The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences in the UAB School of Health Professions and appointed James H. Rimmer, Ph.D., as its first holder during its meeting Feb. 3, 2012.
Rimmer joined the SHP faculty in January 2012 after a nationwide search and serves as the director of research for the Lakeshore Foundation.