Research & Innovation

UAB researcher David Vance, Ph.D., has helped prove that boosting cognitive reserve can protect your brain as it ages. Here’s how you can leverage your UAB benefits to make it happen.

A new textbook by Randy Cron, M.D., Ph.D., the first of its kind, can help physicians diagnose and treat an often-puzzling condition with a host of causes.

Special contact lenses or eye drops can reduce a patient’s final prescription by half in the School of Optometry’s Myopia Control Clinic. That means thinner lenses and also a much lower risk of serious eye problems, including glaucoma and cataracts.

Erin Borry leverages sitcom laughs to prepare future bureaucrats for sticky situations in government work.

Researchers in psychology find link between pain sensitivity and “the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world.”

To create a better patient experience, pre-made and re-heated foods are out; freshly cooked order-when-ready meals are in at UAB Hospital.