The eight postdocs selected to receive Outstanding Postdoctoral Awards represent eight departments, divisions and schools across UAB.

Sonya Hardy, clinical trials manager for the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, is UAB’s Employee of the Month for October.

Frank Pajaron, hospital maintenance field supervisor, has been named UAB’s Employee of the Year. Pajaron was chosen from the Employee of the Month award-winners during the 12-month period ending in July 2018.

School of Nursing’s Cynthia Selleck, Ph.D., has spent years giving back to Birmingham’s most diverse and underserved populations, earning her the 2018 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award.

Cheryl Freeman, material transfer specialist in the Office of the Vice President for Research, is UAB’s Employee of the Month for September.

Carolyn Ashworth, Kohtaro Fujihashi, Jannet Katz, Rama Krishna and Leo Semes were honored as emeritus professors for exceptional service to the university and their profession.

Tammy Sharp, a financial officer in the Department of Neurosurgery, is UAB’s Employee of the Month.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees awarded the rank Distinguished Professor to five — Stephen Barnes, Edwin Blalock, William Britt, Waldemar Carlo and Gregg Gilbert — during its meeting June 8.

Inspired to go into academia by her mentor, Cofield created a teaching award to provide $1,500 for one biostatistics student with a desire to become an educator.