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Our office is dedicated to the wellness of individuals, teams, and the workplace, through a commitment to research, education, and services. Our key initiatives include:

  1. Improving the collective well-being of UAB Medicine 
  2. Evaluating well-being, burnout, and engagement
  3. Examining and reducing organizational stressors
  4. Developing and deploying evidence-based interventions
  5. Offering wellness education and services
  6. Enhancing wellness scholarship 

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The Wellness Wheel is a visual interpretation of our mission to focus on the physical, psychological, and social wellness of our people and place. We are committed to identifying and providing resources in multiple dimensions of wellness that are critical for individuals and teams while keeping the center of our focus on overall workplace wellbeing.

  • Occupational Wellness
  • Intellectual Wellness
  • Spiritual Wellness
  • Emotional Wellness
  • Health/Physical Wellness

Wellness Team 

David. A Rogers, M.D., MPHE

David. A Rogers, M.D., MPHE

Chief Wellness Officer 

Amanda Carmichael, MA

Director, Wellness & Administration 

Lauren Nassetta, M.D.

Lauren Nassetta, M.D.

Director, Wellness Support Services 

Katherine Meese, Ph.D.

Katherine Meese, Ph.D.

Director, Wellness Research 

Laurence Boitet, Ph.D.

Laurence Boitet, Ph.D.

Director, Biomedical Trainee Wellness

Megan McMurray Hays, Ph.D.

Megan McMurray Hays, Ph.D.

Director, Wellness Education 

Sam Perna, D.O.

Sam Perna, D.O.

Wellness Specialist

Ashley Hanson, Ph.D.

Wellness Specialist 

Leah Pickett, NP

Leah Pickett, NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Wellness Manager 

Toni Beam, MSN

Toni Beam, MSN

Nurse Wellness Manager 

Malcolm Marler, D.Min.

Malcolm Marler, D.Min.

Wellness Advocate

Adrianne Raymond, LPC

Medical Student Counselor 

Julia Sanford, LICSW

Julia Sanford, LICSW

Medical Student Counselor 

Valerie Minor, MS

Valerie Minor, MS

Program Manager

Jasmine Shelby, MPA

Jasmine Shelby, MPA

Administrative Associate

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