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Honoring a Legend of Alabama Medicine: Christopher Endowed Chair commemorates influential namesake’s commitment to rural communities
Legacy is a living thing.
For Neil Christopher, M.D., it was the legacy of his grandfather’s career as a rural physician—combined with timely encouragement from his older brother Ralph, also a doctor—that provided the inspiration to switch majors and pursue a career in medicine. Three years after his graduation from Auburn University in 1955, Christopher earned his medical degree from what would become the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.
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Keep on Giving: Healthcare Communication Training Endowment Extends Beard Family Legacy of Compassion and Care
How do you celebrate an extraordinary family? One that has devoted themselves to bringing skilled nursing into thousands of homes across Alabama? One that has given generously in support of hospice and palliative care for decades?
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From crisis to hope: How UAB’s International Student Emergency Fund supports students in tough times
UAB is home to over 1,000 international students representing more than 85 countries. While they enrich our campus with diverse perspectives and talents, these students face unique challenges when financial or personal crises strike.
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Becca Pitts’ $50K Gift to UAB Community Counseling Clinic Ensures Mental Health Access for Birmingham Community
Even as a young college graduate working in the fashion industry, Becca Pitts always had an interest in mental health. After losing her brother and, two years later, a childhood friend to suicide, Pitts knew there was no other field she wanted to be in.
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Aged to perfection: Collat Emeritus Professor Joe Van Matre uses proceeds from fine wine auction to support students
In the course of more than half a century teaching statistics at the UAB Collat School of Business (CSOB), Joseph G. Van Matre, Ph.D., became the longest-tenured faculty member in school history. Along the way, he also established the Juanita and William H. Van Matre Endowed Scholarship, a tribute to his parents, in 1986.
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Grant from Shipt helps UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama expand its Mobile Market
As part of its Community Impact and Innovation grant program, retail tech company Shipt has awarded UAB’s Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA) initiative a $20,000 microgrant to help expand its Live HealthSmart Mobile Market to 10 additional underserved communities, giving them access to fresh, affordable staple foods and produce.
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The human connection
UAB scholarship named in honor of former Chief HR Officer Alesia Jones
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Unveiling a “Hidden Gem”
UAB Libraries leads $500,000 fundraising initiative for the Historical Collections Gallery
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“UAB is Leading the Charge”: Dr. Earl Fox’s $25K Gift Allows Magic City LGBTQ Heath Studies Endowed Professorship to Become Chair
Last summer, a $25,000 gift from Claude “Earl” Fox, MD, MPH, to UAB’s School of Public Health was the final push that allowed the school’s Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship to transition to become the Magic City LGBTQ Heath Studies Endowed Chair.
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