UAB Stories http://uabstories.wordpress.com Stories from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/54091c338de41de42b4e2ea5db4538a9?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png UAB Stories http://uabstories.wordpress.com Interview with Theresa Bruno, Community Leader http://uabstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/interview-with-theresa-bruno-community-leader/ http://uabstories.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/interview-with-theresa-bruno-community-leader/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:20:19 +0000 uabstories http://uabstories.wordpress.com/?p=38 ]]>

Theresa Bruno discusses her efforts to improve women’s health care in Alabama.

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Read about the new Women and Infants Center at UAB in the new Momentum Online.

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Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk, D.M.A., UAB’s new opera director, discusses the peculiarities of stage fright.

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Read about Hurst-Wajszczuk’s inaugural production,The Pirates of Penzance, in the new issue of UAB Magazine Online.

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Gary Warner, UAB spam expert who has been dubbed “The White Knight of Phish-Busting” discusses the latest spam scams, how you can detect them, and the history of hacking.

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Fernando Ovalle, M.D., associate professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, discusses Protective Life’s gift for the new multidisciplinary Comprehensive Diabetes Clinic.

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Helen Krontiras, M.D., is the assistant professor of surgery at the School of Medicine and medical director of the UAB Interdisciplinary Breast Center. In this interview, she discusses the rewards of developing relationships with her patients.

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Hear UAB preventive medicine specialist Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D., discuss the key things health-care providers should know about caring for Latino patients.

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Tamela Thomas is a graduate of the UAB School of Education and a science teacher at Leeds Middle School in Alabama. Hear her thoughts on the need for creativity in teaching.

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Martin Nalls is principal of Hoover High School’s freshman campus and a graduate of the UAB School of Education. In this interview, he discusses the challenges of being a top administrator at one of Alabama’s biggest high school.

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Jeanne Boohaker, UAB Alumna, teaches English as a Second Language (ESL) at Berry Middle School in Birmingham, Alabama. In this interview, she talks about the challenges of teaching ESL and the opportunity that her education at UAB has afforded her.

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A short audio-slideshow featuring advice from UAB Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Donnie Marsh on how to shoot a consistent 3-pt shot.

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