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  • The world is interconnected and so are our programs. From caring for a hospital patient with malaria who contracted it while overseas, to packing food with the Stop Hunger Now project to send to victims of a natural disaster, to community education on how to care for diabetes patients in rural Alabama, all of our work is global.

    The UAB School of Nursing has developed the Global Health Action Framework, after adopting the following definition for global health:

    “An area for practice, teaching, research, or service that transcends boundaries with the intent of improving health, achieving equity and social justice for all people in support of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”


    Program Spotlights


    Where We Work

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    Turkey

    Palliative Care and Family Care-Giving.

    Contact:
    Dr. Marie Bakitas

    Cameroon

    Cameroon Health Initiative.

    Contact:
    Dr. Edwin Aroke

    Philippines

    Collaborative projects at Iloilo Doctor’s College SON and Central Philippines U.

    Contact:
    Dr. Sigrid Ladores

    Japan

    Strengthening collaborative research projects in midwifery and women's health

    Contact:
    Dr. Allison Shorten

    Taiwan

    Strengthening collaborative research projects in midwifery and women's health

    Contact:
    Dr. Allison Shorten

    Malawi

    MOU with Malawi U. of Science & Technology

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Brazil, Riberao Preto

    MOU with U. of Sao Paulo – Riberao Preto SON.

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Thailand

    MOU with Chiang Mai U. Faculty of Nursing notable UAB alum:
    Thanee Kaewthummanukul, Dean
    Seepan Kantawang
    Linchong Pothiban

    Thammasat U. Faculty of Nursing notable UAB alum:
    Apawan Nookong, Faculty at Mahidol U. Faculty of Nursing
    Waraluk Kittiwatanapaisan at Khonkaen U.
    Sadee Saithong Hamilton at Boromarajonani College of Nursing

    Panyahpiwat Institute of Management notable UAB alum:
    Wipada Kunaviktikul, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Assistant to the President, and Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Chiang Mai U. Faculty of Nursing

    Jamaica

    Collaborative project with the U. of the West Indies-Mona.

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Jordan

    Notable alumni:
    Dr. Arwa Oweis, WHO Regional Advisor for Nursing for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

    Saudi Arabia

    Notable alum:
    Dr. Soha Sahwan, faculty at the Jordan U. of Science & Technology
    Elham Nagshabandi, Dean at Al Riyadah College of Health Sciences

    Mexico

    Collaborative work with the Universidad Autónoma de México

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Chile

    Collaborative work with the PAHO/WHOCCs at the U. of Chile, at Pontificia U. Catόlica de Chile, and with the Latin American Association of Schools of Nursing (ALADEFE).

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Costa Rica

    Consultation in Forensic Nursing

    Contact:
    Dr. Pat Speck

    United Kingdom

    Collaborative work with Staffordshire U.

    Contact:
    Dr. Rebecca Miltner

    Cyprus

    MOU with Cyprus U. of Technology

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki

    Trinidad & Tobago

    Collaborative work with the University of the West Indies-St. Augustine.

    Contact:
    Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Turkey

      Palliative Care and Family Care-Giving.

      Contact:
      Dr. Marie Bakitas
    • Cameroon

      Cameroon Health Initiative.

      Contact:
      Dr. Edwin Aroke
    • Philippines

      Collaborative projects at Iloilo Doctor’s College SON and Central Philippines U.

      Contact:
      Dr. Sigrid Ladores
    • Japan

      Strengthening collaborative research projects in midwifery and women's health

      Contact:
      Dr. Allison Shorten
    • Taiwan

      Strengthening collaborative research projects in midwifery and women's health

      Contact:
      Dr. Allison Shorten
    • Malawi

      MOU with Malawi U. of Science & Technology

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Brazil, Riberao Preto

      MOU with U. of Sao Paulo – Riberao Preto SON.

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Thailand

      MOU with Chiang Mai U. Faculty of Nursing notable UAB alum:
      Thanee Kaewthummanukul, Dean
      Seepan Kantawang
      Linchong Pothiban

      Thammasat U. Faculty of Nursing notable UAB alum:
      Apawan Nookong, Faculty at Mahidol U. Faculty of Nursing
      Waraluk Kittiwatanapaisan at Khonkaen U.
      Sadee Saithong Hamilton at Boromarajonani College of Nursing

      Panyahpiwat Institute of Management notable UAB alum:
      Wipada Kunaviktikul, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Assistant to the President, and Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Chiang Mai U. Faculty of Nursing
    • Jamaica

      Collaborative project with the U. of the West Indies-Mona.

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Jordan

      Notable alumni:
      Dr. Arwa Oweis, WHO Regional Advisor for Nursing for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
    • Saudi Arabia

      Notable alum:
      Dr. Soha Sahwan, faculty at the Jordan U. of Science & Technology
      Elham Nagshabandi, Dean at Al Riyadah College of Health Sciences
    • Mexico

      Collaborative work with the Universidad Autónoma de México

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Chile

      Collaborative work with the PAHO/WHOCCs at the U. of Chile, at Pontificia U. Catόlica de Chile, and with the Latin American Association of Schools of Nursing (ALADEFE).

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Costa Rica

      Consultation in Forensic Nursing

      Contact:
      Dr. Pat Speck
    • United Kingdom

      Collaborative work with Staffordshire U.

      Contact:
      Dr. Rebecca Miltner
    • Cyprus

      MOU with Cyprus U. of Technology

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • Trinidad & Tobago

      Collaborative work with the University of the West Indies-St. Augustine.

      Contact:
      Dr. Ada Markaki
    • UABSON transforming nursing education through international partnerships
    • School earns seventh consecutive PAHO/WHO redesignation
    • Markaki leads international nursing network
    • Addressing violence against women during the pandemic
    • UABSON WHOCC launches new webinar series
  • Maria Rodriguez Shirey

    Maria Rodriguez Shirey

    PhD, MBA, MS, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, FACHE, FNAP, FAAN

    Dean, Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair in Nursing
    Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for International Nursing

    Michele Talley

    Michele Talley

    PhD, CRNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP

    Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships

    205.934.6647

    Ada Markaki

    Ada Markaki

    PhD, RN, FAAN

    Director, Global Partnerships
    Co-Director PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for International Nursing

    205.996.6136

    Monique Halford

    Monique Halford

    BA

    Project Manager II
    Clinical & Global Partnerships

    205.934.6102

    Lisa Theus

    Lisa Theus

    MSPH

    Program Manager
    Global Partnerships

    205.996.7621