You - our Nutrition Sciences alumni - are important to us. Even after you are "gone" we hope you stay connected and stay in touch because we continue to have much to offer you and share with you. By filling out this form you will receive the latest updates regarding your department, your program and your former classmates.
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Sixth Floor
Metabolic Kitchen
The renovation of the 6th floor includes a metabolic kitchen. This is an industrial-sized facility with professional-grade equipment that is staffed by registered dietitians who design, prepare, and package meals for each research study based in our department. The metabolic kitchen is designed to be a production facility that can mass produce menus and meals for large studies.
Teaching Kitchen
The updates also include a teaching kitchen that is being used for many different audiences of learners. We welcome a wide range of participants from students in any of our Nutrition Sciences programs to community members who are living with chronic conditions like obesity and diabetes. The kitchen has state-of-the-art audio/visual technology for multimodal learning and research. And it is designed so lectures can be delivered in a virtual setting and/or recorded for online learning.
Fifth Floor
Renovation of the 5th floor has delivered three state-of-the-art classrooms that serve 50 or more students each. These are being used by faculty for courses across all of our School's departments. There is also be a big space on the east side of the building that we say is at the intersection of learning and collaboration for students, faculty and staff.
Gathering Spaces
This area will offer a variety of spaces and styles for people to work and study. There will be shared spaces, a conference table, a conference room, a lounge, a phone booth, and a kitchenette.
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Second Floor
Calorimeter Suite
This is a unique space as very few institutions have a calorimeter room - yet we have a whole-room calorimetry suite with three rooms. Each room is designed to monitor a person's metabolism for 24 hours, which is critical since rates vary by time of the day, activity level, exercise and food intake. The rooms differ in size (small, medium, large) and are similar to a dorm room with a full-size bed plus a desk and chair. Each room will be available for meal testing. The flex room and the largest room can accommodate a stationery bicycle for exercise testing.
Enhanced Accessibility
The 2nd floor renovation includes the addition of a new rear entrance for enhanced accessibility for our clinical patients and research clients. The updates also include a new waiting area with improved comfort and increased natural light.
Foyer
The new atrium is the first thing people see when they enter the building and it sets the tone. It tells the world that this is a place of excellence, a place of purpose, and a place where students, faculty, and staff come together to do meaningful work.
Beyond first impressions, the foyer space is designed to host student gatherings and special events/activities for the department and the school. The lobby includes an open staircase to the second floor that is a waiting area for patients and participants of our world-renowned clinical trials and research testing. This is now a celebrated space that will be used to help celebrate our scientific and academic achievements.
DNS Awards
DNS awards are back, aimed at recognizing top faculty, staff, and students who, not only enrich the research, teaching and administrative aspects of this department, but also bring energy and fun to it. Choosing the best person to receive each award will be the challenging task of the Awards Committee.
The 2024–2025 Awards Committee, chaired by Catia Martins, includes Lizzy Davis, Marian Carter, and Carly Drake.
Applications close on November 15th. Awards will be given at the department holiday party.
Self-nominations are NOT allowed.
School-Wide Awards
Excellence in Teaching Award
This award will be given to a faculty member who exhibits success in developing effective teaching methods, courses and teaching materials that generate student learning, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and research.
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Excellence in Scholarship Award
This award is for a faculty member who has made significant scholarly contributions resulting in the advancement of knowledge. Contributions include funded research, involvement in research process, publications in peer reviewed journals and more.
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Outstanding Staff Award
This award is for a staff member who has made significant contributions to the department.
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Department-Wide Awards
Mentor of the Year
This award is for a faculty member who has proved to be an outstanding mentor. The mentor of the year should be nominated by mentees.
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Trainee of the Year
This award is for a graduate student who has made significant scholarly contributions, including thesis, conference poster/presentation and/or an accepted manuscript. The trainee of the year should be nominated by mentors.
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Fun Award
This award can be given to anyone in the department (not specific to faculty, staff, or students) who has contributed significantly to the well-being of the department by bringing fun, energy and support to the DNS family. It can be based on humorous traits or quirks of employees, such as “Most Likely to Have a Snack Stash” or the “The Energizer Bunny.”
Transforming the Webb Building
The UAB School of Health Professions recently renovated the Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building. This multi-million dollar renovation took nearly two years to plan and 18 months to complete. This section is dedicated to highlighting the details about the improvements, upgrades and additions.
We also wish to extend our deepest gratitude to Stewart Dansby and the Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust - their generous support has helped transform this building into something truly special.
To learn more about a specific floor and project, please click the appropriate link below.
UAB State of Slim Sign Up Form
Thank you for your interest in the State of Slim program! Our inaugural class will be offered free to a select group of participants. The selected participants in the first group will agree to have their entire journey shared publicly on the UAB and State of Slim websites and social media accounts. In order to have a balanced group of representatives, we unfortunately cannot choose everyone who applies. If you are not chosen for the first group, we will be in touch with you about participating in future groups.
There is a designated committee that will review all candidates. They will select the inaugural class based on many variables including, but not limited to, health condition. Anyone selected as a candidate, will go through an extensive review and interview process before a final decision is made. We hope to have our first class of candidates select by the end of summer or early fall.
Thank you in advance for filling out the form below.
DNS Award Submission Form
Please fill out the form below to nominate someone for a school-wide or department-wide award.
The available awards are:
School-Wide
- Excellence in Teaching Award
- Excellence in Scholarship Award
- Outstanding Staff Award
Department-Wide
- Mentor of the Year
- Trainee of the Year
- Fun Award
- Best External Collaborator
Applications close on September 15th. Awards will be given at the department Christmas party.
DNS Award Submission Form
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Director of Media & Community Engagement, UAB Nutrition Sciences