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Matt Windsor

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October 03, 2024

Vision coverage from VSP available during open enrollment

UAB offers vision benefits, and eligible employees of UAB, UAB Hospital and UAB Hospital Management LLC will have the option to choose or decline that coverage during the open enrollment for benefits Oct. 18-Nov. 4.

Published in Benefits & Policies

October 02, 2024

Professor’s new textbook challenges myths about Nazi Germany

In “Nazi Germany: Society, Culture and Politics,” Jonathan Wiesen, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History, highlights the current understanding, which has been slow to appear in textbooks, of the “tension between coercion and consensus” in the Nazi period, he said.

Published in Publications

September 30, 2024

Dental coverage from BCBS is available during open enrollment

UAB will offer dental insurance during the annual open enrollment for benefits, and eligible employees must choose or decline that coverage between 7 a.m. Oct. 18 and 5 p.m. Nov. 4

Published in Benefits & Policies

September 27, 2024

12 honored for excellence in teaching

The 2024 honorees for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, and the Graduate School.

Published in Awards & Honors

September 26, 2024

Growth with Purpose Faculty Recruitment Fund helps bring more outstanding innovators to UAB

Take a closer look at the new fund, which was launched this summer by the Office of the President to help expand UAB’s portfolio of funded principal investigators as part of the Research Strategic Initiative: Growth with Purpose.

Published in Campus News

September 26, 2024

3 traditional health plan options available for 2025

Eligible employees of UAB, UAB Hospital and UAB Hospital Management LLC will have the option to choose or decline health care coverage from VIVA Health and Blue Cross/Blue Shield during the annual open enrollment for benefits Oct. 18-Nov. 4.

Published in Benefits & Policies

September 23, 2024

Consumer-driven health plan can make good financial sense

A benefit option that enables employees to pay lower monthly health care premiums in exchange for higher out-of-pocket expenses for covered services continues to grow in favor among eligible employees.

Published in Benefits & Policies

September 23, 2024

New class enters UAB’s leadership academy

The latest cohort selected for the Blaze Leadership Academy includes 20 faculty and staff from across campus.

Published in Learning & Development

September 16, 2024

5 things to know about open enrollment this year

Stay tuned to the UAB Reporter as UAB begins rolling out open enrollment information to provide benefit-eligible employees time to review upcoming changes and make informed decisions. Open enrollment begins 7 a.m. Oct. 18 and concludes 5 p.m. Nov. 4.

Published in Benefits & Policies

September 09, 2024

Genetic counseling is a hot career path. Meet four alums who work in the field at UAB.

Job satisfaction, high pay and intense demand are all attractions, according to the leaders of UAB’s Master’s in Genetic Counseling program. Four alumni who now work at UAB explain what they do and why they love their jobs.

Published in Programs & Curricula

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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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.

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Study provides ‘critical information’ for treating childhood cancer patients with COVID

The largest registry of U.S. children with cancer who were diagnosed with COVID-19 found an increased risk of having severe infection and having their cancer therapy modified because of COVID, underscoring the urgency of vaccinations for these children, the authors say.

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Study links debt with risk of psychiatric disorders, high blood pressure in midlife
Research on financial stress following the Great Recession finds that people who were in debt at midlife had a 90 percent increase in being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.

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Who will benefit from new ‘game-changing’ weight-loss drug semaglutide?

Clinical trial results published this year are better than any other medication and have study scientists excited, including UAB’s Timothy Garvey, M.D. Get the latest on what Garvey calls “a very powerful tool to treat obesity.”

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Studies highlight 'unprecedented and unique dangers' for children during COVID-19
Research led by Professor Christina Rodriguez, Ph.D., documents increase in abuse risk and psychological aggression following the economic devastation, isolation and school closures brought on by the pandemic.

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Research Findings

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.

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Why that daily coffee may help when you hurt

Researchers in psychology find link between pain sensitivity and “the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world.”

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CBD oil reduces seizures in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy

Investigators note that the use of CBD oil led to both fewer and less intense seizures for patients with intractable epilepsy in landmark study.

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Epigenetic reprogramming of human hearts found in congestive heart failure

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