UAB Grand Challenge
The Challenge Alabama’s health is among the worst in the nation. Alabama ranks 46th in obesity, 48th in diabetes, and 49th in cardiovascular disease.
The Goal Moving Alabama out of the bottom ten in national health rankings is a Grand Challenge – one Mona Fouad, M.D., and her team have accepted.
The Plan Advancing good nutrition, physical activity, and preventive wellness, in partnership with Alabama Communities, working through the extensive framework and drawing upon the expertise of the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center.
Become a
Live HealthSmart
Person
Take simple steps toward better nutrition, physical activity, and prevention and wellness.
Go →
Become a
Live HealthSmart
Restaurant
Boosting good nutrition where we eat makes everyone healthier.
Go →
Become a
Live HealthSmart
Business
Find out how to improve employee wellness, good nutrition, and physical activity.
Go →
Become a
Live HealthSmart
School
A few key actions can transform the health of students and teachers alike.
Go →
Launch Communities
Live HealthSmart Alabama will pilot this initiative in Birmingham-area communities and at UAB. We will expand to other areas in the coming years.
- East Lake
- Bush Hills
- Kingston
- Titusville
- UAB Campus
What's Happening
-
Volunteers go Into the Streets for UAB student-led day of service, community cleanups
For the 22nd year of this university tradition, 139 UAB volunteers worked with six community partners at 14 sites around Birmingham, including Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Sozo Trading and the Live HealthSmart Alabama community cleanup in Kingston.Read more... -
UAB becomes first Health Promoting University in the United States
The International Health Promoting Campuses Network is guided by the Okanagan Charter, which calls on postsecondary schools to infuse health into all aspects of campus culture and lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally.Read more... -
UAB gets NIH grant to improve COVID-19 testing in underserved populations
The RADx-UP program is focused on addressing disparities in COVID-19 response in underserved and vulnerable populations.Read more...
Our Collaborators
Live HealthSmart Alabama is proud to join with the more than 90 national, state, and local collaborators who have signed on to assist with the development and implementation of this ground-breaking initiative.
