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Faculty in the College are working in a vast array of fields and disciplines, but a few stand out as areas of external funding growth. Here are a few highlights of areas in which the College can lead the nation in the coming decades.

Aging

Families and Aging

Families and Aging

Patricia Drentea, Ph.D.

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Pain

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain

Robert Sorge, Ph.D.; Jarred Younger, Ph.D.

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Climate

The Effects of Polar Change

The Effects of Polar Change

Jim McClintock, Ph.D.; Charles Amsler, Ph.D.; Maggie Amsler, Ph.D.

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Computing and Cyber Security

Fighting Against Cybercrime

Fighting Against Cybercrime

Department of Computer Science and the J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice

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Nanotechnology and Quantum Power

Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology

Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D.; Ilias Perakis, Ph.D.

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Drug Discovery

New Drug Therapies

New Drug Therapies

Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D.; Veronika Kozlovskaya, Ph.D.

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Society, Culture, and Community

Human Rights

Human Rights

UAB Institute for Human Rights (IHR)

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Communication and Deception

Communication and Deception

Department of Communication Studies, Tim Levine, Ph.D.

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Ethics

Ethics

Department of Philosophy

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Humankind–Past, Present and Future

Humankind–Past, Present and Future

Department of Anthropology

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Cultural Competency

Cultural Competency

Department of World Languages and Literatures

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Creative Expression

Creative Expression

Creative Expression

Department of English, Department of Music, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Theatre

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