Posted on April 16, 2002 at 9:27 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is among the nation’s best, according to the 2003 U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation's best graduate schools. UAB's medical school was ranked 28th in the research category and 30th in the primary care category.

Three medical specialties at UAB were also ranked by the magazine: AIDS (4th), internal medicine (11th) and women’s health (14th).

UAB's research program in the biological sciences was ranked 45th. Biological sciences includes microbiology and other basic science disciplines.

Other schools and specific programs are not ranked annually by U.S. News, but appear throughout its most recent rankings. In last year's 2002 rankings, UAB’s doctoral programs in clinical psychology and psychology were ranked 67th and 116th. The master’s program in public affairs was ranked 65th and the master’s program in occupational therapy was tied for 40th.