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Multiple faculty contribute to 10th commemorative edition of Public Health Nursing textbook

Marie Bakitas received the American Cancer Society Pathfinder in Palliative Care award for 2018.

Three others with ties to the UAB School of Nursing also recognized for their statewide impact
Award provides for the development of a culturally relevant intervention to help family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in the rural south
New far-reaching program designed to provide more health care access in medically underserved rural Alabama
UAB School of Nursing Professor Marie Bakitas has received a four-year, $720,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to study whether a phone-based palliative care intervention can help reduce access disparities for veterans, minorities and patients from rural areas who have advanced cancer.

Nursing, Medicine partner in AHEC initiative to expand access to primary care — especially for rural and other under-served populations — in Alabama using a five-year, $5.25-million HRSA grant 

After graduation, Sheena Champion returned home to rural Wilcox County, Alabama where her advanced training in primary care is sorely needed

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