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S. Robert Hernandez appointed Distinguished Service Professor
Lemak, Hernandez with Distinguished Service Professor proclamationS. Robert Hernandez, DrPH, has been appointed Distinguished Service Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions. The position of Distinguished Service Professor is appointed by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees and recognizes a professor’s academic service to UAB and their international accomplishments.
Weech-Maldonado wins most distinguished HCM award
Weech-Maldonado with Fottler at AOM HCMRobert Weech-Maldonado, Ph.D., professor and L.R. Jordan Chair of Health Administration in the UAB School of Health Professions’ Department of Health Services Administration, has been awarded the Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service Award by the Health Care Management (HCM) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM).
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UAB partners with IAG to help public service officers safely interact with people with special needs
This new partnership will provide curriculum and training for law enforcement, first responders and more to interact with people who have special needs.The UAB School of Health Professions has partnered with the Interaction Advisory Group to provide curriculum and training to help public service officers — law enforcement, first responders, educators and more — interact safely and effectively with people who have special needs.The partnership is a unique initiative in which the school has an equity stake in IAG. Read more
Master of Science in Healthcare Quality & Safety Graduates 1st Class
On Saturday, August 13, 2016, the UAB School of Health Professions’ Healthcare Quality and Safety programs made history when the inaugural Master of Science class graduated during UAB’s Summer Commencement. Read more
NSF approves UAB Center for Health Organization Transformation
Weech-Maldonado at initial CHOT planning meetingThe University of Alabama at Birmingham has been approved by the National Science Foundation as an official site for a Center for Health Organization Transformation. UAB was one of only two universities selected for 2016 and is one of only six CHOT University Sites in the United States.
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UAB Theatre and Occupational Therapy students collaborate to help each other
Story by Shannon Thomason, UAB News
An occupational therapy student needed to get a patient, diagnosed with dementia, out of the bed and across the room for evaluation, but this was different from most patient-caregiver interactions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
This patient was an advanced acting student portraying someone with dementia to test an occupational therapy student’s competence.
Read moreLaRose is first UAB OT student to win AOTF scholarship
Dunrey LaRose, OTS, presenting research posterDunrey LaRose, a second-year student in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program in the School of Health Professions, is the first UAB OT student to receive a scholarship from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.
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MSHA student Javeen Thomas wins national scholarship
Javeen Thomas, ACHE Dent ScholarUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions student Javeen Thomas has been named a winner of the Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarship by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
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SHP has four win UAB Excellence in Business honors
Excellence in Business winners: Kayce Dover, Kerri Bailey, Courtney Duff-Harrison and Elizabeth Klein (accepting for Dale Yake)The School of Health Professions had four alumni named UAB Excellence in Business winners for 2016. This year's SHP winners are: Kerri Bailey, Kayce Dover, Courtney Duff-Harrison and Dale Yake.
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Michelle Brown wins President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Michelle Brown receiving 2014 SHP Excellence in Teaching AwardMichelle Brown, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, an assistant professor in the School of Health Professions’ Clinical and Laboratory Science program, has been selected to receive the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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UAB/Lakeshore Foundation Collaborative awarded more than $10m for research
James Rimmer, Ph.D.Investigators with the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions UAB / Lakeshore Research Collaborative have been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) totaling more than $10 million over the next five years.
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MSHA alumnus named new administrator of USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital
Chris Jett, new administrator at USA Children's & Women's HospitalChris Jett, an alumnus of the UAB School of Health Professions Master of Science in Health Administration, has been named the new administrator of USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
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BMD’s Walker wins major national and University honors
Brooke Walker, Outstanding Advisor WinnerBrooke Walker, program advisor for the Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences program, has been named the 2016 UAB Outstanding Advising – New Advisor and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Outstanding Advising – New Advisor.
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MSHA alumnus named president, CEO of new Quorum Health Corporation
Dr. Jones with Tom Miller, 2014 SHP Alumni AwardsThomas D. Miller, Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA Class 18) alumnus, has been named president and CEO of Quorum Health Corporation. The move became official on April 29, 2016, when Community Health Systems announced it completed the spinoff of QHC from CHS.
Toilet water to detect early diabetes
Gaurav Agrawal and Angelin Ponraj
Original story from Tyler Greer, UAB News
Christlin Ponraj, graduate student in biotechnology, and Angelin Ponraj, sophomore in biomedical sciences, both from Atlanta, along with Gaurav Agrawal, junior in biomedical engineering from Mobile, are seeking a simple, private way to alert Alabama residents about their risk for diabetes.
U.S News & World Report rankings: OT up 3, PT top 20
UAB OT StudentsIn the latest U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rankings, UAB Occupational Therapy moves up three spots to number 25 while UAB Physical Therapy remains in the Top 20.
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Nutrition alumna is president-elect of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Donna S. Martin, president-elect Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Donna S. Martin, EdS, RDN, LD, SNS, FAND, a double alumna of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Nutrition Sciences, has been elected president-elect of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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NMT student Cohill earns BMEN Green Blazer
From left: Garrett Stephens, Samuel Sullivan IV and Brandon CohillBrandon Cohill, a senior in the UAB Nuclear Medicine Technology program, is one of three students bestowed a new honor — the Green Blazer.
Brandon Cohill, Garrett Stephens and Samuel Sullivan IV were awarded the green blazers for 2016 at the Blazer Male Excellence Network’s Undugu Male Gathering, held Feb. 18 in the new Hill Student Center. Undugu, a Swahili word, translates to “brotherhood.”
Cohill, 23, of Birmingham, will graduate in April with a degree in nuclear medicine technology. Cohill has been an orientation leader, deputy chief of staff of Communications for the Undergraduate Student Government Association, USGA senator for the School of Health Professions, and vice president and president of the Iota Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The recognition he received from BMEN inspired him to push through his final semester of his undergraduate career, he says.
Read moreUAB PT alumni honored at Combined Sections Meeting
Kate Stribling and Ellen Strunk at CSMCongratulations to Kate Stribling, UAB PT ‘11, and Ellen Strunk, UAB PT ‘91, who won major honors at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association.
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HCM alumnus Hester is Young Alumni Achievement Award Winner
Pam Paustian, Joshua Hester, Dean Harold JonesJoshua D. Hester, MHA, assistant CEO at Gadsden Regional Medical Center and 2011 alumnus of the UAB Health Care Management program, has been named the 2015 School of Health Professions Young Alumni Achievement Award winner. The award is given to those who have graduated with the first degree from SHP within the past 10 years and have made significant professional accomplishments at an early stage in their careers.
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