MONDAY, DEC. 17 – WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19
RESEARCH
UA AWARDED GRANT TO TEST DEMENTIA CAREGIVER APP – A national healthcare agency has funded a joint project between UA and Florida International University to test the efficacy of “CareHeroes,” a web and mobile application designed for dementia caregivers. The app is designed to improve communication between physicians providing dementia care and caregivers. The app also aims to decrease caregiver burden and depression symptoms, which they often experience due to the stress of caregiving. The $300,000 grant will allow researchers to test the app with more than 60 participants. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205-348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
EVENTS
GOSPEL SINGER, JOURNALIST HIGHLIGHT REALIZING THE DREAM EVENTS – Pastor Marvin Sapp, award-winning Gospel singer and songwriter, is the featured performer for the 2019 Realizing the Dream Concert Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at UA’s Moody Music Concert Hall. Journalist and author Byron Pitts, co-anchor of ABC’s “Nightline” and author of two books, will be the Legacy Awards Banquet speaker. The banquet will take place Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center’s Sellers Auditorium, also on campus. Tickets for both events will be available online at www.uamusic.tix.com beginning Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, at 8 a.m. For more information, contact Dianne Kennedy-Jackson, 205-348-4480, dkkennedy1@ua.edu or UA communications at 205-348-5320.
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