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HSFGrantFundsInaugural“AdvancedCommunicationTraining”Scholars

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Exploringempatheticcommunicationstrategiesforpatients,theirfamilies,andfellowemployees

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NewNHLBIGrantKO8awardwillexplorethepotentialuseforparenteralirontopreventthecalcificationofbloodvesselsinpatientswithchronickidneydisease.

Abolfazl Zarjou,MD,PhDAssistantProfessor,Nephrology

2018DOMTraineeResearchSymposiumAbstractsDuebyJanuary16,2018

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OptimizingtheManagementofBloodstreamInfections:TheEssentialRoleoftheIDSpecialist

RachaelLee,MDAssistantProfessorUABDivisionofInfectiousDiseases