UAB has lost one of our own. Our hearts are broken by the passing of UAB Police Sergeant Parnell Guyton, who lost his months-long battle today after contracting COVID-19 this spring.

As we continue in partnership with the UA System to implement our phased approach to gradually unite on campus, UAB and UAB Medicine strive to be the safest campus in America and keep health and safety our top priority.

As UAB continues our phased, gradual reentry to campus, we want to assure you that our COVID-19 safety protocols, based on the input of infectious disease and public health experts, will be enforced to help promote the health of our community and the continuity of our mission. 

Please join UAB and UAB Medicine from 8:40-8:55 a.m. on Friday for an institution-wide moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. in honor of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others who have suffered and died under systemic racial injustice in America.