Students/Faculty
UAB has only Physician Assistant student to win ASAHP Scholarship
Nutrition Science’s Khaled earns Fulbright-Nehru award to study Global Health
Tera Webb wins national award from ASCLS
Lein earns ALAPTA most prestigious honor
Jennifer Dingle named AUPHA Boyd Scholar
University of Alabama at Birmingham Health Care Management Program, wins a $40,000 scholarship from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA). She is one of only two students in the U.S. to earn the HCA Corris Boyd Scholarship for 2014.
Jennifer Dingle, a 2014 graduate of the Read moreUAB students spend Spring Break serving others
Beach? Check.
Exotic destination? Check.
Provide medical services to those in need? Wait, what? Read more
Journey from High School dropout toward Health Administrator
I want to start by thanking everyone for all your contributions and allowing me to be here. It is my pleasure to speak to all of you this afternoon. My name is Nicholas Colleran and I am from Weymouth, Massachusetts which is about 15 minutes south of Boston. I am a student in The Master of Science in Health Administration program at UAB. I want to personally thank the Ryland Family for the scholarship they provided for me and for all those who have made contributions to our program. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say we are all extremely grateful. Read more
UAB student discusses genetic testing at Rare Disease Symposium
February 28, 2014, marks the seventh worldwide Rare Disease Day and Wakefield’s remarks came at UAB’s Rare Disease Symposium. This is the first year UAB has celebrated the international event. Rare diseases are categorized as those that affect fewer than 200,000 people. Read more
Rimmer honored by AAP for best paper of 2013
OT class builds chairs for children in Uganda using cardboard, paper, flour and water
So when co-instructors Deek Cunningham, MS, OTR/L, and Gavin Jenkins, Ph.D., OTR/L, both assistant professors in the OT department, asked the class to build chairs – using only cardboard, paper, flour and water – as assistive devices. You can imagine what went through the students’ heads. Read more
School of Health Professions Honors Hiett, Shmerling
O’Connor wins most distinguished award given by Health Care Management
OT class given $5, 5 minutes to make a difference in world
Weech-Maldonado receives national “Excellence in Teaching Award”
Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ph.D., received the Academy of Management Health Care Management Division’s “Excellence in Teaching Award.” The award recognizes innovative and outstanding teaching in the classroom and provides an opportunity to encourage, recognize and reward the work of dedicated and inspiring teachers.
Read moreHouser Named to Institute of Medicine Committee
The Institute of Medicine has appointed Shannon H. Houser, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to join its Committee to Review Data Systems for Monitoring HIV/AIDS Care.
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