UAB
IDDRC News, Publications and Events
National
IDDRC Research News
Go
to the national news website for IDDRC information at the Association
of University Centers on Disabilities. This site provides news
from IDDRC programs all around the USA as well as historical information
about intellectual disabilities and funding opportunities for researchers.
CIRC
News and Links
Visit the UAB Civitan International
Research Center home page
for news scroller with updates related to the IDDRC and other
neuroscience programs at UAB.
UAB
Is Inaugral Member of NIH Neuroscience Network
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named one
of 25 inaugural members of NeuroNEXT, a neuroscience research
consortium created to rapidly advance new treatments for neurological
disorders. NeuroNEXT is sponsored by the National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes
of Health. Dr.
Burt Nabors, Professor of Neurology, principal
investigator for this project also serves as an IDDRC project
manager. Click
here for the story on the UAB Headline News
website.
UAB
in Second Phase of NIH Rare
Disease Research Network
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded the second
phase of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)
including funds for 19 research institutions, among them the
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The network and a
data-management coordinating center will be awarded in excess
of $117 million during the next five years. The research conducted
with the new funding will explore the natural history, epidemiology,
diagnosis and treatment of more than 95 rare diseases. For more
information read the press release in
PDF version.
