UA Research Examines Path to Cancer for Common Carcinogen
Recent research from The University of Alabama sheds light on how a common industrial chemical and potent carcinogen begins the path to cancer.
Health & Medicine
Stressed? Anxious? More Students Are, Find Out Why and What to do
Everyone experiences stress and anxiety, but with the landscape of higher education and the job market shifting, more college students are experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety than previous generations, according to experts.
Tears Turn to Success for Graduate Student
Jennie Thies starts her fourth year with more confidence after winning a highly competitive national grant, the NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a two-year pre-doctoral fellowship that covers tuition and health care and provides a stipend supporting her research in the Caldwell Lab.
UA Creates Pediatric Fellowship for Family Medicine Physicians
The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences has created an innovative fellowship program to provide comprehensive instruction for family medicine physicians seeking additional skills in pediatric care.
Distance Students Provide Nutrition Plans for ‘Silent Injury’ Survivors
The University of Alabama recently partnered with the Alabama Head Injury Foundation to conduct the Bright Ideas TBI Camp at the Capstone for 10 traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers.
Cognitive Neuroscientist to Lead the Alabama Life Research Institute
After a national search, Dr. Sharlene Newman will lead the Alabama Life Research Institute as executive director, charged with providing a coherent vision for collaborative life research that embraces the full range of disciplines represented on campus while strengthening UA’s research portfolio and profile
Doctoral Student Reviews Dietary Guidelines for Actor’s Foundation
When Christine Ferguson was a UA freshman, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in the medical field. Now she’s pursuing a doctorate at UA and is fascinated by the role nutrition plays in a person’s ailment.
CCN Receives Grant to Counter Opioid Abuse in Walker County
The Capstone Rural Health Center recently received the state of Alabama’s only grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration to increase access to substance abuse prevention and treatment services in rural populations.
UA-Led Clinical Trial Finds No Difference in Tinnitus Treatments
A long-awaited, rigorous, randomized clinical trial comparing treatments for tinnitus, a perception of ringing in the ears, found no significant difference in patient outcomes between an innovative treatment and the current standard treatment.
Better With Them
UA researchers are part of nationwide study to identify veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts.