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The UAB Medicine Radiology team and the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center hosted a Pink Party on Thursday, Oct. 22, for UAB and City of Birmingham employees.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center hosted Zhipeng Meng, Ph.D., on Friday, Oct 23, 2026, for a seminar titled “Regulation of Tissue Growth and Carcinogenesis by Hippo Signaling and Biomechanics.”

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center recognized achievements from students, researchers, residents, and staff at its 2026 Annual Research Retreat.

Timiya S. Nolan, Ph.D., associate director of Community Outreach and Engagement, participated in the 2026 Cancer Center Community Impact Forum in Seattle, Washington, Sept. 27–29.

Effective October 1, 2026, Natalie Gassman, Ph.D., will be the inaugural associate director for professional development at the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center remembers the late Albert F. LoBuglio, M.D. During his life, LoBuglio served as the director of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, shaping the cancer center into the nationally recognized cancer research institution it is today.

The Yang Lab at the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center is advancing a groundbreaking approach to precision MRI cancer screening.

UAB and UAB O'Neal Cancer Center researchers, led by Lara Garmire, Ph.D., are part of a new study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering that uses artificial intelligence to uncover genetic differences within tumors from images routinely produced during cancer diagnosis.

The UAB O'Neal Cancer Center's Office of Community Outreach and Engagement is proud to announce the 2026 Community Dissemination Institute (CDI).

Rebecca Arend, M.D., MPH, Associate Director of Clinical Research at the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center, was appointed as Gynecologic Oncology Vice Chair of the NRG Oncology Translational Science Committee.

UAB O’Neal Cancer Center investigators have access to a network of resources designed to strengthen NIH R01 grant applications.

The O'Neal Cancer Center awarded Aurelio Galli, Ph.D., D.Sc., and Angela Carter, Ph.D., $10,000 to advance glioblastoma research as part of the O'Neal Invests program.

The O'Neal Cancer Center held its 2026 Iron Strong Awards, which recognizes cancer patients who went through a clinical trial.

Rebecca Hall was diagnosed with leptomeningeal metastasis and was weeks from passing, until she enrolled as the first patient in a clinical trial.

Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., UAB O’Neal Cancer Center Director, recently joined the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) congressional briefing.

Barry Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., UAB O’Neal Cancer Center Director, recently joined the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) congressional briefing.

The UAB O'Neal Cancer Center's Gynecologic Oncology Program and Infirmary Health's partnership is a meaningful expansion of women’s cancer care services.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is playing a prominent role at the 2026 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress in Stockholm, Sweden.

Faculty, physicians, scientists, and trainees from the UAB O’Neal Cancer Center joined oncology leaders from around the world at the 2026 (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

Faculty and researchers from the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will join oncology professionals from around the world at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place May 29 - June 2 in Chicago.

UAB's partnership with Infirmary Health offers patients around the southeast aceess to UAB-trained physicians, clinical trials, and all of the resources of the UAB O'Neal Cancer Center.

Andrea Comba, Ph.D., recently secured the V Foundation’s V Scholar Award through the support of her colleagues at the O’Neal Cancer Center.

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the O’Neal NextGen Scholar Awards. This year, two of these awards were generously funded by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA).

The UAB O’Neal Cancer Center is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the O’Neal NextGen Scholar Awards. These awards are funded by the Young Supporters Board (YSB) of the O’Neal Cancer Center.