The GRD717 course provides instruction in a variety of areas that pertain to research ethics, including but not limited to fabrication, falsification and plagiarism. In brief, it utilizes a blended approach of on-line and in-person training, which includes attendance at an 8hr in-person discussion session facilitated by faculty. Successful completion of the course is required for all doctoral (PhD) and masters plan II students to enter candidacy.
As GRD717 is offered currently as a hybrid course, the 'in-person' discussion are currently delivered in 2 x 4hr sessions via zoom on back-to-back days; all will be from 8am - 12pm. Because the delivery of these sessions will be online via Zoom, the main role for faculty facilitators will be to facilitate discussion throughout the presentation and while discussing case studies with trainees in zoom-breakout rooms. I will embed a number of elements throughout the presentation to make it as interactive as possible.
The dates for the Fall 2023 semester are September 27-28, October 26-27, and November 27-28. Please send the dates you wish to participate to Dr. Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee, RCR Training Coordinator, via email at cbevense@uab.edu.
UAB Mentoring Matters includes a series of online modules hosted in Canvas that were drafted and developed in consultation with training program directors and administrators from across UAB. Specifically, online training includes successful completion of the following modules: Mentoring Today’s Mentees, Culturally Relevant Mentoring and Promoting Mentees Mental Health & Awareness. Successful completion of each module is defined as a quiz score of 80% of greater.
Departmental leaders and Training Program Directors are encouraged to conduct in-person discussion sessions with faculty who have completed the online training to reinforce the information contained within the modules. Mentoring-related case studies for such sessions are available from the Graduate School.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- communicate effectively with mentees to promote their independence and professional development
- build diversity and equity skills for a more inclusive training environment
- recognize factors affecting mentees' mental health and know the available UAB resources
- improve your mentoring skills
To access the Mentoring Matters online modules:
- Visit https://uab.instructure.com/courses/1572174 to log in. If you encounter issues accessing the course, please submit a ticket to eLearning. For the course name, please enter UAB Mentoring Matters. In the Description of Request field, please write “Add me as a student.
- Enter a BlazerID and password.
- Follow instructions on the homepage to access the modules.
All members of a student's Graduate Study Committee must have graduate faculty status. This status is officially documented by the university on the Faculty Data Form. For other requirements of committees, please consult the pages listed below.
Faculty Data Form
Required of all members of graduate faculty, to be filed with the Graduate School and Human Resource Management
Graduate Study Committee Letter
This form is used to nominate the chairperson and members of a student's Graduate Study Committee. If there is a change in committee assignment at any time during your course of study, you will need to submit the Change of Committee form (below) so that your records can be updated accordingly.
Change of Graduate Study Committee
Changes to the Graduate Study Committee can be made by submitting this form to the Graduate School for approval.
A mentor is not just an educator. A mentor is a person who inspires and motivates. A mentor is committed to excellence. The Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award recognizes full-time regular UAB faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments as mentors of graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows.
Here are some of the characteristics of an outstanding mentor:
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2023 Award Recipients
- Elizabeth Baker, PhD, Sociology
- Mary Ann Bodine Al-Sharif, PhD, Higher Education Administration
- Aaron Catledge, PhD, Physics
- Olivio Clay, PhD, Psychology
- Todd Green, PhD, Microbiology theme
- Ashley Harms, PhD, Neurology theme
- David Schneider, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics theme
- David Schwebel, PhD, Psychology
- Jessica Scoffield, PhD, Microbiology theme
- Adam Wende, PhD, Pathology theme
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2022 Award Recipients
- Thomas Buford, PhD, Neuroscience theme
- Renato Camata, PhD, Physics
- Sue Feldman, PhD, Health Services Administration and Health Informatics
- Grace Jepkemboi, PhD, Curriculum and Instruction
- Wei Li, PhD, Physician Assistant Studies
- Karolina Mukhtar, PhD, Biology
- Sarah O'Kelley, PhD, Psychology
- Josephine Prado, PhD, Curriculum and Instruction
- Yan Sanders, MD, Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology theme
- Laura Volpicelli-Daley, PhD, Neurobiology theme
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2021 Award Recipients
- Alan Eberhardt, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
- Suzanne Lapi, PhD, Radiology
- Stephanie Corcoran, PhD, Curriculum and Instruction
- Kerry Madden-Lunsford, MFA, English
- Lyne Racette, PhD, Opthalmology and Vision Sciences
- Adelais Markaki, PhD, Nursing
- Jeremy Herskowitz, PhD, Neurology
- Leann Long, PhD, Biostatistics
- Greg Pavela, PhD, Health Behavior
- Cullen Clark, PhD, Sociology
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2020 Award Recipients
- Burel Goodin, PhD, Psychology
- Joel Berry, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
- April Carson, PhD, Epidemiology
- Ragib Hasan, PhD, Computer Science
- Rajeev Samant, PhD, Pathology
- Susan Davies, PhD, Health Behavior
- Mirjam-Colette Kempf, PhD, Nursing
- Kelly Hill, PhD, Curriculum & Instruction
- Michelle Brown, PhD, Health Services Administration
- Jerzy Szaflarski, PhD and MD, Neurology
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2019 Award Recipients
- Charles Amsler, Biology
- Stacey Cofield, Biostatistics
- Jeremy Day, Neurobiology
- Alecia Gross, Optometry
- Sigrid Ladores, Nursing
- Robin Gaines Lanzi, Health Behavior
- Tina Kempin Reuter, Anthropology/Political Science
- Daniel Smith Jr., Nutrition Sciences
- Vinoy Thomas, Materials Science and Engineering
- Nabiha Yusuf, Dermatology
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2018 Award Recipients
- Elizabeth Beierle, Surgery - Pediatric
- Paula Chandler-Laney, Nutrition Sciences
- Amy Knight, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Jenna LaChenaye, Human Studies
- Emily Levitan, Epidemiology
- Jim McClintock, Biology
- Sylvie Mrug, Psychology
- Patricia Patrician, Nursing
- Erik Roberson, Neurology
- Ferhat Zengul, Health Services
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2017 Award Recipients
- Stephen G. Aller, Pharmacology/Toxicology
- Marie A. Bakitas, Nursing
- William J. Britt, Medicine
- Cynthia J. Brown, Medicine
- Pi-Ling Chang, Nutrition Sciences
- Qiang Ding, Medicine
- Retta R. Evans, Human Studies
- James F. George, Medicine
- Orlando Gutierrez, Medicine
- Mohammad Hassan, Dentistry
- Karen L. Heaton, Nursing
- Virginia J. Howard, Epidemiology
- Suzanne E. Judd, Biostatistics
- Rajesh Kana, Psychology
- David C. Knight, Psychology
- Farah Lubin, Neurobiology
- Tonya Perry, Curriculum Instruction
- Marti Rice, Nursing
- Linda Roussel, Nursing
- Nitesh Saxena, Computer & Information Sciences
- Lalita Shevde-Samant, Molecular & Cellular Pathology
- Yuhua Song, Biomedical Engineering
- Despina Stavrinos, Psychology
- Nasim Uddin, Civil Engineering
- Kristina M. Visscher, Neurobiology
- C. Roger White, Medicine
- Martha Wingate, Health Care Organization & Policy
- Frank Wolschendorf, Medicine
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2016 Award Recipients
- Susan Bellis, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
- Elizabeth Brown, Pathology
- Yabing Chen, Pathology
- Deek Cunningham, Occupational Therapy
- Jeffrey Engler, Associate Dean, Graduate School
- Candace Floyd, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Stuart Frank, Medicine
- Amit Gaggar, Medicine
- William Geisler, Medicine
- Eugenia Kharlampieva, Chemistry
- Jacqueline Moss, Nursing
- Lisa Schwiebert, Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Education
- Jacques Wadiche, Neurobiology
- Linda Overstreet Wadiche, Neurobiology
- J. Michael Wyss, Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
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2015 Award Recipients
- Cathleen Cummings, Art and Art History, Arts and Sciences
- Lawrence DeLucas, Optometry, Optometry
- James Ernest, Early Childhood Education, Education
- Randa Hall, Health Services Administration, Health Professions
- Gwendalyn King, Neurobiology, Joint Health Sciences
- James Meador-Woodruff, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Medicine
- Paul Muntner, Epidemiology, Public Health
- Christina Ochsenbauer, Hematology and Oncology, Medicine
- Nada Souccar, Orthodontics, Dentistry
- Janet Turan, Health Care Organization and Policy, Public Health
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2014 Award Recipients
- Donna K. Arnett, Epidemiology, Public Health
- Etty (Tika) Benveniste, Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, Joint Health Sciences
- John C. Chatham, Molecular & Cellular Pathology, Joint Health Sciences
- Carolyn A. Conley, History, Arts & Sciences
- Lisa M. Curtis, Nephrology, Joint Health Sciences
- Martha Dawson, Community Health, Outcomes and Systems, Nursing
- Aaron L. Lucius, Chemistry, Arts & Sciences
- Kristopher Maday, Physician Assistant Studies, Health Professions
- Leslie A. McClure, Biostatistics, Public Health
- Steven M. Rowe, Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care, Joint Health Sciences
- David A. Schneider, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Joint Health Sciences
- Uday Vaidya, Materials Science & Engineering, Engineering
- Hui Wu, Pediatric Dentistry, Joint Health Sciences
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2013 Award Recipients
- Anupam Agarwal, Medicine—Nephrology, Joint Health Sciences
- David B. Allison, Biostatistics, Public Health
- Marcas Bamman, Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology, Joint Health Sciences
- Dale Callahan, Information Engineering Management, Engineering
- Karen L. Cropsey, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Joint Health Sciences
- Nita A. Limdi, Neurology and Epidemiology, Joint Health Sciences
- Ludwine Maria Messiaen, Clinical Genetics, Joint Health Sciences
- Andrew E. Pollard, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering
- Alan Randich, Psychology, Arts & Sciences
- Jack M. Rogers, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering
- Sadeep Shrestha, Epidemiology, Public Health
- Brian Sims, Pediatrics and Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology, Joint Health Sciences
- Murat M. Tanik, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering
- Robert Weech-Maldonado, Health Services Administration, Health Professions
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2012 Award Recipients
- Olivia Affuso, Epidemiology, Public Health
- Ann W. Alexandrov, Nursing, Nursing
- Scott R. Barnum, Microbiology, Joint Health Sciences
- Michael Brenner, Neurobiology, Joint Health Sciences
- John O. Burgess, Prosthodontics, Dentistry
- Lois M. Christensen, Curriculum & Instruction, Education
- Gary Cutter, Biostatistics, Public Health
- William R. Drace, Physician Assistant Studies, Health Professions
- Paul A. Goepfert, Infectious Diseases, Joint Health Sciences
- Renitta Goldman, Curriculum & Instruction, Education
- Adrienne C. Lahti, Behavioral Neurobiology, Arts and Sciences
- Max Michael II,I Public Health, Public Health
- Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, Pathology, Joint Health Sciences
- Rosalinda C. Roberts, Behavioral Neurobiology, Joint Health Sciences
- Bisakha Sen, Health Care Org. & Policy, Public Health
- Jon Daniel Sharer, Genetics, Joint Health Sciences
- Susan K. Spezzini, Curriculum & Instruction, Education
- Günter Stolz, Mathematics, Arts and Sciences
- Timothy Wick, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering
- Bradley K. Yoder, Cell Biology, Joint Health Sciences
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2011 Award Recipients
- Michael Brooks, PhD, Human Studies
- Steven Carroll, MD, PhD, Neuropathology
- Nikolai Chernov, PhD, Mathematics
- Noel K. Childers, DDS, Pediatric Dentistry
- Loucrecia Collins, EdD, Educational Leadership
- John Heith Copes, PhD, Justice Sciences
- Terje Dokland, PhD, Microbiology
- Robert Fischer, PhD, Biology
- Roderick Fullard, OD, PhD, Vision Sciences
- W. Timothy Garvey, MD, Nutrition Sciences
- Barbara Gower, PhD, Nutrition Sciences
- Amjad Javed, PhD, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Julie Locher, PhD, Gerontology
- Lori McMahon, PhD, Physiology & Biophysics
- Nir Menachemi, PhD, Health Care Organization & Policy
- Linda Moneyham, PhD, Nursing
- Tim R. Nagy, PhD, Nutrition Sciences
- Linda Searby, PhD, Educational Leadership
- Rosa Serra, PhD, Cell Biology
- John Van Sant, PhD, History & Anthropology
- Rosalyn Weller, PhD, Psychology
- Nengjun Yi, PhD, Biostatistics
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2010 Award Recipients
- David D. Chaplin, MD, PhD – Microbiology
- Shelia R. Cotton, PhD – Sociology & Social Work
- José R. Fernández, PhD – Nutrition Sciences
- Frank Franklin, MD, PhD – Health Behavior
- Nataliya V. Ivankova, PhD – Human Studies
- Pauline E. Jolly, PhD – Epidemiology
- Ho-Wook Jun, PhD – Biomedical Engineering
- John F. Kearney, PhD – Microbiology
- Connie L. Kohler, PhD – Health Behavior
- Claudiu T. Lungu, PhD – Environmental Health Sciences
- Raymond A. Mohl, PhD – History and Anthropology
- Michael H. Mugavero, MD – Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
- R. Kent Oestenstad, PhD – Environmental Health Sciences
- Sarah H. Parcak, PhD – History and Anthropology
- David L. Roth, PhD – Biostatistics
- Virginia P. Sisiopiku, PhD – Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
- Harald W. Sontheimer, PhD – Neurobiology
- Hemant K. Tiwari, PhD – Biostatistics
- M. Tino Unlap, PhD – Clinical & Diagnostic Sciences
- David E. Vance, PhD – Family/Child Health & Caregiving
- Peter M. Walsh, PhD – Mechanical Engineering
- Thane Wibbels, PhD – Biology
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2009 Award Recipients
- Graciela S. Alarcon, M.D., Epidemiology
- Victor Darley-Usmar , Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Pathology
- Louis J. Dell'Italia , M.D., Medicine
- Brian F. Geiger , Ed.D., Education-Human Studies
- Ian W. Knowles , Ph.D., Mathematics
- Lesley E. Smythies , Ph.D., Medicine
- Stephen A. Watts , Ph.D., Biology