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Vol. 34, No. 8
Feb. 8, 2010

Employee of the Month
Berner appointed to AMIA Board
Eta S. Berner, Ed.D., professor of health informatics in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration and director of biomedical informatics for the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science, has been elected to a second term on the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Board of Directors. “As we seek improved access to care for more of our population through health-care reform, it is essential that we maximize the potential that health-information technology has to reduce medical errors, improve health-care quality and control costs," said Gerald L. Glandon, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Services Administration and interim director of the Health Informatics Program.
  • service awards feature Sewell, Vaughan lead honorees for 2010 Service Awards

    Loy Vaughan, left, and Jerry Sewell each have their own UAB story. They were here when UAB transformed from an extension center of the University of Alabama to an autonomous campus. They have seen the changes and watched the growth. Now they will be honored for their dedication at the Service Awards luncheon Friday, Feb. 12.

Articles

  • autism clinic thumb New Medical Autism Clinic gives parents roadmap for care

    The opening of UAB’s new Medical Autism Clinic in affiliation with Children’s Hospital hopes to give parents of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder a roadmap to navigate their medical problems.

  • Lincoln bertrand-thumb New hi-def, low-dose CT scanner a breakthrough for all

    A high-definition, low-dose CT scanner was installed in The Kirklin Clinic in October and is the first of its type in the Southeast. It offers considerable benefits to patients concerned about radiation exposure, particularly those with conditions requiring multiple scans.

  • ccts thumb CCTS transforms research enterprise, reinvents itself

    Created with a five-year, $26.9 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health, the CCTS has been confronted by financial exigencies in its first year — quite the challenge for a center charged with restructuring UAB’s research enterprise to facilitate translational science in ways that improve the overall health of the population and reduce health disparities.

  • hulsey roof thumb Hulsey Center green roof gets results, draws attention

    “We’ve submitted two proposals to better quantify the nitrates and phosphates, and we’ve teamed with the biology department to help with plant selection and stormwater mitigation,” Robert Peters, Ph.D., professor of environmental engineering, says. “We’re excited about the direction the project is heading and learning more about how the vegetated roof can reduce these pollutants.”

EVENTS

Dragon's Den

Pink Zone 2010 to be held Feb. 12
UAB Women's Basketball will join with the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center to host the WBCA Pink Zone® game against the UCF Knights at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 in Bartow Arena. Pink Zone is a global, unified effort initiated by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. For tickets or more information, call the Athletic Ticket Office at 975-UAB1 or e-mail tickets@uab.edu.
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