Faculty and Research
Graduate Biomedical Sciences Faculty l UAB Research Centers l UAB Scientific Core Facilities l
UAB Affiliated Research Organizations
GRADUATE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES FACULTY
The PhD and MD-trained scientists who constitute the GBS faculty are engaged in nationally-recognized and well-funded research in diverse areas of basic and clinically relevant science:
- Research funding received by UAB School of Medicine faculty consistently ranks in the top 25 nationally for NIH support
- Faculty are ranked 10th nationally for scholarly productivity (scientific publications, grants, awards) in overall biomedical sciences, Chronicles of Higher Education
- Programs in cancer, rheumatology & related autoimmune diseases, nephrology and aging are ranked in top 20 nationally by US News & World Report America's Best Hospitals 2009
A comprehensive listing of UAB faculty who offer graduate research training in the biomedical sciences is found at Faculty Profiles. Note that individual faculty may participate in multiple programs, dependent upon their research interests.
UAB research centers involve communities of faculty scientists, graduate and postdoctoral trainees and staff with common research interests, who collaborate in scientific research projects, participate in common seminars, journal clubs, retreats or symposia, and share common resources and core facilities. These Centers are funded by NIH or other funding agencies and by the University.
- Alzheimer's Disease Center
- Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center
- Biomatrix Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Center
- Center for Aging
- Center for AIDS Research
- Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering
- Center for Computational and Structural Biology
- Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness
- Center for Free Radical Biology
- Center for Metabolic Bone Disease
- Center for Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration
- Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education
- Center for the Study of Community Health
- Center for Women's Reproductive Health
- Civitan International Research Center
- Clinical Nutrition Research Center
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Comprehensive Diabetes Center
- Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
- Howell and Elizabeth Heflin Center for Human Genetics
- Gene Therapy Center
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- Nephrology Research and Training Center
- UAB Center for the Development of Functional Imaging
- UAB Center for Glial Biology in Medicine
- UAB Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics
- UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
- UAB Minority Health and Research Center
- Vision Science Research Center
UAB SCIENTIFIC CORE FACILITIES
UAB AFFILIATED RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
- Southern Research Institute
Southern Research scientists hold UAB faculty appointments and offer graduate training as members of GBS graduate programs. - Innovation Depot
UAB affiliated biotech incubator facility