Alumni

Many of our graduates work in academic teaching positions in departments of sociology and schools of medicine, public health, and nursing. Others are employed as counselors, research program directors in medical schools and industry, government researchers, and academic researchers.

What is your story? We would like you to share it with us, with our students, and the world — read the stories of some of our alumni on this page, and let us know if you have a story to tell. Do you want to become involved in the department? We welcome your ideas and participation. Or perhaps you would like to know how to give to the department and help support its mission.SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

Karim Abu-Omar

Karim Abu-Omar. Dr. Abu-Omar (PhD 2001) is a faculty member at the Institute of Sport Science and Sport (ISS) of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). He is also head of the WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Public Health at the ISS.

Najwa Al-Harbi

""Najwa Al-Harbi (2019 Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Umm Al Qura University in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Alharbi teaches Social Statistics, Introduction to Sociology, and Sociological Theory.

Lori Bateman

Lori Bateman. Lori Brand Bateman (PhD 2014) is currently an instructor in the Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine

Henna Budhwani

Henna Budhwani. Dr. Budhwani (PhD 2012) (pronouns: she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the UAB School of Public Health (SOPH), Visiting Assistant Professor with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), and affiliated faculty with the Florida State University (FSU) Center for Translational Behavioral Science.

David R. Buys

David Buys. David R. Buys (PhD 2011) is an Extension health specialist and researcher with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (Mississippi State University).

Yue Cao

Yue Cao. Yue Cao (PhD 2012) holds the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Science and Research at the Medical University of South Carolina. He previously worked at the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, where he completed his Postdoc training.

Anthony Campbell

Anthony Campbell. Dr. Anthony Campbell (PhD 2016) an assistant professor at Auburn University in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the UAB-VA Health Services, Outcomes, and Effectiveness Research (HSOER) Training Program.

Deborah Ejem

Deborah Ejem. Deborah Ejem (PhD 2014) is a post-doctoral scholar at the UAB School of Nursing. She recently was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), to explore how significant a factor spirituality is in the relationships among patients with chronic illnesses, their caregivers, and their clinicians.

Mike Demand

Mike Demand (PhD 2000) is Vice President, Health & Care Management, at Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield in Des Moines, Iowa. Wellmark provides health insurance services to two million people nationally. In his role Mike leads the company's medical policy administration, utilization management, case management, disease management, wellness, clinical appeals, health management innovation, and quality management programs.

Tuba Demir Dagdas

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Dr. Demir Dagdas (PhD 2017) is currently a Research Data Specialist 2 at the State of California, Department of Health Care Services. She analyzes Medi-Cal datasets as a quantitative health researcher.

Lee Anne Flagg

Lee Anne Flagg. Lee Anne Flagg (PhD 2015) is an Associate Service Fellow at the Mortality Statistics Branch within the Division of Vital Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics. She will be monitoring the quality of the mortality data.

Lynn B. Gerald

Lynn Gerald. Lynn B. Gerald (PhD, MSPH, 1997) is Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, at the University of Arizona and Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Asthma and Airways Disease Research Center.