Four UAB faculty members have been selected to participate in the Summer 2024  Faculty Success Program hosted by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) and sponsored by the UAB Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

The selected members are Muhammad M. Sherif, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering; Anastasia Hartzes, Ph.D., assistant professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health; Angela Sullivan,Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior in the School of Public Health; and Christine Ferguson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences in the School of Health Professions. 

The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week program for faculty of all ranks who are looking for empirically tested methods to improve research productivity through intense accountability, coaching, and peer support and to propel their work-life balance and personal growth. The program will take place from May 20 to July 28.

The NCFDD provides career development and mentoring resources for faculty at more than 450 colleges and universities. More than 475 faculty, postdocs, and graduate students at UAB have taken advantage of the university’s institutional membership. Membership includes access to the NCFDD’s Core Curriculum webinars, focused on skills necessary to “thrive in the academy”; interactive, online Guest Expert Webinars; multi-week courses on preparing tenure and promotion materials and manuscript revision; and 14-day writing challenges.