2020-2021
Jami K. Armbrester, MS
Business Officer II
UAB Medicine
Business Officer II
UAB Medicine
Henna Budhwani, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Public Health, Health Care Organization and Policy
School of Public Health, UAB
Assistant Professor of Public Health, Health Care Organization and Policy
School of Public Health, UAB
Carol S. Chambless, MBA, MPH
Administrator, UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Department of Neurology, UAB Medicine
Administrator, UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Department of Neurology, UAB Medicine
Dawn K. Fizer, MSHA
Program Manager, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Training Programs
UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine
Program Manager, Summer Health Professions Education Program
UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Office for Diversity and Inclusion – Student Affairs
Program Manager, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Training Programs
UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine
Program Manager, Summer Health Professions Education Program
UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Office for Diversity and Inclusion – Student Affairs
Sam Galgano, MD
Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Radiology
Sections of Abdominal Imaging and Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics
Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Radiology
Sections of Abdominal Imaging and Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics
Jenny Gao, Ph. D, MLS(ASCP)CM
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Science
School of Health Professions, UAB
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Science
School of Health Professions, UAB
Paula Garman, MPA
Program Director III, Health Care Organization and Policy
School of Public Health, UAB
Program Director III, Health Care Organization and Policy
School of Public Health, UAB
Jesse Jones, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Peter A. Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
College of Arts and Sciences, UAB
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
College of Arts and Sciences, UAB
Moh’d Khushman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, UAB
Department of Hematology-Oncology, UAB Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, UAB
Department of Hematology-Oncology, UAB Medicine
Katherine A. Meese, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor & Program Director, Department of Health Services Administration
Director of Research, UAB Medicine Office of Wellness
Assistant Professor & Program Director, Department of Health Services Administration
Director of Research, UAB Medicine Office of Wellness
Soumya J. Niranjan BPharm., MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Administration
School of Health Professions, UAB
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Administration
School of Health Professions, UAB
Leila Sadri, MBA
Operations Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery, UAB
Operations Administrator
Department of Neurosurgery, UAB
Ariel A. Salas, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal Nutrition Program
Department of Pediatrics / Division of Neonatology
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neonatal Nutrition Program
Department of Pediatrics / Division of Neonatology
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Aliaksei Salei, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Department of Radiology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Department of Radiology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Kimberly A. Smith, PhD
Director, Alabama Practice-Based Research Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Director, Alabama Practice-Based Research Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Heersink School of Medicine, UAB
Amanda Staiano, PhD, MPP
Associate Professor
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Associate Professor
LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Joshua Stripling, MD, DTM&H
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
Director, UAB Antimicrobial Stewardship
Director, BVAMC Infection Control
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
Director, UAB Antimicrobial Stewardship
Director, BVAMC Infection Control
Mitzi Swift COA, OSC
Clinical Research Coordinator II
UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Clinical Research Coordinator II
UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
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