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Marketing Cloud

The Research Technology and Communications (RTC) office creates and disseminates important research-related information through Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Weekly Research Matters newsletters as well as ad hoc email campaigns are vital tools used to keep the UAB research community informed of:

  • administrative changes from both the Office of Research and sponsoring agencies,
  • recent news regarding new research-related awards and/or extramural funding to UAB, and
  • recognition of UAB's faculty/researchers excellence in research.

To learn more regarding Marketing Cloud at UAB, please visit the University Relations website.

Research Matters

Research Matters is a weekly email newsletter published through Marketing Cloud every Wednesday. Please visit the Research Matters webpage for more detailed information regarding types of content published, subscribing, and requesting publicity through Research Matters.

Virtual Office Hours

RTC facilitates sending out reminder emails for upcoming Virtual Office Hour sessions hosted by central administrative units within the Office of Research.

OIRB Virtual Office Hours

The UAB Office of the Institutional Review Board (OIRB) hosts virtual office hours to serve as an opportunity for anyone and everyone in the UAB research community to have direct access to an experienced OIRB staff member. Office hours are held bi-weekly on Thursdays. Please see the UAB Calendar for details on joining a session. Please subscribe using this webform or by managing your subscriptions in the UAB Marketing Cloud Subscription Center to receive reminder notices and other important OIRB communications.

OSP Virtual Office Hours

The UAB Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) hosts biweekly Virtual Office Hours (VOH) Drop-In Sessions. The goal for these sessions is to provide a forum to help answer process and policy questions, general pre-award and nonfinancial post issues, or how to navigate any submission issues. Please drop in any time during a scheduled session to ask questions or to find out more about our services. No RSVP is necessary. Please visit the UAB Calendar for details on joining a session. To receive reminder notices, please subscribe to Research Matters. Note: The same subscriber list is used for both Research Matters and OSP VOH reminder notices.