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Donna Martin – Distinguished Alumni Award
Donna S. Martin, a 1977 graduate of what was then the UAB Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition/Dietetics program, is the UAB School of Health Professions’ 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award winner. Martin becomes only the 48th person to earn the highest honor awarded to our alumni – a number that is even more impressive when you consider we have more than 18,000 graduates in our history.
Read moreNutrition Sciences’ Rivers named Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year
The Alabama Dietetic Association (ALDA), an affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, has named Carleton Rivers, MS, RDN, program director of the UAB School of Health Professions’ Master of Science in Nutrition Sciences – Clinical Track – Dietetic Internship program, the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year. Each year, affiliates of the Academy name a Recognized Young Dietitian to recognize the excellence of dietitians age 35 or younger.
UAB celebrates 40 years of Health Services Administration doctoral programs
Current and past HSA doctoral program directors:Top Row L/R - Hearld, Hernandez
Bottom Row L/R - Duncan, Fottler, ThompsonOn Tuesday, February 13, 2018, the UAB School of Health Professions’ Department of Health Services Administration celebrated 40 years of doctoral education. Together, the PhD in Administration-Health Services program and the Executive Doctor of Science in Administration-Health Services program have graduated 166 researchers, scholars, teachers, and leaders. Read more
UAB scholarship honors legendary healthcare entrepreneur Featheringill
William W. Featheringill, a key contributor to Birmingham’s ascent as an internationally recognized center for health care, has been honored by one of his former companies with a UAB scholarship in his name.The William W. Featheringill Scholarship in Health Informatics, established by his daughter Elizabeth Pharo, was endowed by SuccessEHS to honor Featheringill’s legacy as a visionary in health informatics.The endowment will support students in the UAB School of Health Professions’ Master of Science in Health Informatics program. Read more
Kara Caruthers honors her late mother with a UAB sponsored scholarship
In her 30s, Caruthers became an alumna of the UAB School of Health Professions’ Physician Assistant Studies program. In her 40s, she is a doctoral candidate in the School’s PhD in Nutrition Sciences program. Read more
Pioneering healthcare leader Biddle is first female to endow scholarship for UAB HSA
Biddle is a double alumna having earned a B.S. in Allied Health (currently Health Care Management) and an M.S. in Health Administration (MSHA Class 26). Read more
Ken E. Beasley, MSHA Class 19, establishes scholarship to honor his family
MSHA program awarded national prize for Excellence in Healthcare Management Systems Education
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) program has been chosen as a recipient of the 2018 CAHME/Cerner Award for Excellence in Healthcare Management Systems Education. The annual award delivered by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education , the premier accreditator in their field, in partnership with Cerner, one of the nation’s leaders in health care technology, recognizes outstanding education in the use of information technology and management systems in healthcare.
OT’s Valley McCurry wins ALOTA Cosby Award
Chris Eidson and Valley McCurryValley McCurry, MBA, OTR/L, assistant professor in the UAB School of Health Professions’ Department of Occupational Therapy, received the Ann Cosby Service Award from the Alabama Occupational Therapy Association (ALOTA).
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UAB OT students learn therapy tricks from illusionist Kevin Spencer
Kevin Spencer is an illusionist and artist who has performed magic in front of tens of thousands of people on stages in 34 countries on six continents.A day ahead of performing his “Theatre of Illusion” at the UAB Alys Stephens Center, he delivered a performance in front of a crowd of only 50, but it was a performance that has the potential to impact tens of thousands of people around the world. Read more
NMT’s Krystle Glasgow earns SECSNMMI-TS Distinguished Service award
Glasgow with Distinguished Service AwardKrystle Glasgow, MIS, CNMT, NMTCB (CT), NMAA, clinical coordinator and teacher in the UAB School of Health Professions’ Master of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology program, received the Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging – Technologist Section (SECSNMMI-TS) 2017 Distinguished Service honor. This is not an annual award – it is only delivered when the chapter president wishes to honor an individual for above and beyond service to the Nuclear Medicine Technology profession and the society.
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PCORI awards $5.7 million for study on exercise delivery in people with multiple sclerosis
Robert Motl, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Health Professions, developed the exercise program used in the study.Story by Bob Shepard, UAB News
Researchers studying methods of exercise delivery and the effects on people living with multiple sclerosis have been awarded $5.7 million in funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
UAB Low Vision Rehab program wins Envision top honor
Marcellus Edwards, BHS Alumni, earns medical school scholarship
Kevin Wang, Biotechnology, is first INTO UAB graduate
After completing his master’s degree in just three semesters, Kevin Wang graduated Saturday, Aug. 12, as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s first INTO UAB graduate.
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Michael E. Stephens, SHP Fab 40 Alumni honoree, passes away at age 73
UAB / Lakeshore Research Collaborative awarded $5.8M for MS research
James Rimmer, Ph.D.The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors has approved a $5.8 million grant over the next four years to the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions’ James Rimmer, Ph.D., to fund a study to determine whether people with multiple sclerosis get as much benefit from an exercise-based rehabilitation program delivered via internet and telephone as they do when the therapy is provided in a clinic.
Fottler establishes 1st endowed scholarship for UAB PhD program
Carol and Myron Fottler at the 2016-17 SHP Scholarship LuncheonMyron Fottler, Ph.D., who served as program director for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Administration-Health Services program from 1983 until 1999, along with his wife Carol, has established the first endowed scholarship fund for the Ph.D. program located in the UAB School of Health Professions’ Department of Health Services Administration. Read more
AHA awards UAB a $3.7 million grant to further generational obesity research
Top, from left: The UAB Strategically Focused Research Center team includes: Kirk Habegger, Ph.D.; Nefertiti Durant, M.D.; Tim Garvey, M.D.; David Allison, Ph.D.; Stella Aslibekyan, Ph.D.; Nengjun Yi, Ph.D.; Cora Elizabeth Lewis, M.D.; Paula Chandler-Laney, Ph.D.; Bertha Hidalgo, Ph.D.; Lorie Harper, M.D.The University of Alabama at Birmingham will launch the UAB Strategically Focused Obesity Research Center with a grant from the American Heart Association for $3.7 million over the next four years. The UAB SFOC is one of four sites in the AHA’s Strategically Focused Obesity Research Network that will work together to advance the field of obesity research.
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