University of Alabama

UAB plans expansion of brain research projects

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, April 15th, 2004

The chairman of the University of Alabama (UAB) department of neurology, citing developments in understanding and treating diseases of the brain, said he wants his department to become one of the best in the country.

The effort at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is being built upon discoveries about the fundamental nature of diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson.

"You name it, we want to grow in those areas," said Dr. Ray Watts, who last year became chairman of the department.

The plan calls for the department to double the size of its faculty to about 50 doctors and researchers. You've got to aim high," said Watts, who...

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Source: Hospital and Nursing Home Week (2004-04-15)

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