Department of health care organization and policy

Participants in the 2026 DEAL program cohort

People of UAB • Published 97 days ago

DEAL kicks off with new cohort of high-potential staff of UAB and UAB Medicine

Twenty-nine employees were selected for the 2026 cohort of the Developing Emerging Administrative Leaders program, which exposes promising staff members to the essential components of administrative and management positions across UAB. Meet the new class.

A gold seal on a green background has letters that read U A B

People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

Nine UAB faculty members elevated to Distinguished and University professorships

This spring, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to five and the rank of University Professor to four faculty members.

People of UAB • Published more than a year ago

12 honored for excellence in teaching

The 2024 honorees for the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching represent each school, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, and the Graduate School.

A young man drives while his father looks on from the passenger seat in this stock photo

Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

Most teens with autism do not drive. This researcher is testing a way to change that.

Emma Sartin, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Organization at the School of Public Health, is leading a Department of Defense-funded project that is developing a virtual assessment to help autistic individuals and their parents decide whether they are ready to drive.