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I Can Do It You Can Do It program pairs UAB PT students and AIDB Helen Keller School studentsThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physical Therapy is the first in the state of Alabama to launch the national I Can Do It, You Can Do It (ICDI) program for health promotion for individuals with disabilities. The PT program, housed in the UAB School of Health Professions, has partnered with the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition per the recommendation and encouragement of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Student Assembly.
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In response to the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Nestlé, the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions and Woodlawn Foundation have come together to create the NUW Early Childhood Nutrition Program. This public-private partnership, which is an evidence-based, unbranded educational program, will kick off in the Woodlawn community of Birmingham on Sunday, Sept. 28, at Social Venture, 5529 First Avenue South. The objective is to educate parents, caregivers and students about early childhood nutrition as a means of preventing childhood obesity.
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Want to throw a ball as hard as you can at someone? Of course, we all do. And now you can at the first ever Dodging for Degrees Dodgeball Tournament.
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Dietetic Internship Class 2013-2014Congratulations to the UAB Dietetic Internship program. At 10 a.m. on Friday, June 20, 2014, the program in the School of Health Professions graduated their 50th class.
Members of the Class of 2014 include:
Seated L-R: Kerri Pittman, Emily Lawton, Martha Ryals, Anna Bafunno, Amelia Hendrick, Kasey Westerhouse, Haley Shumaker, Lindsay Schulz, Zeithun Abas, Lisa Mastropietro
Standing L-R: Hannah Hardin, Krista Davis, Sara Upton, Caroline Cohen, Megan Scott, Kaeti Lindsay, Manal Naseeb, Emily Moore, Tori Thompson, Caitlin Gaynor, Jennifer Dunn, Kristin Rowland
