February 8, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health has established the Steve Rudd Endowed Award for Public Health Communication. The action was approved by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees at its Feb. 5 meeting.

The goal of the award is to promote public-health communications by recognizing the winners of a health-communications competition within the School of Public Health.

The award is funded by Steven M. Rudd, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., an accomplished neurologist and fiction writer. Rudd earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama in 1973, a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1976, a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1991 and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University in 1994. He joined UAB's clinical faculty in Neurology in 1982 and the School of Public Health Dean's Advisory Committee in 1998.

Rudd is the author of several forensic mystery novels and screenplays and has served on the UAB Department of English Advisory Board since 2006.

About the UAB School of Public Health
The UAB School of Public Health is a community of scholars and professionals working and teaching in varied arenas of public health with the goal of fostering research and best practices crucial to the health of the United States and its peoples. The school offers more than 20 areas of study and manages dozens of research and community-service centers.