UAB Briefs: 'Sessions,' cancer research, Alabama Schweitzer Fellows
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
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EMERGING ARTISTS TO PLAY ‘SESSIONS’
The Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at UAB will give music lovers a chance to get to know up-and-coming singer-songwriters from a variety of genres in a new original concert series, “Sessions,” that will begin with appearances by two acts in two days in June.
“Sessions” attendees will enjoy music, along with cocktails and small bites, in the intimate setting of the Odess Theatre at the ASC.
Nashville artist Nora Jane Struthers, called “remarkable” and “powerful” by Ann Powers of NPR Music, will kick off the series on Friday, June 22, at 8 p.m., according to to a UAB news release.
Struthers and her longtime road band, The Party Line, are touring in support of their album “Champion,” released in late 2017.
After the release of her album “Wake” in 2015, Struthers was lauded by Rolling Stone, Vice/Noisey and NPR’s “Fresh Air.”
Lindsay Lou and The Flatbellys, an acclaimed bluegrass act, will perform on Saturday, June 23, at 8 p.m., in support of their new album, “Ionia.” They have appeared at The Shetland Island Folk Festival and Celtic Connections in Scotland, Stagecoach Music Festival in California and The Bluegrass Jamboree in Germany
Tickets to “Sessions” are $20 ($10 for students). Call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
RESEARCH IN THE ABSTRACT
A group of doctors and scientists from the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center will present their research to more than 32,000 oncology professionals from around the world during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, June 1-5, according to a university news release.
Investigators from the Cancer Center are authors on 56 abstracts accepted for the meeting.
Topics range from new drug combination therapies to investigator-initiated pilot studies that show promising outcomes.
To find details on all UAB abstracts, click here and search University of Alabama at Birmingham.
HELPING THE VULNERABLE
Eleven UAB graduate students were named to the inaugural class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows by The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship on May 25.
The students will spend the next year completing service projects in Alabama that will help them to learn to effectively address the social factors that impact health.
“There was great interest in the program, and we are excited to see what our talented students accomplish over the next 12 months,” said Kristin Boggs, director of the Alabama chapter of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. “We are confident that the Alabama Schweitzer program will make a lasting impact on the health of communities in and around Birmingham.”
The following UAB students were selected as Schweitzer Fellows: Michelle Kung, from the School of Health Professions; Jacob Files, Amy Hudson, Nicole Lassiter and Madilyn Tomaso, from the School of Medicine; Shivangi Argade and Shannon S. Polson from the School of Nursing; and Josh Bruce, Alison Footman, Sherilyn Garner and Raina Jain, all from the School of Public Health.
The Alabama Schweitzer Chapter was founded in 2015. ASF chapters are dedicated to improving the health of vulnerable people by developing a corps of emerging professionals who enter the workforce with the skills and commitment necessary to address unmet health needs.