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Forging Ahead UAB's Strategic Plan
Funding the Plan: Resources

 

The UAB Strategic Planning Council includes representatives from all campus stakeholder groups.

Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D., co-chair
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Brian Burnett, Ph.D., co-chair
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Jim Bakken, co-chair
Chief Communications Officer
Anupam Agarwal, MD
Dean, Heersink School of Medicine
Bradley Barnes, Ph.D.
Senior Vice Provost
 
Tom Brannan
Vice President for Advancement and Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Braswell Christy, Ph.D.
Faculty, School of Health Professions
 
Christopher Brown, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
Laine Chapman
Past Chair, Staff Council
 
David Dada
Community Relations
Paul Erwin, DrPH
Dean, School of Public Health
 
Paulette Patterson Dilworth, Ph.D.
Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Patrick Murphy, Ph.D.
Faculty, Collat School of Business
 
Kathy Nugent, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
David Randall, MD
Chief Strategy Officer, UAB Medicine
 
Ryan Robinette
Past President, UAB Alumni Association
Ritika Samant
Undergraduate Student Government Association
 
Autumn Massey-Sims
Graduate Student Government
Mike Sloane, Ph.D.
Past Chair, Faculty Senate
 
Andy Sullivan
Faculty, School of Engineering
Kecia Thomas, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
 


Mission pillar subgroups


Members of the Strategic Planning Council were tasked with forming subcommittees around each of our four mission pillars: Education; Research, Innovation & Economic Development; Community Engagement; and Patient Care. Membership on each of those subcommittees is listed here. The subcommittees worked to develop goals, objectives and activities/strategies for each of the mission pillars. They also provided input into the dashboard metrics appropriate for these goals.

EDUCATION   RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Paul Erwin, MD, Ph.D
  Co-Chairs: Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., Chris Brown, Ph.D.
Bradley Barnes, Ph.D. (Enrollment Management)   Patrick Murphy, Ph.D. (Business)
Ritika Samant (USGA)   Josh Carpenter, Ph.D. (Southern Research)
Chris Minnix, Ph.D. (Blazer Core)   Suzi Lapi, Ph.D. (Medicine)
Mary Wallace, Ph.D. (Student Affairs)  
Walter Stewart (Veterans Services/ Student Affairs)    
Scott Phillips, Ph.D. (Center for Teaching and Learning)    
Pam Paustian (Provost's Office/ Online recruitment)    
     
     
PATIENT CARE   COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 
Co-chair: David Randall   Chair: Kecia Thomas, Ph.D. 
Co-chair: Anupam Agarwal, MD
  Andrew Sullivan (Engineering)
Tom Brannan (Advancement)   Shauntice Allen, Ph.D. (Public Health)
Michael Faircloth, MD (Medicine)   Teresa Shufflebarger (Medicine)
Elizabeth Steele, OD (Optometry)   Katrina Watson (Literacy Council)
Michele Talley, Ph.D. (Nursing)   Mike Wyss, Ph.D. (CORD)
Russell Taichman, DM.D., DMSC (Dentistry)  
     


Subcommittees were formed to develop goals, objectives, strategies and metrics for the foundations of those mission pillars:  Diversity, Stewardship and Philanthropy.

DIVERSITY   STEWARDSHIP      PHILANTHROPY 
Chair: Paulette Dilworth, Ph.D.   Chair: Brian Burnett, Ph.D.   Chair: Tom Brannan 
Autumn Massey-Sims (GSA)   Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost)   Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost)
David Dada (Community Relations)   Tom Brannan (Advancement)    
Felesia Bowen, Ph.D., DNP (Nursing)   Stephanie Mullins (Vice President for Strategic Initiatives)    
Tequila Smith, UAB alumna   Andy Hollis (Interim CFO and Associate Vice President of Financial Affairs)    
Nabiha Yusuf, Ph.D. (Faculty Senate)        
         


Subcommittees also were formed to redefine UAB's peer group, update the university's mission, vision and value statements and report on the processes and progress made through the strategic plan.

 PEER COMPARISONS        MISSION/VISION/VALUES     COMMUNICATIONS 
 Chair: Brian Burnett, Ph.D.     Chair: Mike Sloane, Ph.D. (CAS/ Honors College    Chair: Jim Bakken 
 Eva W. Lewis, Ph.D. (IEA)    Jennifer Christy, Ph.D. (Health Professions)   Janet Woodruff-Borden, Ph.D. (Provost)
 Laine Chapman (Health Professions)    Jim Bakken (CCO)   Maelynn Chung (UAB Health System)
 Sean Kerins (IEA)    Arpan LiM.D.i (UAB Medicine)   Linda Gunter (Institutional Communications)
Jeff Holmes, MD, Ph.D. (Engineering)   Zandral Washington (UAB Police)   Chris McCauley (CAS)
    Tyler Huang, alumnus    

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