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September 18, 2018
UAB News, Written by Holly Gainer

September 17, 2018
UAB News, Written by Adam Pope

August 17, 2018
UAB News, Written by Holly Gainer

August 15, 2018
UAB News, by Alicia Rohan

July 30, 2018
UAB Reporter

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to five faculty during its meeting June 8.

July 24, 2018
UAB Reporter

Twelve faculty have been selected to receive the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, which honors those who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in teaching. They will be recognized during the annual Faculty Convocation to be held 4 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Doubletree Hotel.

The 2018 honorees represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College and the Joint Health Sciences departments.

July 16, 2018
UAB News, Written by Holly Gainer

Bertha Hidalgo, Ph.D., MPH, will join the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Board of External Experts. The Board of External Experts provides input on the NHLBI’s strategic research priorities and guidance on scientific opportunities.

August 08, 2018

Stephen A Watts, Ph.D, a professor in the Department of Biology and Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), has been selected to chair the organizing committee for the ORIP/DPCPSI/OD-NIH workshop on “Defining Nutrition in Zebrafish and other Biomedical Research Diets: Needs and Challenges.”

July 16, 2018
UAB News by Adam Pope

Obesity is a medical problem that can have wide-ranging mental and physical effects on a person. Pamela Bass knows that firsthand, but thanks to University of Alabama at Birmingham surgeons, she has a new lifestyle and a new state of mind.

June 25 2018

Shima Dowla, a M.D./Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by the Alabama State Chapter.