Leadership
President Watts and the senior leadership team embody our shared values and work together collaboratively to ensure success across all of our mission pillars. Our leaders are focused on serving our campus and surrounding community.
Vision: UAB is a world-class research university and academic health system committed to understanding and improving the human experience.
Mission: UAB enriches society and improves health and well-being through transformational educational experiences, groundbreaking research, innovation and entrepreneurship, community engagement, and world-class patient care while serving our UAB, local and global communities.
Shared Values: We CARE
- Collaborate: Work as a team for the greater good.
- Act with Integrity: Be accountable and always do the right thing.
- Respect All: Champion diversity and opportunities for all, with civility.
- Excel: Innovate and strive for excellence in everything we do.
Strategic Initiatives
In addition to our strategic plan, the key strategic initiatives championed by the Office of the President help chart UAB’s course for the future. These initiatives—focused on community well-being, student success, research impact, technology innovation (including data and artificial intelligence), and more—bring UAB faculty, staff, and students together in collaborative, transparent efforts that strengthen our community and accelerate progress across our mission areas.
Strategic Plan
UAB is halfway through its five-year strategic plan, Forging Ahead. Designed as an extension and continuation of the 2018-2023 plan, Forging the Future, the current plan positions the institution for continued growth and centers its people as the priority focus. Over the past decade, our strategic plans have catalyzed many of the institution’s most important projects.