This collection from the UAB Office of Marketing and Communications includes previously published content from UAB News, UAB Reporter, and Heersink School of Medicine News.
For newer and current university news, visit uab.edu/news and uab.edu/reporter. For current Heersink School of Medicine News, visit uab.edu/medicine/news.
Submissions from 2006
6-1-2006 Turn Fussy Babies Into the 'Happiest Babies On The Block' With UAB's New Childbirth Education Class This Saturday, Staff
5-31-2006 Is Your Brain Sabotaging Your Diet?, Staff
5-31-2006 UAB Art Professor Jessica Dallow Co-Curates Touring Exhibition, "Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Lezley, and Alison Saar", Staff
5-31-2006 UAB Sophomore Named Semifinalist in Film Competition Judged by Actors Clooney, Hoffman and Online Voters, Staff
5-26-2006 UAB's Heimburger Receives Fulbright Scholar Award For Research In Africa, Staff
5-25-2006 UAB Researchers Discover HIV-1 Originated in Wild Chimpanzees, Staff
5-24-2006 UAB, Yale Researchers Determine Two Surgical Interventions for Preemies Have About the Same Effectiveness, Staff
5-23-2006 UAB Announces Winners Of High School Programming Contest, Staff
5-23-2006 Young UAB Scientist Among Eight in U.S. to Receive $225,000 G.I. Award, Staff
5-22-2006 Basil Hirschowitz of UAB Receives Special Award from G.I. Endoscopy Society, Staff
5-19-2006 UAB Seniors To Study International Business China, Staff
5-18-2006 Expert Available: Merck's HPV Vaccine Draws Closer To FDA Approval, GSK HPV Vaccine Close On Its Heels, Staff
5-16-2006 Abbott Honored for Outstanding Service in Technology Education, Staff
5-11-2006 Diabetes Trust Fund's $5.5 Million Gift Boosts Community/UAB Partnership, Staff
5-11-2006 The Risks of Religious Rhetoric in Politics, Staff
5-10-2006 Joan C. Hicks Named CIO of UAB Health System, Staff
5-8-2006 UAB Chemistry Major Selected For Research Program, Staff
5-5-2006 Program Aims to Better Inform Health Professionals About Prescription Drug Marketing, Staff
5-4-2006 UAB Health System Nurses Selected for 'Clinical Excellence' Awards, Staff
5-3-2006 Glencoe Baby's Birth At UAB Very Special Due To Neck Mass Requiring 'Exit' Procedure, Staff
5-3-2006 Researchers Find Combining Two Surgical Techniques Reduces Women's Risk Of Incontinence After Prolapse Surgery, Staff
5-2-2006 Christopher "Kip" Hubbard Wins Advising Certificate of Merit, Staff
5-2-2006 Gauld Retires From UAB After Almost 30 Years, Staff
5-1-2006 UAB's Edward Partridge to Receive Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award, Staff
4-28-2006 UAB School of Business Honored Outstanding Alumni, Staff
4-24-2006 Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute to Be Dedicated at UAB, Staff
4-21-2006 First UAB "Kidney Swap" Performed for Patients with No Eligible Donor, Staff
4-19-2006 UAB Students Win Alpha Lamda Delta Graduate Fellowships, Staff
4-18-2006 Manning Elected to International Reading Association Board of Directors, Staff
4-18-2006 Will York Named Chairman of UAB Department of Theatre, Staff
4-17-2006 UAB's Linda Lucas First Female President-Elect of AIMBE Professional Organization, Staff
4-14-2006 UAB Researchers Explore New Type of Implantable Heart Device, Staff
4-13-2006 UAB Studies Link Between Common Bacteria And Heart Disease Among African-Americans, Staff
4-12-2006 Bravery Beads String Together Little Girl, Giant Gorilla, Staff
4-12-2006 Garvey Named Butterworth Professor at UAB, Staff
4-11-2006 Board Approves Emeriti Appointments for Eight UAB Faculty Members, Staff
4-10-2006 UAB School of Education Wins NCATE Reaccreditation, Staff
4-7-2006 Marca Sipski, M.D., Named to UAB Endowed Chair in Rehabilitation Neuroscience Research, Staff
4-7-2006 UAB Hospital Receives Coveted "Nursing Magnet" Recognition, Staff
4-6-2006 Native Alabamian, Keith A. Jones, M.D., New Chair of UAB Department of Anesthesiology, Staff
4-4-2006 Lalisan Named Director of Alabama Organ Center, Staff
3-31-2006 Philip Way Named New UAB Associate Provost, Staff
3-31-2006 UAB/HealthSouth Finalize Deal, Staff
3-29-2006 Birmingham Resident Receives American Association for Cancer Research Scholarship, Staff
3-29-2006 "In The Blink Of An Eye", Staff
3-28-2006 UAB School of Dentistry Reclaims Front Seat, Leads Nation as One of Top 10 in Research Funding, Staff
3-28-2006 UAB Student Ashley Roach Named 2006 Goldwater Scholar, Staff
3-27-2006 UAB Engineering Students Fly High to Study Repairs in Space, Staff
3-24-2006 UAB in 10-Member Group Seeking to Improve Outcomes of Trauma Victims, Staff
3-22-2006 UAB Mock Trial Team Wins National Championship, Staff
3-21-2006 Homelessness Linked to Excess Hospital Visits Among HIV-Positive Persons Addicted to Alcohol, Staff
3-20-2006 UAB's Moyers President-Elect of National Occupational Therapy Group, Staff
3-7-2006 Ellis Named Director for Internal Communications and Relations, Staff
3-2-2006 Helen Shores Lee Heads Community Advisors for UAB Minority Health and Research Center, Staff
3-2-2006 UAB Stroke Rehab Therapy Shows Continued Benefit in Two-Year Follow Up, Staff
3-1-2006 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Receives Record $1 Million at February 27 Gala, Staff
2-27-2006 UAB Opens Palliative and Comfort Care Unit, Staff
2-21-2006 UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Joins FOX6 WBRC in Educational Campaign, Staff
2-20-2006 New Endowed Scholarship Honors UAB Senior Lecturer John Wittig, Staff
2-16-2006 UAB Professor Receives $650,000 to Help Change Graduate Student Training, Staff
2-15-2006 Age-By-Age Cavity Prevention Tips from the American Dental Association, Staff
2-15-2006 Dentists Hope to Give Uninsured, Underserved Children Something to Smile About, Staff
2-15-2006 UAB Hospital Critical Care Nurse Among Alabama's "Health Care Heroes", Staff
2-15-2006 UAB Student Valerie Gribben Receives USA Today Honorable Mention, Staff
2-13-2006 Cynthia G. Brumfield Named UAB Hospital Chief of Staff, Staff
2-10-2006 Madani Named First Recipient of UAB Global Health Award, Staff
2-8-2006 Kirby Wins National Award, Staff
2-8-2006 UA Trustees Establish Two New UAB-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Centers, Staff
2-7-2006 Hadley Named to Endowed Professorship of Neurosurgery at UAB, Staff
2-2-2006 UAB's First "Berlin Heart" Supports Grand Bay Child Until Transplant, Staff
1-31-2006 UAB Liver Center Ramps Up Programs Against Viral Hepatitis, Staff
1-26-2006 UAB Scientist's Book Answers Weighty Question...How Fat Works, Staff
1-25-2006 Hazelrig Gift for Radiation Oncology Is One of Largest in UAB History, Staff
1-23-2006 Brittlynn Hall Crowned Miss UAB 2006, Staff
1-23-2006 UAB to Coordinate National Group Seeking Neurofibromatosis Breakthrough, Staff
1-17-2006 Study Involving UAB Researcher Makes Science Magazine's Top 10 of 2005, Staff
1-17-2006 Viagra/Cialis May Cause Vision Loss in Men with Heart Disease, Says UAB Study, Staff
1-12-2006 UAB Research to Be Featured on "CBS Sunday Morning", Staff
1-11-2006 Physicians, Travelers Now Have "Road Map" for Diagnosing Travel-Related Illness, Staff
1-6-2006 UAB/HealthSouth Sign Amendment to Purchase Agreement, Staff
1-4-2006 UAB Doctors Say New Method of Treating Ovarian Cancer Provides 'Significant' Survival, Staff
1-3-2006 Long Named Editor of Foreign Language Journal, Staff
1-3-2006 Participants Needed for UAB Exercise Study, Staff
1-3-2006 UAB Professor Wins Future Leader Award, Staff
Submissions from 2005
12-12-2005 UAB Researcher to Serve as Delegate at White House Conference on Aging, Staff
12-9-2005 UAB Studies Yield New Findings About Birth Defects, Disease, Staff
12-7-2005 Media Advisory for Thursday, Dec. 8: Alabama Breast Cancer Foundation Celebrates 10th Year Donating to UAB, Staff
12-6-2005 Argo, Carter Elected to New Posts Promoting International Understanding, Staff
12-5-2005 UAB Picked as Major Partner in New Homeland Security Center, Staff
12-1-2005 UAB GI Doctor Cites Public's "Alarming" Ignorance of O-T-C Pain Relievers' Side Effects, Staff
12-1-2005 UAB Study Finds Religion Helps Reduce Negative Prison Behaviors, Staff
11-30-2005 UAB Hospital Maintenance Staff Brings Joy to Pediatric Patients, Staff
11-28-2005 Dr. Ray L. Watts Elected President, UAB Health Services Foundation, Staff
11-21-2005 UAB Nursing Task Force Wins Alabama Quality Award, Staff
11-21-2005 UAB, Partnering Organizations Observe World AIDS Day, Staff
11-18-2005 December 1, Law Professor Wendell Pritchett to Speak at UAB, Staff
11-18-2005 November 29, UAB School of Education to Present Community Health Fair, Staff
11-18-2005 November 30, UAB Hosting Disadvantaged Minority- and Women-Owned Business Conference, Staff
11-17-2005 Four Appointed to Rank of UAB Professor Emeritus, Staff
11-17-2005 New Drug Shows Promise for Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure, Staff
