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Each week UAB Synopsis publishes a photo of something on campus. Click here to tell us what and where it is, and we'll enter your name in a weekly drawing for a $10 gift card. Winners can choose a card for the North Pavilion Market Place, Starbucks, Gourmet Goodies Bakeshop (adjacent to the hospital cafeteria), or Lucy's Coffee and Tea. Don't forget to include your name, contact information, and which prize you'd like.

Last week's winner was John M. Chestnut, MS-4, who correctly identified the picture as the UAB Townhouse. Click here for more information about the UAB Townhouse.

From the CEO

UAB Health System is subject to hundreds of rules and regulations from each of many sources, and we have to be in compliance with every one of them. If we fall short and the matter is brought to our attention by a regulatory body, we could face serious consequences, both as an organization and as individuals. Fortunately, we know how to Do Right. Read More>>

Featured Story

Twenty-five UAB Medicine staff members will receive a helping hand in their managerial positions with their selection for the new Healthcare Management Certificate training program, starting this month. Read More>>

Headline News

For nearly a decade UAB surgical oncologists have used robot-assisted surgical techniques to treat a variety of cancers, most prolifically urologic and gynecologic tumors. UAB surgeons use robot-assisted surgery for more services than any other US medical center east of the Mississippi River, according to the manufacturer of the da Vinci Surgical System. The technology is featured in the new issue of UAB INSIGHT on Cancer. Read More>>

Information

"Taking UAB to New Heights," submitted by Sandra Shadoan, RN, Perioperative Services, is the first-place winner in UAB Medicine's Most Creative Photo Contest. The contest, featuring the "Our Nationally Ranked Team Wears Scrubs" bumper magnet, celebrates the 11 services ranked in U.S.News & World Report's annual Best Hospitals issue. As the first place winner, Shadoan will receive a $100 Visa gift card. For other winners, click here.

The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, along with UAB Hospital and the Department of Pharmacy, have published the September 2010 edition of the Drug Information Bulletin. This month's bulletin features: Drug Formulary Overview and UAB Hospital and Highlands Formulary Reconciliation.

SOM Students Collecting Supplies for Flooded Pakistan

Students in the School of Medicine are collecting supplies for victims of the catastrophic floods in Pakistan. Specific items needed are cotton bedsheets, dry-packaged food, dried fruit, bar soaps, bottled water, plastic disposable cups, and juice boxes. Collection bins are available through September 15 in Volker Hall Lecture Rooms A and E, the fourth and fifth floors, and in room 102. Monetary donations also are encouraged. Make checks payable to UASOM Pakistan Relief (a box of relief supplies costs $20). Mail or deliver monetary donations to Alicia Battle, Medical Student Services, Volker Hall 100, 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294.

Peanuts are pariahs anywhere children and food mix, from schools to birthday parties, because they can trigger a dangerous reaction in some people. Doctors and researchers report peanut allergies have tripled in the past 10 years. In UAB Magazine, a UAB pediatric allergy expert offers a glimpse of potential treatments for the problem that has no cure. 

A hospital physician and her assisting nurse discuss a patient in an elevator filled with people. During the conversation, the patient's name, unit, and diagnosis are mentioned. Does this violate HIPAA regulations? Read More>>

Saying 'No' to Panhandlers

City Action Partnership, Operation New Birmingham, and the Birmingham Police Department have teamed up to promote the message, "Saying no to panhandlers is the right thing to do." They say most panhandlers are not homeless and most homeless persons are not panhandlers. Read More>>

Web Extra

NIH Information Lines

The National Institutes of Health provides toll-free telephone lines for anyone to call for health information on subjects from A to Z. Click here>>

Research Extra

Cigarette smoke shuts off a key enzyme in airways that regulates the body's response to inflammation, according to findings from UAB researchers published online September 2 at Science Express. Read More>>

It was a pretty spring day in April of 2007, and George Andrews had his arm out the car window as he drove into work. He noticed his thumb twitching, and that brought back memories. His mother had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the 1980s, and a twitching thumb was the very first symptom anyone in the family noticed. Read More>>

Accolades

Professor Stephen Barnes, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils, a select group of council members advising the NIH director on the policies and actions of its Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. Read More>>

Dear Doctor

My teenaged son plays football and I'm worried about him getting seriously injured. A typical teen, he tends to brush aside my concerns. Do you have any advice on how to prevent injury? Read more>>

Events

Transplant Services Wins Quarterly Blood Donor Award; Next Drive Is Underway

Transplant Services is the winner of the quarterly UAB Hospital Blood Donor Program Award. A blood drive is going on at the West Pavilion Atrium this week through September 10 from 7 am to 5 pm and September 11 from 11 am to 5 pm.

The UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science Clinical Research Unit (CRU) will hold its Open House and Research Subject Appreciation Event from 2 to 4 pm today, September 8, on the 15th floor of Jefferson Tower. The CRU formerly was known as the PCIR (Participant and Clinical Interactions Resources) and the General Clinical Research Center.

Therapies for Rare Tumors

The Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance and the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center will sponsor "Discovering Therapies for Rare Tumors: The Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program" at 8:30 am Friday, September 9, in the Kaul Building's Finley Conference Center. The seminar presenter will be Center for Childhood Cancer Director Peter J. Houghton, PhD, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

Open House on P8

Nurse Manager Lynne Poore and P8 team members invite you to an open house from 2 to 4 pm Monday, September 13, to show off their new unit, which includes gastrointestinal medicine, liver disease, and liver transplant services.

CCTS Course Teaches Science Vocabulary

"Vocabulary of Clinical and Translational Science" is a 2-week course that prepares participants to read and interpret medical literature through an understanding of types of research design, analysis, and interpretation. It provides a foundation for further clinical training for participants in UAB's Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Training Program. The course will be held from 4 to 6 pm Monday through Friday, September 13 to 24, at the West Pavilion Conference Center. Direct questions to CCTS Program Director Audrey Wrenn, MAEd, at awrenn@uab.edu. Register online at cctsvocab2010.eventbrite.com

UAB will host its annual Cyberinfrastructure Day from 8:30 am to 5 pm Thursday, September 16, in the Hill University Center (HUC) Alumni Auditorium. The event will include presentations on research computing given by speakers from Dell, the Alabama Supercomputer Authority, the University of Alabama, the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Information Technology, HUC, and others. Register by 5 pm Tuesday, September 14, at http://main.uab.edu/Sites/it/internal/researchers/79984

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

Take a sneak peek at UAB's Alys Stephens Center's 11-Day Opening Festival, a sampler of the new season that offers something for everyone - including community events and performances, fun shows for kids and families, a week-long residency by MASS Ensemble, and a rare, intimate evening with legendary star Liza Minnelli. Many events are free and all are happening here on the UAB campus September 16 through 26. Learn more on this week's BlazerCast at www.youtube.com/uabnews.

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