The reason to give is simple: to make change happen. Our donors give students an avenue to success. They give a researcher a path to a breakthrough. Every gift fuels UAB as it takes steps to change the world.

Advancing Cancer Care
Cain, now cancer-free, wants others to receive the same level of compassionate care she did during her time of need.

Paying it Forward
Shegun and Mary Otulana wish to give back and invest in students at UAB, just as someone once invested in them.

Small Giving, Large Impact
Dora and Sanjay Singh hope to create student success stories by providing $1,000 scholarships to students in need.
Birmingham entrepreneur gives $100,000 to UAB’s Civitan-Sparks Clinic to support autism spectrum disorders program
Sheila Benson is a founder. She’s a CEO. An entrepreneur. A leader. The company she founded in 1994, Employment Screening Services (ESS), grew to become the third largest background screening company in the nation—right out of Birmingham, Ala.
From writing the UAB fight song to supporting the School of Dentistry, Joel Hearn, DMD, has given back to UAB in many ways
He is currently fundraising for a professorship for the Department of Endodontics.
Three years after initial gift, Rocky and Amelia Barnes add half a million to their endowment
The couple hopes the additional $500,000 will allow even more physical therapy students to graduate debt free.
An impeccable person
New scholarship honors Minal Hollowell, M.D., a beloved doctor, wife and mother.
Longtime orthodontist gives back to dental students hailing from specific Alabama counties
These four counties represent the life path of Dr. Grady Price.
Education is still the key to changing lives
Here’s how a group of donors banded together to support underrepresented students in engineering.