The Reporter

Matt Windsor

November 07, 2019

Everyone fears dementia. Fight back with these research-backed habits you can try today.

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.

Published in Research Findings

November 04, 2019

‘Smart city’ tech can bring a billion people out of the shadows

Augmented reality, sensors and high-speed internet could change the lives of 1 billion people worldwide with disabilities — with surprisingly little extra investment, according to a new paper by Institute for Human Rights Director Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.D.

Published in Research & Scholarship

November 01, 2019

Here’s a playbook for stopping deadly cytokine storm syndrome

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.

Published in Publications

October 31, 2019

Take my class, please: This course cracks up freshmen for a good cause

So three students and their instructor, Health Behavior Chair Kevin Fontaine, Ph.D., walk into a class — and explain why an Honors College seminar on comedy and well-being is such a hit.

Published in Programs & Curricula

October 31, 2019

Appavoo captivates students with his passion for physics and laser-packed lab

Assistant Professor Kannatassen Appavoo was one of 12 faculty selected to receive the 2019 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Published in Awards & Honors

October 24, 2019

DIY neuroscience tools help Thyme break new ground in schizophrenia research

Neurobiologist Summer Thyme, Ph.D., has built her own devices and software to leverage zebrafish models that shed light on genes associated with human schizophrenia.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

October 24, 2019

Revamped leadership program helps UAB standouts learn — and shape — the culture

The Blaze Leadership Academy program for faculty and staff returns with focus on mentoring, skill development and participation in the UAB Grand Challenge.

Published in Learning & Development

October 08, 2019

Dr. Stats will see you now: How math makes ‘super-small’ clinical trials possible

Biostatistician Charity Morgan, Ph.D., delves into esoteric equations to advance research in the age of precision medicine.

Published in Discoveries & Innovations

October 07, 2019

Free Creative Cloud offers an ‘essential’ boost in workplace

Understanding the digital creative tools that are a mainstay of the modern workplace is essential, according to faculty and local business leaders.

Published in Teaching & Learning

October 02, 2019

Bertrand succeeds by helping students reach for their dreams

Professor Brenda Bertrand was one of 12 faculty selected to receive the 2019 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Published in Awards & Honors

Start
Prev
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
Next
End

Page 49 of 55

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 1210 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 666 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 1981 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.

posted a while back 1178 views
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.

posted a while back 2013 views
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 1557 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.

posted a while back 1589 views
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 7385 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 3407 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.”

posted a while back 3458 views
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 3222 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.

posted a while back 4052 views
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 8196 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 6587 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 3420 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.

posted a while back 4420 views
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 3809 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 8490 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.

posted a while back 2848 views
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 5014 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 14252 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 3853 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.

posted a while back 5773 views
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 5333 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 4743 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.

posted a while back 3757 views
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.

posted a while back 7493 views
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 5857 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.

posted a while back 14522 views
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 5334 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.

posted a while back 4831 views
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 5244 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 5950 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 8476 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.

posted a while back 8523 views
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.

posted a while back 36026 views
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 6076 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 9270 views
Discoveries & Innovations

UAB study: Could this five-second obesity management strategy keep the pounds off?
American adults tend to gain a pound or two per year. Researchers are testing a new approach to halt this creeping weight gain. They give participants a digital scale that graphs their weight over time and one job: step on it daily.

posted a while back 13673 views
Discoveries & Innovations

This long-running study proves that nice people finish first
More than 100 different UAB researchers have been first authors on papers based on the REGARDS study thanks to its innovative design — and a uniquely “friendly and welcoming team.”

posted a while back 8752 views

Matt Windsor

Upcoming Events

More research from UAB News