Whether it’s UAB’s first Employee of the Month or 2017 NSF CAREER Award winners, from innovative faculty to dedicated staff, women have been integral to helping bring the UAB’s medical and academic prowess to the national and international forefront throughout the past five decades. For Women’s History month, the UAB Reporter has gathered examples of its more recent coverage of women at UAB.
In UAB’s case, it’s not just knowledge that changes worlds — it’s the women behind it.
Women in Charge
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Women in the Arts

Chapman's book named 'Outstanding Academic Title of 2017' by national association

New kind of novel made women doctors respectable in Victorian era

McPherson's book says media-driven celebrity emerged in the 18th century
Women in Science
Women in Medicine
Nursing's Baker works tirelessly to improve care for the elderlyNatalie Baker's work on state boards and in professional service organizations helps ensure concerns about patient care translate into competencies in the classroom. Speck advocates better care for victims of violenceSince UAB Nursing Professor Patricia Speck, DNSC, began working in public health primary care in the early 1980s, she says she has seen significant progress in U.S. views on domestic violence. She's also a part of a group of UAB nursing faculty helped create a publication designed to help better prepare professionals across multiple disciplines to respond to cases of child abuse. Lindsay Hall wins UAB’s inaugural DAISY AwardHall, a labor and delivery nurse in Women and Infant Services, was selected to receive the new award last year, which honors extraordinary nurses who are making an impact in their health care setting. |
Women in UAB History
Women in the Community
Employees of the Month
UAB’s first Employee of the Month was keypunch supervisor Gladys McQueen, and since April 2017 alone, women at UAB have comprised eight of the 11 Employee of the Month winners.
Johnson 'is a beacon of light' for Facilities division
Traylor creates positive environment in nephrology lab
Schwartz 'is always a team player' both with colleagues and patients
Good-natured Dougherty-Bergeron keeps CFAR on track
Lowery-Poole sets a 'shining example' in Pediatric Dentistry
Hearns' smile can be 'detected over the telephone'
Tubbs believes 'everyone has time to stop and help one another'
Ragland believes 'you need to have fun along the way'
Can’t get enough of how women are helping create UAB’s future? Check out the UAB Reporter’s 2017 feature, “Women Who,” to learn about women on campus who Discover, Serve, Lead, Inspire and Innovate. |