UAB Students to Remember Those Who Gave Their Bodies to Science

Students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professional schools will pay their respects to those who donated their bodies in 2007 and 2008 for scientific study through the Total Willed Body Donor Program in this year’s Service of Gratitude, which will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 25, in Volker Hall Lecture Room A, 1670 University Blvd.

April 22, 2009

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professional schools will pay their respects to those who donated their bodies in 2007 and 2008 for scientific study through the Total Willed Body Donor Program in this year's Service of Gratitude, which will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 25, in Volker Hall Lecture Room A, 1670 University Blvd.. The service is conducted by members of the schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing and health professions.

More than 250 family members and relatives of the donors of 2007 and 2008 are expected to attend the annual service, along with UAB students and faculty. Organizers hope the ceremony will express their profound thanks to those who have selflessly provided this fundamental part of their health care education.

The service will feature remarks from students, a candle-lighting ceremony to acknowledge the donors and instrumental musical selections performed by class members.

The UAB Anatomical Donor Program receives about 100 cadavers each year for study at UAB. For more information on the program, contact Vince Willcutt, Anatomical Donor Program coordinator, at 205-934-4372 or willcutt@uab.edu.