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UAB Department of Psychiatry Sixth Annual Research Symposium
UAB Department of Psychiatry Sixth Annual Research Symposium
UAB Department of Psychiatry Sixth Annual Research Symposium -
UAB Psychiatry Supports AFSP Walk for 4th Consecutive Year
UAB Psychiatry Supports AFSP Walk for 4th Consecutive Year
UAB Psychiatry Supports AFSP Walk for 4th Consecutive Year -
Loly Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., Receives 2011 Anuradha Rao Memorial Society for Neuroscience Travel Award
Loly Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., Receives 2011 Anuradha Rao Memorial Society for Neuroscience Travel Award
Loly Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., Receives 2011 Anuradha Rao Memorial Society for Neuroscience Travel Award -
Rita Cowell, Ph.D., Receives the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Scientist Award
Rita Cowell, Ph.D., Receives the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Scientist Award
Rita Cowell, Ph.D., Receives the Chesapeake Civitan McNulty Scientist Award
News
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s First Episode Schizophrenia Clinic was recently established to provide a comprehensive response to treat teen patients after first diagnosis. Early diagnosis and intervention facilitates prompt treatment, accelerated recovery, preservation of psychosocial skills, and decreased risk of relapse. The services offered are interdisciplinary, recovery driven, and individually tailored to support [...]
The UAB Department of Psychiatry held its Sixth Annual Research Symposium on April 24, 2012. The event included 51 posters presented in the categories of Clinical Division, Faculty/Staff, Psychiatry Resident and Research Trainee followed by three oral presentations. Two Department of Psychiatry faculty members presented: Dr. Richard C. Shelton, Adiposity, Inflammation and Depression and Dr. [...]
Laura Montgomery-Barefield, M.D., Director of the General Psychiatry Residency Program, is pleased to announce that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved continued accreditation status for the General Resident, Geriatric, and Child/Adolescent Training Programs. The ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC) examined the Specialist Site Visitor Representatives’ reports in April and approved continued accreditation [...]
The UAB Department of Psychiatry would like to thank Children’s of Alabama for their generous gift to establish our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training library. These funds will allow us to provide the best materials and most current teaching resources for our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry residents, in turn making their training experience even more [...]
The UAB Department of Psychiatry participated in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Walk for the 4th year in a row at Heardmont Park on November 6th, 2011. The Alabama Chapter of AFSP hosted several walks throughout the state this year with over $144,000 raised and more than 2,000 people [...]
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Richard Shelton, M.D., to the Charles Byron Ireland Chair of Psychiatric Research during its meeting February 3, 2012. Dr. Shelton joined the Department of Psychiatry as a Professor and Vice Chair for Research on February 1, 2012. He comes to UAB from Vanderbilt University where he [...]
Jacqueline Feldman, M.D., the Patrick H. Linton Professor in the UAB Department of Psychiatry, has been appointed as the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs. Dr. Feldman has served for a number of years as the Director of the UAB Division of Public Psychiatry which serves as the umbrella for both the UAB Mental Health Center [...]
The American Psychoanalytic Association recently presented the Edith Sabshin Award for Excellence in Teaching to Dr. Sam Rubin. This mark of distinction is given in recognition of excellence in teaching psychoanalytic concepts to students other than psychoanalytic candidates. Congratulations to Dr. Rubin for receiving this distinguished honor.
