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Community Leadership Academy: Program empowers neighborhood stakeholders to advocate for their communities
Since its launch in late 2019, Live HealthSmart Alabama (LHSA), the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s holistic initiative to improve health outcomes in Alabama, has emphasized collaboration and sustainability on the path to making good health simple.
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A guiding light: From fighting Parkinson’s to fostering entrepreneurship, Jane Comer continues to inspire and empower
In 2011, Jane Comer—activist, entrepreneur, and proud grandmother—began to experience tremors in her hands. On the advice of her friend, Comer made an appointment with UAB Medicine and received a stunning diagnosis: Parkinson’s disease.
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TherapySouth’s Steve and Jana Foster Increase Support for UAB Physical Therapy Students
Three years after establishing the Stephen and Jana Foster Endowed Scholarship in Physical Therapy, Steve (‘80) and Jana Foster have added $100,000 to the fund to increase the scholarship to the Dean level—which requires a minimum of $250,000—to support more physical therapy students in the UAB School of Health Professions.
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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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“He was so proud of who he had become”: Computer Science scholarship honors UAB freshman
Finally, in the fall of 2021, Madhav Praveen officially became a UAB Blazer.
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“We’re very much a UAB family”: Raymond and Pamela Thompson create scholarship through National Alumni Society
UAB alumni Raymond and Pam Thompson give back to the school that gave them so much.
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