Meet Our Alumni

Vish Patel, M.S. in Biotechnology '11
Vish Patel, a 2011 graduate of the UAB Biotechnology program, has stayed involved with the program and the School of Health Professions since graduation.
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Alumni Zachary White Receives Fellowship Award
Zachary White, a 2016 Biomedical and Health Sciences graduate now studying at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, recently received the 2018 ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award.
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PA Q&A: Wes Johnson
Wes Johnson, a 2013 alumnus, is a Physician Assistant working in Trauma and Emergency Medicine and the Regional Director of Clinical Education for the Island Medical Management Emergency Group in North Alabama.
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Samuel Hoskins Awarded the Advanced Practice Clinical Award of Excellence
Samuel Hoskins was awarded the Advanced Practice Clinical Award of Excellence for Bassett Healthcare Network.
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Marcellus A. Edwards IV - BHS Alumni Wins Scholarship
Marcellus A. Edwards IV, a 2016 Biomedical and Health Sciences graduate who has just completed his first year at Howard University College of Medicine was recently awarded a Trustee scholarship based on his academic performance during his first year of medical school.
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Krystle Glasgow, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Sciences
Krystle Glasgow received the 2017 Distinguished Service Honor Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging –Technologist Section.
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Korina Nance, BHS Class of 2016
Korina Nance has a unique understanding of obstacles and dreams. The daughter of an immigrant from Thailand, Nance is a first-generation college student who has learned as much from her obstacles as she has from her journey to health professional school. Nance has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from UAB but didn’t discover the Physician Assistant career until late in her undergraduate studies.
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Kevin Wang, Biotechnology, is first INTO UAB Graduate
After completing his master’s degree in just three semesters, Kevin Wang graduated Saturday, Aug. 12, as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s first INTO UAB graduate.
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PA Q&A: David Wood
We sent questions to some of the UAB Physician Assistant Studies program students who volunteer at the School of Health Professions' Firehouse Shelter Clinic. We wanted to know more about them, the current PA program and why they serve.
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PA Alumni Spotlight - Chelsea Bares
Chelsea Bares, a 2010 graduate of the UAB Physician Assistant Studies program, has stayed involved with the program and the School of Health Professions since graduation.
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Benjamin Burgess, B.S. Biomedical Sciences '16
Benjamin Burgess is a Medical Corps Officer in the United States Navy.
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Ashley Cannon, Genetic Counseling '15
Ashley Cannon has been accepted to the prestigious Francis S. Collins Scholars Program for her work as a genetic counselor and a neuroscientist.
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What it’s Like to Be a Genetic Counselor
Whitley Kelley doesn’t make designer babies. Or spend all day breaking bad news to families. She is one of three genetic counselors on staff at the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville.
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