘nearly impossible.’ These faculty are challenging civilians to try.
Humanities and social sciences unite to build an app that brings to life the struggles faced by former offenders in order to make the case for change. The project was made possible by funding from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Interdisciplinary Team Proposal program.
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Teaching & Learning
January 27, 2022
First-of-its-kind book explores astrocytes as emerging player in psychiatric disorders
Cells that act as the brain’s “housekeepers and guardians” could be targeted to treat depression, addiction disorders and eating disorders, according to research detailed by UAB neurobiologist Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues.
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