Meet Our Alumni

Karim Abu-Omar
Karim Abu-Omar (PhD 2001) is a faculty member at the Institute of Sport Science and Sport (ISS) of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany).
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Sanjeev Acharya
Sanjeev Acharya (PhD 2020) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Arkansas State University.
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Najwa Al-Harbi
Najwa Al-Harbi (PhD 2019) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Umm Al Qura University in Saudi Arabia.
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Tomiwa (Wisdom) Ayetigbo
Tomiwa (Wisdom) Ayetigbo's (MA 2024) research interests are health care access and costs, vulnerable populations, health disparities, immigrant health, and global health.

Chenoia N. Bryant
Chenoia Bryant (PhD 2020) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at the Xavier University of Louisiana.
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Lori Bateman
Lori Bateman (PhD 2014) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine.
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Henna Budhwani
Henna Budhwani, PhD (2012), MPH holds the endowed Michael and Paula Read Phelan Professorship in Obstetrical Nursing in the Florida State University (FSU) College of Nursing, Institute on Digital Health and Innovation (IDHI). Additionally, Dr. Budhwani has adjunct appointments in UAB’s School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Organization and School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine.
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Shane Burns
Shane Burns (PhD 2021) is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Southern California (USC) Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
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David R. Buys
David R. Buys (PhD 2011) is a state health specialist and Associate Professor at Mississippi State University
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Anthony Campbell
Anthony Campbell (PhD 2016) is an assistant professor at Auburn University in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work.
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Yue Cao
Yue Cao (PhD 2012) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Science and Research at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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Tuba Demir Dagdas
Tuba Demir Dagdas (PhD 2017) is a Research Data Specialist 2 at the State of California, Department of Health Care Services.
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Deborah Ejem
Deborah Ejem (PhD 2014) is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the UAB School of Nursing.
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Lee Anne Flagg
Lee Anne Flagg (PhD 2015) is an Associate Service Fellow at the Mortality Statistics Branch within the Division of Vital Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics.
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Lynn B. Gerald
Lynn B. Gerald (PhD, MSPH, 1997) is Canyon Ranch Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, at the University of Arizona.
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Philip Alan Gibson
Philip Alan Gibson (PhD 2015) is a Senior Analytics Consultant at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama.
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Timothy M. Hale
Timothy M. Hale (PhD 2011) is a Teaching Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.
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Jeffrey E. Hall
Jeffrey E. Hall (PhD, MSPH, 2003) is the Deputy Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Serra Sevde Hatipoğlu
Serra Sevde Hatipoğlu (PhD 2021) is an Assistant Professor at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University (Turkey).
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Lonnie Hannon III
Lonnie Hannon (PhD 2007) is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at UAB.
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