This annual award honors individuals who engage in interdisciplinary, collaborative efforts across campus in ways that embody the vision vital to the future of UAB.
Wooldridge earned her master of science in clinical nutrition from UAB in 1981.
Salter earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from UAB and returned as a faculty member in 1978.
Burns joined the UAB faculty in 1980 and was also a Senior Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Austin joined the UAB faculty in 1973 and served as director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology from 1975-79.
Lalor earned her bachelor of science in civil engineering degree cum laude from UAB in 1989 and joined the faculty that year as an instructor and research assistant.
He received the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1995.
Classé served in the U.S. Marine Corps before earning his legal degree in 1977 and his doctor of optometry degree from UAB in 1978.
Chow was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences as a foreign associate in 2012.
The chair was established through gifts from the ROAR initiative of the Southeast Cancer Foundation, matched by the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation.
Luke joined UAB in 1979 as director of the division and of the Nephrology Research and Training Center.
Andreoli was the founding director of the UAB Division of Nephrology in 1970 and established the Nephrology Research and Training Center.
He received the UAB President’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011.
The Thomas W. Jones Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was established in 2012.
Howard is a co-principal investigator (co-PI) for the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
Dawson earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from UAB.
ABNS is a not-for-profit, membership organization focused on improving patient outcomes and consumer protection by promoting specialty nursing certification.
Mönkemüller is an innovator and pioneer in gastrointestinal endoscopy and sits on the editorial boards of several top gastrointestinal journals.
Mönkemüller and his colleagues at UAB focus on delivering top quality endoscopy to patients.
As part of the award, Anderson will lead faculty development programs and hands-on workshops at the Tzu-Chi University College of Medicine in Taiwan for two weeks.
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Robert Palazzo has announced Lauren Lake as the new chair of the Department of Art and Art History.
Mönkemüller is an ASGE Fellow and an editorial board member for the society’s journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
The latest edition reflects the unique strategic management processes of health-care organizations.
Perry is co-director of The Red Mountain Writing Project and has worked in various capacities with the Alabama Council of Teachers of English.
The one hour concert series will begin Sept. 5; the aim is to create a more relaxing, healing environment for patients, guests and caregivers.
Vattoth is a scientist in UAB’s Comprehensive Neuroscience Center.