Tag: UAB
UAB prof explains why most in Alabama don’t know human trafficking...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Many Alabamians aren’t aware of the state’s role in human trafficking, said Robert Blanton, a professor in the UAB College...
UAB to spotlight ties with Parker High School in ongoing series...
By Shannon Thomason
UAB News
UAB’s Student Involvement and Leadership organization will host its third Birmingham 101 event, a series focusing on Birmingham high schools and ties...
UAB receives $16 million grant to reduce cancer disparities
By Beena Thannickal
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received a five-year, $16.6 million renewal grant from the National Cancer Institute for the...
Joyce Vance honored as public health hero by UAB
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health honored United States Attorney Joyce White Vance as the 2017 recipient of...
UAB offers support for students recovering from drug addiction
By Shannon Thomason
UAB News
Ben Rodden had used marijuana, alcohol, pills and other drugs since he was a young teen, and heroin as a young...
Birmingham transplant lab worker now part of UAB’s world-record kidney chain
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
The folders lining the shelves of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Histocompatibility Lab represent people. Husbands and wives. Children and...
How UAB gives older adults the functional capacity of younger people
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Exercise is important for everyone, particularly for those 65 and older.
As adults age, muscle mass and strength begin to degrade,...
Birmingham kidney transplant recipient, donor plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in...
By Tyler Greer
UAB News
Eighteen months ago, Greg Hasberry and his friend Bob Kuykendall checked into UAB Hospital together. Hasberry was sick and needed a...
Santa spreads holiday cheer to families in UAB’s NICU, Continuing Care...
By Alicia Rohan
UAB News
Infants in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Women and Infants Center had a special visitor Monday, Dec. 11, and Tuesday,...
UAB emergency docs take teaching skills to Kenya
By Bob Shepard
UAB News
UAB's Scott Irvine, M.D., director of the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, works on simulation training with Kenyan residents and interns.
For five days...
