Sponsored by the UAB Volunteer Program, the day started at the Hill University Center with over 300 participating students. The Polar unit had been designed by the UAB Engineering and Innovative Technology Development team. In 1986 the center was renamed in honor of Gregory Fleming James, the late son of Governor Fob James. The university's new song was included in the December 13 commencement ceremony. April 24, 2002: A new building for the School of Health Related Professions was dedicated along University Boulevard. Faculty List. 1959: Dr. degrees from the Medical College of Alabama in the last commencement ceremony held in Mobile. 1965: Dr. Clifton O. Dummett of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital received a clinical appointment in the School of Dentistry, becoming the first African American member of the school's faculty. Clark was hired away from Jacksonville State University, where he led the team to a record season of 11-4 andthe NCAA Division I playoffs for the first time in school history. M.D., co-director of the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program. Tagged under. February 5, 2000: A celebration held as part of alumni weekend marked the renovation of the School of Dentistry Building. Anderson left the university after four seasons with a record of 24-7, with three consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament, and with four 20-win seasons. 1967: A Faculty Women's Club of UAB was organized as a campus-wide organization that combined other such campus clubs (medical, dental, etc.). 1 hospital in Alabama. April 8, 1902: Esther Turner Colston received a PhG degree from the pharmacy program of the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile. 2008: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the second chair of the UAB Commission on the Status of Women. 1967: Dr. Margarita P. Medina received a faculty appointment as associate professor of Mathematics, the first female international appointed to the full-time faculty of the College of General Studies. Ingram, who played football for the Tennessee Volunteers, came to UAB from Temple University. Sherry Polhill, director of Hospital Laboratories and Respiratory Care at UAB, has received the Blood Services Outstanding Contributor award from the American Red Cross for 2012. 1995: Lori L. Goodwin became the head coach of UAB's co-ed Riflery team. King and John J. McMahon, Jr., were elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 1995: Caron Van Gilder became first director of the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center. November 26, 1958: University Hospital School of Nursing held an open house in its new quarters on South 18th Street in the renovated Dr. Gus' Drive-In Restaurant. April 28, 2018: The first six students to complete their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre graduated from UAB. August 10, 1998: Alan V. Kaufman became the fifth head coach of the Men's Golf team. September 17, 1993: The Center for Obstetric Research (later renamed the Center for Research in Women's Reproductive Health) was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Nowak joined the hospital's administrative staff in 1981 and held diverse and increasingly responsible positions, including executive director for the past four years. Dr. Watts, who holds an undergraduate degree from the UAB School of Engineering, had joined the UAB faculty in 2003. Dr. Kurt M. W. Niemann was the first director. Deal became dean of the School of Medicine after having served as interim since April. Go. 1978: Peter N. Derzis, Jr., became UAB's first Sports Information director. Nephrology Clinic at The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital. 2017: The UAB Health System entered into a management relationship with Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama in Greenville, Alabama. August 1, 1990: Dr. William A. Sibley became first vice president for Academic Affairs. Areas of Interest - Memory - Clinical trials of dementia therapy . Dr. Donna J. Peterson was the center's first director. September 1953: Succeeding Interim President Lee Bidgood, Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael became president of The University of Alabama and served until 1957. He was the first new trustee elected to the board following the establishment of the extension center in Birmingham. June 16, 1999: UAB alumnus Larry Giangrosso became the third head coach of the Men's Baseball team. It was commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Barker. Deepti Bahl, Co-Director/ Multiple Endocrine Tumor Clinic Dr. Bahl is an endocrinologist who provides a wide array of clinical services including diabetes, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal and HIV endocrinopathies. The medical school had more than $156.3 million and moved up from 31st to 26th in NIH funding. The Glacier freezer unit had been aboard the ISS since April 2014 and the Polar freezer unit had been aboard the station since July 2019. January 21, 1984: The Business and Engineering Complex was dedicated. July 1, 2007: Barnes & Noble took over management of the UAB Bookstore located in the Hill University Center. Cranford had been a student athlete on the inaugural Blazer tennis team. Dr. Watts also announced the appointment of Shannon Ealy as the interim Director of Athletics. October 28, 1988: William Jack Edwards, III, was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Chief Executive Officer, UAB Health System. July 23, 2002: Dr. Carol Z. Garrison became president-elect of UAB by unanimous vote of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The class graduated in 1969 and the school was eliminated. July 1, 1996: Dr. Charlotte G. Borst, executive director of Historical Collections, became second University Archivist. September 1, 1988: Virginia L. Algermissen became third director of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. We were created to care for hospitalized Primary Care patients, but - like so many Hospital Medicine programs across the country - our . January 1, 2000: Dr. C. Michael Brooks became interim dean of the School of Health Related Professions. September 15, 1978: Dr. James H. Woodward, Jr., became second dean of the School of Engineering. She is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Louis J. Dell'Italia and Ahsan Hussain were named co-directors of the new center. May 1971: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a classroom for the humanities (Humanities Building) and a library (Sterne Library). July 1, 2011: Dr. Donna K. Arnett became the sixth UAB faculty member elected as president of the American Heart Association. The recently completed expansion project added over 72,000 square-feet of space and drastically changed the front of the building along University Boulevard. 1908: At the start of the academic year in the fall, the Birmingham Dental College had one female faculty member, Dr. Meta Tudor Halley, an 1892 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. June 1, 2014: Dr. Kelly K. Nichols, from the University of Houston, became the sixth dean of the School of Optometry. 1966: Laboratory of Medical Genetics was established under the direction of Drs. We have several safety-focused departments on our campus and Lee will help us create streamlined communication channels between them, King said. Dr. William F. Bridgers was the center's first director. April 18, 1985: UAB's new baseball field was officially dedicated as the Jerry D. Young Memorial Field. September 17, 2020: Michael Brock was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The injury required surgery but was not life threatening. Dr. Miller was appointed professor of psychiatric nursing; Dr. Merrill was professor and the director of student services. 1968: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced final approval of a 45-block expansion program for UAB and grants totaling over $11.4 million for the project. September 22, 1996: Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center officially opened with Leonard Slatkin conducting the National Symphony Orchestra. July 12, 1957: University Hospital School of Nursing received full accreditation from the National Nursing Accreditation Service. Phone: 205-934-WORK (9675) Dale A. The first graduate in Birmingham was Homer W. Allgood. 2010: UAB became one of the first two civilian hospitals in the US to host a US Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST). September 27, 1999: The General Clinical Research Center was formally dedicated as the Pittman General Clinical Research Center in honor of Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr. September 1999: Dr. Adeniyi Coker, Jr., became director of UAB's new African American Studies program. October 5, 1989: Dr. George L. Zorn, Jr., headed the team that performed the states first lung transplant at University Hospital. Dr. Ada Long received the award for faculty. Parks and Francois M. Booyse were named as center co-directors. April 6, 2006: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center. 1922: Josiah Nott Hall was completed on the Tuscaloosa campus as a home to the two-year basic sciences medical program. April 30, 1961: Children's Hospital was dedicated adjacent to the Medical Center. September 6, 2018: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the expanded School of Nursing Building. 1979: Dr. Carl E. Dukes completed an internal medicine residency program and service as the first African American selected as UAB's chief medical resident. Dr. Lisa M. Guay-Woodford was named director of the new center. October 1991: Richard Deason became interim General Manager of WBHM-FM Radio. 1908: A laboratory for comparative anatomy, a one-story wooden structure, was constructed on the property of the Medical College of Alabama, just north of the main medical building. 1944: Fifty-four students, including three females, graduated as the last class of the two-year basic medical sciences program in Tuscaloosa. The universitys freshman class increased 14 percent to a record total of 2,299 students. October 13, 1983: Drs. 5 was renamed in honor of Dr. George W. Campbell, vice president for University College. December 1, 2004: Dr. Michael R. Waldrum became chief operating officer for University Hospital, with responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the hospital. January 2014: Bailey Coleman became the second head coach of Women's Beach Volleyball. April 10, 1992: The Wallace R. Bunn Chair in Telecommunications in the School of Engineering was formally established by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. June 8, 1942: As part of the national defense effort during World War II, the medical school in Tuscaloosa instituted an accelerated training program of year-round school containing four sessions of study within a three-year curriculum. The following are the types of equipment that are serviced by, but not limited to, this group: The following are the types of equipment that are inspected, tested, and maintained by, but not limited to, this group: UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. October 26, 1998: Dr. Michael A. Geheb, first director and CEO of the UAB Health System, announced his resignation effective December 5, 1998, and Dr. William B. October 1, 2015: Anna M. Thompson became executive director of the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center. November 9, 2002: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Alabama Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery. May 17, 1957: The Medical Center's chapter of Sigma Xi was installed in ceremonies held in the University Hospital Auditorium. The play was adapted by Karma Ibsen to be set in the Antebellum South. 1955: At the end of the academic year of 1954-1955 the first year the Birmingham Extension Center occupied its new home adjacent to the Medical Center 2,377 students had enrolled during the year. Today, UAB is a comprehensive urban university with a nationally recognized academic health center. October 19, 1971: Sarah Cole Brown, who had served as chief librarian since 1955, became first director of the new Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. November 5, 1979: T. Massey Bedsole was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1976: The first UAB student handbook was issued. March 7, 1894: The Birmingham Dental College held its first commencement ceremony at Seal's Music Hall. December 1938: Groundbreaking was held for Jefferson Hospital. January 30, 1970: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new three-building campus for the College of General Studies. May 13, 1998: Dr. Mary Lynn Capilouto was named sixth dean of the School of Dentistry after having served as interim dean since March 1997. Arnett, chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, becamepresident in July2012,the first epidemiologist selected for the presidency of the AHA. October 1983: Dr. James Rachels became interim vice president for University College, he served until the end of the year. 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha Later, the center was renamed in honor of Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr. October 1978: Dr. Joel P. Hearn, a post-graduate student in endodontics, composed the new UAB Fight Song. Lacrosse will be held on the PNC Field, Tug of War will be held at the track facility, and racquetball and squash will be held in the University Recreation Center. 1991: UAB MedWise, an outreach program for senior citizens, was established with George Mickwee as the program's founding director. June 4, 1972: Walter Jackson received a BS in General Engineering, becoming the first African American graduate of the School of Engineering. April 4, 2002: Mike Anderson, a Birmingham native and an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, was named third head coach of the Men's Basketball team. She was the first faculty member to have served as an interim dean of two academic schools at UAB. September 15, 1963: Victims of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Church were brought to the Hillman Emergency Clinic at University Hospital. 1969: Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award was established for excellence in classroom teaching. Weather sensors on the system will also be used by the emergency management staff. 1981: The entering class size of the School of Medicine was decreased to 150. (Chair of the Board) President. November 10, 1999: A Midsummer Nights Dream opened as the first Department of Theatre production to be held in the new Sirote Theatre. April 2018: A renovation project began on the BBVA Compass Field to expand the facility to 4,000 seats and to add a new video board and permanent ticket booths, concession stands, and restrooms. 1969: For the first academic term of the newly independent UAB, the dental school at UAB had at least twenty-three clinical or basic science faculty with international backgrounds. 1987: The UAB Research Foundation was formed as a non-profit corporation with the mission to identify, assess, and market commercially viable technology developed at UAB. June 7, 1973: Dr. George E. Passey became first dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. June 3, 1984: Regina M. Benjamin of Daphne, Alabama, graduated from the medical school at UAB. August 15, 2007: Dr. Jean Ann Linney became the fourth dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. 1980: The Pediatric Pulmonary Center was established. March 20, 1998: John H. England, Jr., was elected to the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. 1987: The movie, The Verne Miller Story, was released. July 1, 1997: The independent Eye Foundation Hospital was acquired by the UAB Health System and renamed the Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB. November 4, 1982: The Betty LeRoy Davis Outpatient Clinic was dedicated in University Hospital. Power for the school was vested with a board of trustees comprised by Newton St. John, J. C. Dubose, Robert A. Baker, William D. Dunn, A. R. Manning, Duke W. Goodman, H. T. Smith, C. R. Foot, Murray F. Smith, Samuel G. Battle, Theophilus L. Toulmin, John Little Smith, Charles Labaron, N. H. Brown, and John Forysth. January 1979: The University of Alabama System Medical Education Program (UASMEP) was reaccredited by the national Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). September 13, 1952: The Medical Center Library reopened in its new space in the South Wing of the first and second floors of the New Hillman Building. August 1965: University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation was created as a non-profit corporation. March 15, 1976: Dr. Thomas K. Hearn, Jr., became second dean of the School of Humanities. The school's first endowed lectureship had been established earlier in the year with a donation from Don and Carrie Marshall of Birmingham. Librarians and Cancer Center staff shared work hours in the second floor library. October 2022: Three UAB faculty members were named to the National Academy of Medicine, Drs. A production of Best Foot Forward, with music and lyrics by Ralph Blane and Birmingham native Hugh Martin, featured Tommy Dix. June 30, 1995: A new university-wide Faculty Senate first met. UAB is the largest research institution in the state of Alabama and is the largest single employer in the state. Dr. Gustafson had a long-standing association with the medical and dental schools at UAB. 4. 1973: University Bookstore opened in former Utopia Cleaners building at 806 South 15th Street. April 3, 2006: A dedication ceremony was held for the Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. James K. Kirklin and George L. Zorn, Jr. June 1988: Dr. Dick D. Briggs became acting president of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. The Blazers received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the program's 15th appearance. He serves as chair of the Department of Surgery at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine and surgeon-in-chief of UAB Hospital. The center received approval of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees on December 4, 1986. May 27, 1977: The UAB Mini Park was dedicated. May 1977: Dr. J. Dudley Pewitt became third vice president for Administration. 2007 Ben Friedman Award for Excellence in Teaching by an Intern Award March 2, 2001: A statue of UAB's founding athletic director and first men's basketball coach Gene Bartow was dedicated in the Bartow Arena. February 1, 2016: UAB President Ray L. Watts announced the increase in the minimum wage to $11.00 per hour for all UAB and UAB Medicine employees, above the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour. March 1, 2008: Dr. David R. Klock became fifthdean of the School of Business. March 5-7, 1980: The Center for Advanced Medical Studies was dedicated. March 6, 1968: Rust Research Center groundbreaking was held. 1989: The Smolian House and the Friendship House were sold by UAB. November 29, 1978: The Women's Basketball team played its first game at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, losing to North Alabama by a score of 77 to 82. 31 overall in federal funding, and No. The University of Alabama at Birmingham welcomes Lee Stone as the executive director of UAB Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) following a national search. March 15, 1980: Dr. Milly E. Cowles became second dean of the School of Education. Initially, 65 plots were made available to students, faculty and staff and the program had a 75-person waiting list. Like all other Birmingham students, Abbott received his degree during commencement ceremonies on the campus in Tuscaloosa. January 29, 1998: The New Woman All Women Clinic, a private facility located adjacent to the UAB campus at 1001 South 17th Street, was bombed. June 2021: Casey Dunn was named as the fifth head coach of the Men's Baseball team. May 1, 1970: Dr. Samuel B. Barker became first dean of the newly established UAB Graduate School. In 2009 Dr. Benjamin would become the third Alabamian appointed as Surgeon-General of the United States. June 17, 1979: The Spain Heart Bed Tower, Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium, Wallace Cancer Bed Tower, and East Base were dedicated as part of the "New U" celebrations. March 20, 1998: UAB Walker College was returned to control of the Walker College Foundation, ending the merger agreement with UAB. 1964: A gift from Fay Fletcher Kerner made possible the first endowed chair at the Medical Center, the Fay Fletcher Kerner Chair of Surgery. December 5, 2011: Garrick McGee was introduced as the fourth head coach of the UAB football team. Dr. Richard G. Allen served as the first director of the center. September 17, 1993: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the UAB Liver Center. September 5, 2014: A new statue of Blaze the Dragon was installed in front of Bartow Arena. January 1, 1984: Dr. James H. Woodward, Jr., became third vice president for University College; he served until June 1989 when the office was renamed Academic Affairs. March 22, 1953: The Veterans Administration Hospital was dedicated in the Medical Center. Charles A. McCallum and James A. Pittman, Jr. December 12, 1996: The Clinical Nutrition Research Center was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. March 26, 2020: UAB announced the indefinite extension to its Limited Business Model due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Autumn Tooms Cypres became the sixth dean of the School of Education. February 3, 2023: After having served in an interim capacity, Dawn Bulgarella became the sixth CEO of the UAB Health System. After joining as a junior faculty member, he began focused work on the division's critical care efforts as the medical director for UAB's MICU. February 3, 2023: After having served in an interim capacity, Dr. Anupam Agarwal became Senior Vice President for Medicine and dean of the Heersink School of Medicine. February 15, 2002: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the management agreement between the UAB Health System and Bessemer-Carraway Medical center, which was later renamed UAB Medical West. The collection will be displayed and used by the university's Arts in Medicine (AIM) program and the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. October 24, 1997: Dr. Suzanne Oparil delivered the thirty-fourth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Academic Family Values, or Can This Marriage Be Saved?". Bacterial co-infection is a major risk factor for death, intensive care unit admission and mechanical ventilation, according to a multi-center, retrospective cohort study published in the journal Critical Care and led by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers.. Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, has killed more than 6.3 million people worldwide. 1968: Dr. W. Paul Brann was named first vice president for Fiscal Affairs. June 26, 1998: Olin B. The premiere was a charity benefit for UAB's 1917 Clinic. 2003: The African American Faculty Association organized formally as a campus organization. April 21, 1969: The Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders was dedicated. This find could rewrite the history of the discovery of North America as it would prove that the Vikings had traveled further into the new continent than had previously been known. June 2018: UAB was ranked the top young university in the US and No. 1972: The UAB Center for Labor Education and Research was established. May 17, 1970: The Ellen Gregg Ingalls Eye Research Institute was dedicated adjoining the Eye Foundation Hospital. 2001: The UAB Health System and the Children's Health System announced the approval of a joint operating agreement that covered all pediatric and inpatient women's services and created the nonprofit entity, CWH. April 4, 1957: Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for the Lawrence Reynolds Library. Dr. John H. Grant, III, was named first director of the center. 2003: Dr. Louis Dale was named the first vice president for Equity and Diversity, becoming the first African American named to a vice presidential office at UAB. Prof Xavier Montalban is the Chair of Neurology at the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Director of Cemcat and Chief of the Neuroimmunology Group at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute in Barcelona. Dr. McMahon, a professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology and the Jarman F. Lowder Professor of Neuroscience at UAB, became dean on the first of October. August 23, 1994: Dr. J. Claude Bennett announced plans for the UAB football team to advance to NCAA Division I-A play in 1996. April 8, 2022: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the closure of ten research centers and institutes at UAB. Dr. Irshad H. Chaudry was named as the center's first director. October 24, 1975: The Reynolds Historical Library was rededicated within the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. October 2, 1894: The Birmingham Medical College opened for its first term with Dr. William H. Johnston as dean. It replaced the formerly issued Student Handbook. She was the first African American female named as a head coach at UAB. Hospital Medicine Faculty. August 1992: Michael S. Getman became the fourth head coach of the Men's Soccer team. Dr. Kathryn Honea, IVF program director, attended the baby girls birth at the mothers local hospital. January 31, 1981: During UAB's homecoming celebrations, David Bolus and Kay Ellis were chosen as the first Mr. September 13, 2001: Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith announced that Dr. W. Ann Reynolds would step down as UAB president in the summer of 2002. 1964: The Alabama Journal of Medical Sciences began publication with Dr. Emmett B. Carmichael as editor. This was the first time UAB had passed $500 million in funding for a 12-month reporting period. 1954: The Hill-Burton Act was expanded to include nursing homes, treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, and chronic disease facilities. Weise is the director of UAB Eye Care Pediatric Optometry Services, as well as a leader within UAB Blazer Vision, a partnership between UAB Athletics, School of Optometry and Department of Ophthalmology. The three facilities were the Baptist Medical Center South (454 licensed beds), Baptist Medical Center East (150 beds), and Prattville Baptist Hospital (85 beds). May 19, 2000: The Eppes-Durr Memorial Garden was dedicated at the WBHM-FM Radio Building. 2004: The UAB Commission on the Status of Women established with a goal of maintaining a positive, equitable environment for all women at the university. 1968: Alabama Transplant Center was created in the Medical Center and served as the clinical center for all transplant activities at UAB. 1996: President J. Claude Bennett was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences becoming the second UAB physician to be so honored. Rambo was the first women elected to the governing board of the three campus University of Alabama System. 1928: Dr. Stuart Graves became the second dean of the University of Alabamas two-year medical school in Tuscaloosa. Sixty students from 14 states and five countries received doctoral degrees from the UAB Graduate School. The walk-in clinic will be open seven days a week for non-life-threatening illnesses. 1977: World's first effective treatment for a viral disease, the deadly herpes simplex encephalitis, occurred at University Hospital. October 13, 1893: With the start of the new school term, the Medical College of Alabama lengthened requirements for graduation from a two-year to three-year course.