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Lein earns ALAPTA most prestigious honor

2014 ALAPTA Gossman Award winnerDonald Lein, PT, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, earned the Alabama Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association's Marilyn Gossman Professionalism in Physical Therapy Award for 2014. The award is considered the ALAPTA's most prestigious honor and was given to Lein at the ALAPTA annual conference on Saturday, August 23, 2014. Read more
Jennifer Dingle named AUPHA Boyd Scholar
Jennifer Dingle, SHP flag-bearer at 2014 UAB graduationJennifer Dingle, a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Care Management Program, wins a $40,000 scholarship from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). She is one of only two students in the U.S. to earn the HCA Corris Boyd Scholarship for 2014.
UAB students spend Spring Break serving others

Beach? Check.
Exotic destination? Check.
Provide medical services to those in need? Wait, what? Read more
Journey from High School dropout toward Health Administrator
UAB student discusses genetic testing at Rare Disease Symposium

February 28, 2014, marks the seventh worldwide Rare Disease Day and Wakefield’s remarks came at UAB’s Rare Disease Symposium. This is the first year UAB has celebrated the international event. Rare diseases are categorized as those that affect fewer than 200,000 people. Read more
Rimmer honored by AAP for best paper of 2013

OT class builds chairs for children in Uganda using cardboard, paper, flour and water
So when co-instructors Deek Cunningham, MS, OTR/L, and Gavin Jenkins, Ph.D., OTR/L, both assistant professors in the OT department, asked the class to build chairs – using only cardboard, paper, flour and water – as assistive devices. You can imagine what went through the students’ heads. Read more
School of Health Professions Honors Hiett, Shmerling

O’Connor wins most distinguished award given by Health Care Management

OT class given $5, 5 minutes to make a difference in world

Weech-Maldonado receives national “Excellence in Teaching Award”
Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ph.D., received the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division’s “Excellence in Teaching Award.” The award recognizes innovative and outstanding teaching in the classroom and provides an opportunity to encourage, recognize and reward the work of dedicated and inspiring teachers.
Houser Named to Institute of Medicine Committee
The Institute of Medicine has appointed Shannon H. Houser, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to join its Committee to Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV/AIDS Care.