ADMINISTRATION

Russ Fine, PhD, MSPH

Director

• Email: rfine@uab.edu
• ICRC Director and Principal Investigator
• SCIB Director and Principal Investigator
• Professor of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine
• Professor of Health Care Organization and Policy, UAB School of Public Health

Dr. Russ Fine, an injury epidemiologist/biostatistician by training, is the founding director and principal investigator of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Injury Control Research Center (UAB ICRC). He supervises and directs the UAB ICRC’s overall operations and has final responsibility for decisions regarding program, management, fiscal, and policy-related matters. More....

Gerald McGwin, PhD

Associate Director for Research and Scientific Oversight

• Email: mcgwin@uab.edu
• Professor and Vice Chairman UAB Department of Epidemiology

Gerald McGwin, Jr. is originally from Portland, Maine. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Vermont (1993) majoring in Education. He received an M.S. degree in Health and Social Behavior from the Harvard University School of Public Health (1995) and a Ph.D. degree in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998).

Jeff Foster, MPH

Associate Director for Administration and Finance

Email: jeffrey.foster@ccc.uab.edu

Kathleen Bolland,PhD

Education and Outreach Advisor

• Email: kbolland@sw.ua.edu

Dr. Bolland serves as Education Advisor to the UAB UTC. In addition to UTC duties, Dr. Bolland is the Assistant Dean for Educational
Programs and Student Services in the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama. As a professional staff member in the Evaluation
and Assessment Laboratory in the College of Education at The University of Alabama, Dr. Bolland designed and conducted evaluations for 15 years before joining the faculty in the School of Social Work.

Andrea Underhill, PhD

Research Scientist

• Email: andrea.underhill@ccc.uab.edu

Dr. Underhill has worked with the UAB UTC in a leadership role since its inception. She has Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the UAB School of Public Health. She has authored or co-authored two book chapters, nine manuscripts and 17 presentations. She has served as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous scientific journals. Dr. Underhill is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (BS Chemistry, 1995), Auburn University Montgomery (MS Psychology, 2001), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (MPH Epidemiology, 2003, PhD Epidemiology 2008). She is the project administrator and co-investigator of A Longitudinal Study of Rehabilitation Outcomes, the UAB Injury Control Research Center’s longest-running project. More....

Despina Stavrinos, PhD

Research Scientist (Post Doctoral)

• Email: dstavrin@uab.edu

Crystal Franklin, MPH

Program Administrator

• Email: crystal.franklin@ccc.uab.edu