Our PhD in Nutrition Sciences alumni spotlight is on Christian Behrens, Jr., PhD, RD, class of 2020. He shares with our students about careers outside of academia.

Low vision specialists from across South Africa gathered in Johannesburg in August for the Low Vision Matters More conference. The event, aimed at advancing the nation’s low vision care, was the second co-sponsored by the UAB School of Health Professions and the Low Vision Centre of Learning.

Jennifer Morgan has been named senior director of development at the UAB School of Health Professions.

Department of Occupational Therapy students spent a day at Vulcan Park and Museum as part of the City Is Our Classroom series, which is designed to help them connect classroom concepts like social determinants of health and environmental justice to real places and lived experiences.

UAB alumnus Chuck Stokes (‘83) was a leader, mentor, and someone that many aspired to be. Today, his legacy of service lives on through a fund established to support future leaders in health administration.

Amy Landry, Ph.D., has been awarded the Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service Award by the Health Care Management (HCM) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM).

Bre McDonald, a first-year student in the UAB PhD in Nutrition Sciences program, has been selected as a 2025-2026 Fellow of the Albert Schweitzer program.

Nancy Borkowski, DBA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, has been named editor of the Journal of Health Administration Education (JHAE), effective July 1, 2025.

Amy Goss, Ph.D., FASN, associate professor in the UAB Department of Nutrition Sciences, has been named an Excellence in Nutrition Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).

The 2023 cohort of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s M.S. in Health Informatics (MSHI) program – where 26% of graduates are pursuing doctoral degrees – shows you how unique this program is.

The UAB School of Education and Human Sciences has recognized Tracee Synco, PhD, of the Department of Physical Therapy as its recipient of the 2025 Exemplary Alumni Award.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physical Therapy is proud to recognize Ashley Parish, PT, DPT, PhD, CRT, for earning two national honors.

A recent 10-day education abroad program in South Africa gave Department of Occupational Therapy students and faculty a firsthand look at the profession through a global lens.

Ananda Basu, MBBS, MD, FRCP, M.D., has been selected as the director of the UAB Diabetes Research Center.

Phil Cendoma, Ph.D., MSHA, MBA, assistant professor in our Department of Health Services Administration, has been selected as a 2025-2026 Honors Faculty Fellow in the UAB Honors College.

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.

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.

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.

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.