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Ananda Basu, MBBS, MD, FRCP, M.D., has been selected as the director of the UAB Diabetes Research Center.

Phil Cendoma, Ph.D., MSHA, MBA, assistant professor in our Department of Health Services Administration, has been selected as a 2025-2026 Honors Faculty Fellow in the UAB Honors College.

UAB Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences is proud to announce that Biotechnology Assistant Professor Kimberly McCall, Ph.D., was recently recognized at the Gulf-South Summit in Nashville, TN, in March 2025.

The UAB M.S. in Health Administration program is once again the #1 “Best Health Care Management Program” in the nation according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. And the UAB School of Health Professions has four programs ranked among the Top 25 graduate programs in the United States.

Have you ever watched a medical drama where doctors, nurses, and family members are trying to diagnose unique symptoms in their patients? There are musical montages of reading medical textbooks, trying new treatments, and seeking advice from others until–magically–someone finds the answer in the form of a rare disease.

In the fall of 2023, the UAB School of Health Professions launched an undergraduate program in Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Science. This year, the program unveiled a minor option to the program.

Inspired by the compassionate care she has received from Physician Assistant (PA) Amalee Smith, PA-C, Donna J. Slovensky gave $30,000 to the UAB School of Health Professions to establish an Endowed Fund in honor of Smith.

Snekha Rajasekaran, a junior in the UAB B.S. in Biomedical Sciences program, completed summer research programs with the Stanford University School of Medicine Cardiovascular Institute, in California and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, in Illinois. She sat down with us to discuss her experience and share tips on how students can make the most of their opportunities.

William Reed, DC, Ph.D., professor and director of the UAB PhD in Rehabilitation Science program, received the George B. McClelland Researcher of the Year Award from the American Chiropractic Association.

The Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) invites applications for a full-time, open-rank, tenure-track faculty position in Dissemination and Implementation Science. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to join a vibrant and collaborative academic community within UAB's School of Health Professions.

W. Timothy Garvey, M.D., FACE, MABOM, was given the Gerald Reaven Distinguished Leader in Insulin Resistance Award by the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC).

MSHA alumnus Ian McFadden, and his wife Angela, establish a scholarship because, “I wanted to do what was done from me.”

Nancy Borkowski, DBA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, distinguished professor in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration, has been named recipient of the Gary L. Filerman Prize for Educational Leadership by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA).

UAB students Cacia Billings and Eleanor Williams are heading into the new year with something to celebrate. Both first-year students in UAB’s Physicians Assistant Studies program were selected as Alabama Area Health Education Center Scholars.

“It was one of those moments where I just knew what I wanted to do.”

Samantha Giordano-Mooga, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of undergraduate research in the UAB biomedical sciences program, was selected as the winner of the 2024 Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research.

The UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) has awarded Seung-Yup (Joshua) Lee, assistant professor in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration, a 2024 CCTS Pilot Award.

Shannon H. Houser recently received the AHIMA Triumph Influencer Award.

Nancy Borkowski received the 2024 Regent’s Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award from the Alabama Healthcare Executives Forum, an officially designated chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

José Fernández, Ph.D., FTOS, was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Distinction from The Obesity Society (TOS) for “leadership and scholarship in the field of obesity that has inspired a more diverse group of scientists and clinicians.”