BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Brian F. Geiger, Ed.D., has been named Health Educator of the Year by the Alabama State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (ASAHPERD). The award will be presented at the ASAHPERD fall conference on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover.
Geiger teaches in the UAB School of Education’s Department of Human Studies. He has published widely on topics related to school health education program planning, implementation and evaluation. He is the principal investigator for the Selma Nutrition, Exercise and Wellness Study for Students.
Geiger has been an investigator with the Wilcox County Disease Prevention Project, a four-year initiative funded by the Centers for the Disease Control (CDC) and the Association of Schools of Public Health. He also has been a senior investigator of a national teen pregnancy prevention project funded by the CDC.
Geiger is a frequent presenter at state, regional and national professional meetings for health educators. He is a past recipient of the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and an honorary member of the Golden Key International Honor Society.
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