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UAB OSPE selected for Physical Therapy Advocate Award by APTA Alabama
The UAB Office of Standardized Patient Education has been selected to receive the Physical Therapy Advocate Award by the Alabama Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. The honor recognizes individuals outside of the profession whose activities promote and elevate the practice of physical therapy.
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HSA grows faculty to 48 members with three new hires
The UAB Department of Health Services Administration faculty has grown to 48 with the addition of three new research-engaged members.
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UAB Healthcare Quality & Safety program among first in CAHME Accreditation
The UAB Department of Health Services Administration Graduate Program in Healthcare Quality and Safety has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management in Education (CAHME), making it one of the first two programs of its kind to achieve this milestone.
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Heck to Bring Blindness Rehabilitation Training to UAB’s LVR Graduate Certificate Program
The UAB School of Health Professions has 12 people, including Dean Andrew J. Butler, Ph.D., named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2021 Who’s Who in Health Care.
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Q&A: Ritu Aneja, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
On April 1, 2022, Ritu Aneja, Ph.D., was named associate dean for Research and Innovation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions. We were fortunate to have an extended conversation with Dr. Aneja about a wide range of topics.
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Lenetra King is first female and African-American Executive-in-Residence for HSA
Lenetra King, founder of Watch Me EXCEL™ and health care industry C-Suite veteran, has been named an Executive-in-Residence for the UAB Department of Health Services Administration. She is the first female and the first African-American named to this role.
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CEDHARS pilot funding awards announced
Recipients of the fall 2021 pilot grant funding opportunity, "Addressing Health Disparities in Adults or Children with Disabilities," have been announced by the Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS).
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Thomas Giffin named SHP Senior Director of Development
Thomas Giffin has been named senior director of development at the UAB School of Health Professions. He comes to the University of Alabama at Birmingham from the foundation at the University of Cincinnati where he raised private dollars for the law school.
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From bench to business: Online master's in biotechnology provides students with real-world experience
In just 365 days, the UAB Master of Science in Biotechnology trains students to see the solution and be the solution.
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Aneja named Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in SHP
Ritu Aneja, Ph.D., has been named associate dean for Research and Innovation at the University of Alabama at BirminghamSchool of Health Professions.
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PA program celebrates National PA Week through service
Each year Tosi Gilford, MD, PA-C, director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program, shares a special message with her students in honor of National Physician Assistant Week, “Being a PA is more than a profession…it is a calling; it is a lifestyle.”
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$1.4M grant to grow underrepresented minorities in medicine and expand care in rural areas
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Physician Assistant Studies program has been awarded a grant of $1,492,465 from the HRSA to expand mental health training for their students, increase the number of underrepresented in medicine, and extend clinical care to more underserved patient populations.
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Goodman, Harris, Patterson earn AL HIMSS merit scholarships
VerCherria Goodman and Jeff Harris – students in UAB Graduate Programs in Health Informatics. – and Jonathan Patterson, a student in the PhD in Administration-Health Services, Health Informatics Track, have been awarded merit scholarships by the Alabama Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (Alabama HIMSS).
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MSHA students named UAB Diversity Champions
UAB has honored 27 students in the M.S. in Health Administration (MSHA) program with the President’s Diversity Champion Award for student organizations. The students took the initiative to create the MSHA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Student Council whose purpose is to prioritize DEI as fundamental pillars of the MSHA program and bring heightened social awareness to the faculty, staff, alumni, and students of the program.
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HSA Names New Program Directors
The UAB Department of Health Services Administration has named Jessica Williams, Ph.D., director of the B.S. in Health Care Management program and Ria Hearld, Ph.D., director of the PhD in Administration-Health Services program.
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SHP partners with O’Neal Cancer Center, UAB Medicine for Genetic Counselor Fellowship
The UAB School of Health Professions has partnered with the School of Medicine and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB to offer a one-year post-graduation fellowship to a student in the M.S. in Genetic Counseling program. The fellowship will provide advanced clinical training, research and teaching opportunities in the area of cancer genetic counseling. The student who is selected for the position will have full tuition support, be employed by the UAB Department of Genetics, and earn an educational stipend during the fellowship year in exchange for a four-year post-graduation commitment to work at UAB.
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New support fund to reduce health disparities honors civil rights hero John Lewis
UAB Health System has donated $25,000 to establish the John Lewis Health Equity Program Support Fund. The gift, in honor of the Alabama native and civil rights hero, supports the UAB Health Equity Leadership Academy.
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Donald Lein named Bergman/Pinkston Endowed Professor
The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Donald Lein, PT, Ph.D., to the Bergman/Pinkston Endowed Professorship in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physical Therapy on November, 13, 2020. Lein is only the second ever to earn the physical therapy professorship that honors UAB professors emeritus Joan Bergman and Dorothy Pinkston.
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Emily Caffrey youngest to win Health Physics Society Elda E. Anderson Award
Emily Caffrey, Ph.D., supervised practice coordinator and adjunct faculty member of the UAB M.S. in Health Physics program, is the recipient of the 2020 Elda E. Anderson Award. At the age of 31, she is the youngest member of the Health Physics Society to earn the honor that has been delivered every year since 1962.
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UAB Physician Assistant program earns multiple PAEA honors
The Physician Assistant Education Association delivered awards to the UAB Physician Assistant Studies Program, Program Director Tosi Gilford, MD, PA-C, and to student Amber Rohrberg.
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