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Matt Windsor

December 19, 2024

What’s coming at UAB in 2025

Mark your calendars for these major events on campus coming next year.

Published in 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.

Published in 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.

Published in Funding Opportunities

December 11, 2024

UAB completes its eighth Habitat for Humanity house

Built by 217 Blazer volunteers, the Bessemer home was dedicated with a ceremony Dec. 6, allowing the Coach family to move in before the holidays.

Published in UAB in the Community

December 02, 2024

UAB’s health physics program prepares you for the most interesting job you have never heard of

Meet two UAB employees who are recent graduates of the master’s program in the School of Health Professions, along with the program’s leaders. Grads with health physics training are “in really high demand,” said program director Emily Caffrey, Ph.D.

Published in Programs & Curricula

November 21, 2024

GenAI is changing how professors teach writing. This faculty member has built a place to talk about “the conundrums that plague me.”

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT pose all kinds of questions for the future of writing instruction. Meagan Malone, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of English, has launched a website and blog called Composing in the Age of GenAI to share ideas and resources and spark conversations with others in the field.

Published in Teaching & Learning

November 21, 2024

Brand Launch Party draws a crowd

Nearly 1,500 t-shirts and 750 hats with UAB’s new logo were distributed at the Brand Launch Party on Nov. 14 at the UAB Bookstore. See photos and a list of winners of UAB-branded water bottles.

Published in Campus News

November 14, 2024

Adult ADHD diagnoses soared during the pandemic. This expert says it is still undertreated.

About half of the estimated 15.5 million American adults who have ADHD were diagnosed during adulthood. UAB’s Rachel Fargason, M.D., who has specialized in adult ADHD for three decades, explains how she diagnoses the condition, why COVID triggered people to seek help, and why treatment is remarkably effective and life-changing.

Published in Be Healthy

November 06, 2024

Collat pilot project demonstrates significant savings through energy management

A partnership among UAB Sustainability, UAB Energy Management and the Collat School of Business allowed the school to save 40 percent on its monthly utility bills in July 2024 and unlock ongoing reductions in energy use.

Published in Sustainability

November 05, 2024

How UAB is taking a leading role in health promotion worldwide

Innovative programs and a high-profile position in the International Health Promoting Campuses Network have made UAB a model for other universities in the United States and beyond.

Published in UAB in the Community

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Discoveries & Innovations

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.

posted 11 days ago 284 views
Funding Opportunities

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.

posted 12 days ago 949 views
Discoveries & Innovations

UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center starting denosumab trial in adults with established Type 1 diabetes
The Denosumab for Type 1 Diabetes phase 1/2 clinical trial, is a collaborative study with the Arthur Riggs Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute and the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases at Indiana University.

posted a while back 1497 views
Core Facilities

UAB’s Research MRI Core specializes in insights into the brain and body
From a 3 Tesla PET/MR to a 0.55 Tesla Freemax, this core facility offers research tools that are crucial to UAB’s neuroscience studies and more, as well as expert advice on the best protocols to use for individual experiments.

posted a while back 907 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Most teens with autism do not drive. This researcher is testing a way to change that.
Emma Sartin, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Organization at the School of Public Health, is leading a Department of Defense-funded project that is developing a virtual assessment to help autistic individuals and their parents decide whether they are ready to drive.

posted a while back 2300 views
Grants Awarded

UAB’s first NIH R38 StARR grant helps more doctors get involved with research during residency

The Stimulating Access to Research in Residency program, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is designed to help address the shortage of physician-scientists nationwide.

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Core Facilities

Making sense of the data deluge with the UAB Biological Data Science core

U-BDS specializes in analyzing genomic and transcriptomic data, creating data pipelines, and keeping up with the latest methods and algorithms required for cutting-edge research.

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Core Facilities

International recognition highlights the value of UAB’s cutting-edge Flow Cytometry and Single Cell Core

The facility, one of 15 shared resource labs at UAB and among the busiest, is one of a handful of leading labs to be recognized by the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, or ISAC.

posted a while back 1739 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Meet the leader of UAB’s Climate and Health Initiative
Zhen Cong, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health, shares her work on disaster preparedness of older adults and why she wants all Blazers to take part in the initiative’s work.

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Research Findings

Does your body really fight against weight loss? This scientist explains why the research says no.
Many people, including clinicians and researchers, think “the main reason people regain weight after weight loss is because the body fights back” in a phenomenon called metabolic adaptation, said UAB researcher Cátia Martins, Ph.D. Martins, a leading scientist studying metabolic adaptation, explains what she has found and her plans for a groundbreaking clinical trial.

posted a while back 9492 views
Discoveries & Innovations

This neuroscientist is starting seizures in order to stop them
Rachel June Smith, Ph.D., a key recruit in UAB’s Neuroengineering and Brain-Computer Interface Initiative, can predict the frequency of stimulation that will push a brain into the chaos of a seizure — potentially saving patients with intractable seizures time, frustration and money.

posted a while back 3752 views
Funding Opportunities

How the HSF’s General Endowment Fund awards help UAB compete on a national stage
Over its 28 years, this signature program has awarded grants totaling almost $60 million. Meet recipients and see how the HSF-GEF grants make UAB “a place where, if you have a good idea, you can find the support to make it a reality.”

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Research Findings

Largest whole-genome sequencing study in Kawasaki disease could point to precision treatment
Research by UAB genetic epidemiologist Sadeep Shrestha, Ph.D., sheds light on a mysterious condition that is now the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children in the United States.

posted a while back 3574 views
Discoveries & Innovations

4 cutting-edge machines powering UAB discoveries
With research awards breaking all-time records, we toured labs where high-tech tools are driving science forward.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Meet the UAB doctors protecting Alabama from killer fungi

Alabama is a hotbed for fungal diseases — which is why experts in treating and tracking problematic fungi gravitate to UAB. This is great news for Alabamians as killer fungi become a worldwide threat.

posted a while back 8555 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Five lessons from the first five years of the All of Us Research Program
How the ambitious NIH initiative is turning precision medicine dreams into reality for hundreds of thousands of Americans left behind by previous studies — and where it is going next.

posted a while back 7011 views
Research Findings

Fatal crashes rose in Alabama over past 3 years, new UAB study finds
Despite fewer drivers on Alabama roadways and a decline in injuries per accident, fatal crashes rose over the three years from 2020 through 2022, according to a new analysis by UAB researchers published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.

posted a while back 3737 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Amid global ChatGPT obsession, UAB conference examines AI’s role in advancing health care and research
Experts at ATTIS 2023 shared reports from the front lines, including how they are using ChatGPT in their labs, the need for regulation and why this is a “tremendous time” for health care.

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Research Findings

A neonatologist chooses to become a machine-learning expert to improve patient outcomes
With data from 25,000 deliveries at UAB, Vivek Shukla, M.D., aims to predict which fetal heart rates are cause for concern. He is also earning a Ph.D. in engineering to bridge the gap between clinicians and data scientists.

posted a while back 4002 views
Discoveries & Innovations

“Dr. Impossible” aims to bring brain tech to the people
Take a trip into the Alabama BRAIN Lab in UAB’s Spain Rehabilitation Center, where a team led by neuroengineer Jamie Tyler, Ph.D., is working with patient groups to test promising neuromodulation treatments for chronic pain, insomnia and more.

posted a while back 8800 views
Training & Development

Collat Professional Ed partners with researchers on leadership and professional development academy

The goal is to offer career development opportunities for all members of the NSF-funded IISAGE grant, led by Associate Professor Nicole Riddle, Ph.D., in the Department of Biology.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Why do super-agers skew female? These researchers are drilling into the hottest hypotheses.
In a search that encompasses geckos, bats, sex-switching fish and more, the NSF-funded IISAGE team is seeking data to explain lopsided lifespans. A key question: How much wiggle room is there in aging?

posted a while back 5222 views
Discoveries & Innovations

This med student is on a mission to make tattoo inks safe

A chemical mystery drew Matthew Kiszla into tattoo research: Why are red inks most likely to cause rashes and other reactions? Now he is working to analyze commercial inks and looking for collaborators both scientific and artistic.

posted a while back 15039 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Innovation Institute hosts country’s first metahealth symposium, Feb. 28
The event will explore a future of health care that “is going to be anchored in the metaverse” and be the first such symposium to be held both live and in the metaverse itself, according to Rubin Pillay, M.D., Ph.D., executive director of the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation.

posted a while back 4037 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Four high-tech health devices being tested at UAB now

Take a look at new technologies being studied at UAB for treatment of depression, sleep apnea, traumatic brain injury and tic disorders.

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Discoveries & Innovations

3 UAB chemists break down their formulas for fighting cancer
New treatments emerging from the labs in the Department of Chemistry rely on split-second timing, tiny cargo bubbles and supercomputer-powered predictions.

posted a while back 5595 views
Funding Opportunities

What you need to know about the new NIH data management and sharing policy

Beginning Jan. 25, 2023, the National Institutes of Health will implement a new data management and sharing policy, which will increase the rigor, reproducibility and transparency of research and create open access to data.

posted a while back 4966 views
Grants Awarded

Major NIAID grant brings cutting-edge equipment to UAB for research on COVID and more

UAB scientists will have a new arsenal of state-of-the-art, high-end technology for their investigations in infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness through a $4.3 million scientific equipment grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Discoveries & Innovations

Researchers hack adaptive cruise control, then show how to make it safer

Driver assistance tech that comes standard on new vehicles can be tricked into causing accidents — but there is a way to alert humans in time. A UAB grad student and his mentor will share their findings this month at a global conference.

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Discoveries & Innovations

First-of-its-kind scan tracks immune invaders to explore puzzling brain diseases
Patients with multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome will soon be able to enroll in the clinical trial of a PET agent that can capture evidence of brain infiltration by white blood cells and could eventually guide treatment.

posted a while back 6040 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Salt boosts blood pressure for some people. UAB study asks: Who?
By alternating high-salt and low-salt diets, a new clinical trial aims to find out how common salt sensitivity of blood pressure is in the general population. The researchers are also exploring whether the immune system plays a role.

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Research Findings

Study: Expert-led discussions change student perceptions of COVID vaccines
After undergraduates in introductory biology courses talked with an epidemiologist and a physician specializing in infectious diseases, 60% who initially said they would not get vaccinated had changed their minds.

posted a while back 5515 views
Grants Awarded

More faculty share the stories behind their development grants
Plant-based diets, biased language in the courts and the trouble with night lights: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

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Funding Opportunities

Apply for fellowship to explore careers in technology transfer, commercialization

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Innovate Fellows program are trained and compensated to evaluate new inventions on campus through market, prior art and patent analyses to assess commercial merit.

posted a while back 5428 views
Grants Awarded

Four faculty share the stories behind their development grants

A civil rights field experience, safer MRI scans, investigating college stress and implementing a massive genetic test for cancer: Recipients of 2022 Faculty Development Grant Program awards explain how they will use their funds.

posted a while back 6113 views
Grants Awarded

22 faculty receive grants to fund developmental projects

The UAB Faculty Development Grant Program supports junior faculty with funding to pursue research, creative works and scholarly activity.

posted a while back 8776 views
Discoveries & Innovations

Researchers pioneering long-read sequencing studies explain why long reads matter
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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Research Findings

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

‘Motor-gaming’ stroke tele-therapy matches in-person results at much lower cost, study finds
A “flipped” approach to therapy using video games and short, motivational telehealth visits could spread the benefits of stroke rehabilitation far more widely.

posted a while back 6284 views
Research Findings

Why do students choose immunology? New study answers questions on a crucial pipeline
Researchers explore how to help budding scientists fall in love with a field that is incredibly important but can be “very overwhelming” to start.

posted a while back 9607 views

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