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On October 28, 2025, Mamie Coats, Biomedical and Health Sciences co-director, received the UAB Faculty Senate award for Outstanding New Senator.

Second-year Physician Associate Studies student, Eleanor Williams, was selected as one of 18 physician associate students in the U.S to represent their program on Capitol Hill.

Krystle Glasgow, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Sciences faculty member, was awarded the UAB Young Alumni Rising Star Award.

School spirit was rampant in the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences as faculty, staff and students gathered throughout the week to celebrate Homecoming Week before UAB’s big win against Memphis!

In honor of Biomedical and Health Sciences week, faculty, staff, and students volunteered their time at the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama.

Join UAB Biotechnology on Oct. 23 at 1:30 for a special film screening of the documentary Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution, in the Hill Student Center’s Alumni Theater.

UAB Biomedical Sciences opens a new website students Rebecca Vales and Chloe Roth were selected to co-present at the Breaking the Boundaries: Reimagining Research and Clinical Practice for a Healthier Tomorrow in New Orleans, LA.

UAB Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences is proud to announce that Biotechnology Assistant Professor Kimberly McCall, Ph.D., was recently recognized at the Gulf-South Summit in Nashville, TN, in March 2025.

The UAB M.S. in Health Administration program is once again the #1 “Best Health Care Management Program” in the nation according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. And the UAB School of Health Professions has four programs ranked among the Top 25 graduate programs in the United States.

Have you ever watched a medical drama where doctors, nurses, and family members are trying to diagnose unique symptoms in their patients? There are musical montages of reading medical textbooks, trying new treatments, and seeking advice from others until–magically–someone finds the answer in the form of a rare disease.

In the fall of 2023, the UAB School of Health Professions launched an undergraduate program in Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Science. This year, the program unveiled a minor option to the program.

Inspired by the compassionate care she has received from Physician Assistant (PA) Amalee Smith, PA-C, Donna J. Slovensky gave $30,000 to the UAB School of Health Professions to establish an Endowed Fund in honor of Smith.

UAB students Cacia Billings and Eleanor Williams are heading into the new year with something to celebrate. Both first-year students in UAB’s Physicians Assistant Studies program were selected as Alabama Area Health Education Center Scholars.

“It was one of those moments where I just knew what I wanted to do.”

Samantha Giordano-Mooga, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of undergraduate research in the UAB biomedical sciences program, was selected as the winner of the 2024 Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research.

Lauren Miller is a highly accomplished physician assistant with a profound commitment to her field. Her journey is marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence, continuous learning, and a passion for improving patient care in dermatology.

After decades of giving back, Patricia Curry knows that students need more mentors and role models to deliver support and guidance. So, ss president of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Patricia Curry is asking members - and herself - to do more.

Wardine Alexander serves as the District 7 representative and President Pro Tempore of the Birmingham City Council. She is proud to be our alum and proud of how UAB instills service learning: “We each have a role to play in our communities and if that can be fostered while you are a college student, then that will stay with you throughout the rest of your lifetime.”

Benjamin Burgess enlisted with the Marine Corps out of high school, then earned his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences at UAB. He then transitioned to the Navy and earned an MBA and his Doctor of Medicine from UAB Heersink. Learn why commitment and service have always been pillars in his life. 

Krystle W. Glasgow, MIS, CNMT, NMTCB(CT), NMAA, FSNMMI-TS, clinical coordinator in our M.S. in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Sciences program, is being recognized for continuing to excel in a growing and evolving profession while standing and fighting for all things nuclear medicine. Much of her motivation comes from a drive to help her students succeed.