Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the NIH Pathophysiological Basis of Mental Disorders and Addictions Study Section,

For Allante Jowers and Tristian Scarborough, the opportunity is one they don’t take lightly. 

Dale Dickinson, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Public Health, has been selected as the director for UAB’s Quality Enhancement Plan. 

Stephanie Mullins, who had served in the role as interim CFO since July 2015, has been a contributor and leader in many initiatives, including a recent restructuring of Financial Affairs.

Associate Professor Michelle Fanucchi, Ph.D., will officially begin her role as UAB’s first faculty ombuds — an independent, confidential and impartial resource for faculty — Sept.1.

Anna Threadcraft joined UAB this week — just in time to help champion UAB employees competing in the Birmingham Corporate Challenge this weekend at Railroad Park.

The UA System Board of Trustees approved the creation of a new professorship and the appointment to fill it during its meeting June 17.

Joseph Biggio, M.D., is the first to hold the endowed position in maternal-fetal medicine named for John Hauth, who directed the division for more than 10 years.

Pamela Paustian, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Health Professions, has been selected as the director for UAB's Quality Enhancement Plan, "Learning in a Team Environment."

Herbert Chen, Ursula Isolde Wesselmann, Nicolaas Geurs and Stephanie Yates were named to endowed positions in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Business during the April meeting of the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees.