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UAB Hospital has named Dustin Diggs, DNP, RN, FACHE, as chief nursing officer, effective immediately.

UAB Medicine, in partnership with Junior Achievement of Alabama, will sponsor a brand-new, immersive storefront at the upcoming Junior Achievement McWane Economic Education Center. As part of this collaboration, UAB Medicine will introduce an interactive Emergency Department Classroom designed to introduce middle school students to the intersection of healthcare, financial literacy and career planning.

Parents will do anything for their children. But when one father’s health began to fail, his daughter gave him the most meaningful gift of all: life.

UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine is extending its educational impact beyond Birmingham, serving as a clinical training resource for athletic training programs across Alabama through a growing series of invited lectures and hands-on labs.

Your alarm clock blares. It is time to begin the day. As you wake up, a mental checklist forms: pay the bill, do the laundry, run the errand, attend the appointment.

UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine has developed the nation’s first training video on how to perform CPR and defibrillation on athletes with disabilities. The video and accompanying tools are designed for medical professionals and others who provide sideline coverage for adaptive athletes, offering detailed guidance on performing CPR both in and out of a wheelchair.

When most people hear the word “metabolism,” what usually comes to mind is how fast someone can burn calories. Research proves that metabolism is much more than that. Science shows that metabolism begins developing before birth, changes dramatically during puberty and older adulthood, and can be influenced throughout a person’s life.

When Karma Kilgore, of Mountain Brook, Ala., stepped onto the basketball court during summer travel ball; she felt ready for a breakout season. Basketball had become more than a sport for Kilgore; it was an outlet and a major part of her identity.

UAB Medicine Clinical Simulation has been named among the “Simulation and Education Programs to Know for 2026” by Becker’s Hospital Review. It recognizes U.S. organizations that are strengthening the health care workforce and improving patient outcomes through innovative training and education.

In the United States, 3,500 infants every year between the ages of 1 month and 1 year die tragically while sleeping from sudden infant death syndrome or sudden unexpected infant death, according the National Library of Medicine.

UAB Health System CEO Dawn Bulgarella was named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2026 “Power 60” list, which recognizes the most influential executives shaping the region’s business and civic landscape.

UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center hosted the 18th annual Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Leadership Forum April 15–17, welcoming rehabilitation professionals from across the country to share expertise and strengthen collaboration in traumatic brain injury care.