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Faculty in the College are working in a vast array of fields and disciplines, but a few stand out as areas of external funding growth. Here are a few highlights of areas in which the College can lead the nation in the coming decades.

Aging

Families and Aging

Families and Aging

Patricia Drentea, Ph.D.

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Pain

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain

Robert Sorge, Ph.D.; Jarred Younger, Ph.D.

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Climate

The Effects of Polar Change

The Effects of Polar Change

Jim McClintock, Ph.D.; Charles Amsler, Ph.D.; Maggie Amsler, Ph.D.

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Computing and Cyber Security

Fighting Against Cybercrime

Fighting Against Cybercrime

Department of Computer Science and the J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice

Nanotechnology and Quantum Power

Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology

Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D.; Ilias Perakis, Ph.D.

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Drug Discovery

New Drug Therapies

New Drug Therapies

Eugenia Kharlampieva, Ph.D.; Veronika Kozlovskaya, Ph.D.

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Society, Culture, and Community

Human Rights

Human Rights

UAB Institute for Human Rights (IHR)

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Communication and Deception

Communication and Deception

Department of Communication Studies, Tim Levine, Ph.D.

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Ethics

Ethics

Department of Philosophy

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Humankind–Past, Present and Future

Humankind–Past, Present and Future

Department of Anthropology

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Cultural Competency

Cultural Competency

Department of World Languages and Literatures

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Creative Expression

Creative Expression

Creative Expression

Department of English, Department of Music, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Theatre

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