New data from the REGARDS study show that blacks with the sickle cell trait are more likely to develop kidney failure requiring dialysis.

Two Public Health students have been selected as Albert Schweitzer Fellows!

Public Health Students were inducted into the Honor Society on Wednesday, May 29th. Dr. Janet Turan- a Delta Omega member- in the department of Health Care Organization and Policy inducted the spring 2017 members. Newly inducted members will be recognized during the Spring Convocation Ceremony in the Hill University Center, Friday, April 28, 2017 at 3:00pm. 

It was a desire to improve the health of the neediest populations that led Tyson Volkmann, 2005 MPH graduate, to pursue a master's in public health.

Hassan, a pre-medicine student, found his interest in public health. "I'm a dreamer," he said. And that's an understatement.

Dr. Kari White's article, Defunding Planned Parenthood was a disaster in Texas. Congress shouldn't do it nationally, was published in the Washington Post online on February 7, 2017. She is an investigator with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project. Dr. White co-wrote the article with Joseph E. Potter, who is the principal investigator of the Texas Policy Evaluation Project.

A significant new study by The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, including a UAB physician-scientist, uncovers genetic mutations of cervical cancer that hold a key to targeting and treating the disease.