Community Eye Care (CEC), the community service arm of the UAB School of Optometry, recently received a gift from HOYA Vision Care supporting CEC’s mission to provide comprehensive eye care to Alabama’s underserved communities.

In the course of more than half a century teaching statistics at the UAB Collat School of Business (CSOB), Joseph G. Van Matre, Ph.D., became the longest-tenured faculty member in school history. Along the way, he also established the Juanita and William H. Van Matre Endowed Scholarship, a tribute to his parents, in 1986.

Last summer, a $25,000 gift from Claude “Earl” Fox, MD, MPH, to UAB’s School of Public Health was the final push that allowed the school’s Magic City LGBTQ Health Studies Endowed Professorship to transition to become the Magic City LGBTQ Heath Studies Endowed Chair.

A unique and special relationship between a UAB physician and his patient culminates in a large gift that will be around for generations to come.

He is currently fundraising for a professorship for the Department of Endodontics.

Patterson credits UAB with igniting his success.

The sister of Dr. Edward L. Wills chose to celebrate her brother’s career in Physics and his lifetime of trumpet-playing.

A new endowed chair is guiding innovation and entrepreneurship at UAB.

The Community Counseling Clinic was created to meet the needs of an underserved population, says Sean Hall, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAB School of Education and Human Sciences.

If you have ever wondered about the return on investment from a gift to research, you should meet Talene Yacoubian, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty researchers at the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center are breaking new ground in understanding diabetes causes and mechanisms.

The first endowed chair in the UAB School of Public Health may help answer a question being asked across America: What is the best way to allocate scarce resources to improve our health and well-being?

Simply put, endowments are the key to attracting and keeping top faculty, says UAB President Ray L. Watts, M.D. Read a conversation with Watts that gives insight to why endowments are crucial.

Precision medicine is personal—especially for Matt Might, Ph.D., director of the Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute at UAB.

Take a tour of three new landmark buildings rising on campus, and meet a few of the community leaders whose generosity is providing the blueprints for a brighter future.

It is my honor to thank you for the generosity you’ve shown our university—and the people of Alabama—through your gifts to The Campaign for UAB.

As 2018 comes to a close, the future of UAB is brighter—1 billion times brighter, in fact.

When Chelsey LaRussa Heslop was just five years old, she received a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. Her entire family–the LaRussa family–was taken by surprise but met the diagnosis head on.

Ten years ago, an investment in the future of UAB began shaping the future of patient care.

Individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) face troubling health disparities. UAB faculty, staff, researchers, community members, and allies are rallying support for an endowed chair for LGBTQ health studies in the School of Public Health.

Many physicians experience work-related burnout, but it's a problem that may have solutions. Birmingham-based ProAssurance Corporation established a faculty position in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine that will investigate and promote physician wellness.