Thank you for your interest in supporting one of our unique initiatives. You can make an online gift by clicking on a title below or download our pledge form for more giving options.

Academy for Addressing Health Disparities

Women’s Leadership Initiative

Alumni and Student Success - such as our Leadership and Executive Access Program (LEAP)

Graduate Programs in Health Administration Alumni Association (GPHA) and Blazers & Suits

Thank You!

We are grateful that you have taken a leadership role and are one of the first to join our ONE MSHA campaign!

Because you are a recognized leader – we ask that you share a message with your social media followers. And we have made it easy for you to show your love for your program by providing downloadable images (like those pictured right), as well as pre-written content that you can copy/paste to your favorite social media platforms.

Hashtags

Make sure to use #1MSHA and #UAB with your posts. Hashtags allow us, and UAB, to aggregate and share your content.

Tag Friends

If you are social media savvy, please tag your friends in a post. Encourage them to join the campaign and make a difference like you.

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Download Images

The "Custom Graphical Squares" below can be used on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The "Student Graphical Quotes" below will look best on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Use these with our "Ready-to-Use Copy" below or create your own inspired message.

Ready-to-Use Copy

We customized messages for LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - but these messages are interchangeable. Feel free to copy/paste a message as is or use it as a guide for your own strong statement.

Tell Us Your "Why"

Nobody tells your story better than you. Share your "why" with the world. The reason you give back may be the reason someone else does. Better yet, your "why" just may inspire someone else to support the #1MSHA scholarships.

Instagram Takeover

We are selecting a few chosen alumni for a UAB MSHA Instagram Takeover! If you want to take over our Instagram Story feed for a day and show off your program pride along with a "a day in your life" - please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Our department’s mission is to develop leaders to shape tomorrow’s health care. In order to do this, we must extend our efforts beyond the walls of the classroom and beyond graduation. Through unique programming and opportunities like the one listed below, we will make a difference in the lives of our students and alumni.

• UAB Health Equity Leadership Academy: a two-week program, dedicated to increasing the number of students from challenging backgrounds – such as first-generation college students or those from rural environments – who apply and are admitted to HSA graduate programs.

Alumni and Student Success

• Women’s Leadership Initiative: provides programming to advance future leaders in the health care field, mentoring efforts, student and alumni professional development opportunities, and supports scholarships
• Leadership and Executive Access Program (LEAP): provides extended time for healthcare executives to meet with students, faculty, alumni and community leaders
• Graduate Programs in Health Administration Alumni Association (GPHA): offers career support, such as – alumni to alumni mentoring, career development, educational webinars, networking events (regional receptions and conference events like ACHE)
• UAB Health System Workforce Program: connects first-year students with executives at UAB Medicine where "they are treated as full-time employees, not students,” says Nigel Brown, executive director of Transformation & Performance Excellence, UAB Health System.

Ready to support an initiative? You can:

• Make a gift.
• Get involved.
  • UAB Health Equity Leadership Academy – contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Alumni and Student Success – contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Other questions?

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Make a difference in the lives of most deserving students by donating to existing scholarships.

If the scholarship name is green, click on it to make an immediate online gift. If not, please download a printable pledge form to make your gift. If you have questions or need support, please contact Sarah Jenks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 205-996-5930 to make your gift.

More Giving Options

Check

Make checks payable to UAB SHP. Mail to:

UAB School of Health Professions, SHPB 669
1720 2nd Ave. S.
Birmingham, AL 35294

Phone

Prefer to give over the phone or want to discuss options? Contact Thomas Giffin at 205-996-5469.

Pledge

Make a larger impact. Choose an amount, make a pledge and pay in installments.

Stock

If you are interested in transferring stock, review the UAB Gift Acceptance Policy and Guidelines.

Planned Giving

Shape the future of UAB and leave your legacy by choosing to make us part of your estate plans.

Contact Us

Have questions about giving options? Contact Thomas Giffin at 205-996-5469 or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Interested in Establishing a Scholarship?

Please contact Sarah Jenks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 205-996-5930 to learn more.

Thanks to Generous Supporters Like You

We raised $1.1 million within six months and doubled the impact of available funding for students. More importantly, more money means we can help more students. People like first-generation college students' Jamond Glass (MSHA Class 55) and Miranda Zaragoza (MSHA Class 56) can change their family trajectory.

Stories like theirs and stories like yours do not stop – they endure generation after generation.

Thanks to your generosity, the generosity of more than 100 donors so far, and the generosity of our corporate partners like TMB Equity/Courmed and Capital Growth Medvest, you all now play a pivotal role in a student’s life story and the story of the top ranked MSHA program in the United States.

“We are #1 because of our rich community: the best alumni, students, faculty, staff, preceptors and more.”
— CHRISTY HARRIS LEMAK, PhD, Chair, Department of Health Services Administration

“If we want our program to remain #1, then we need to do the same thing we do in our health systems - continue to differentiate ourselves from the rest.”
— CHUCK STOKES, MSHA Class 17, former President/CEO, Memorial Hermann

Endowments Support Our Program Goals

In only six months, we welcomed 18 new endowments supporting scholarships, professional development, women's mentorship and more. This would not have been possible without the hard work and contributions of our ONE MSHA Campaign Committee. A special thanks to each of them for their dedication and their time:

Neeysa Biddle (Class 26, BSAH 1989), Bob Chapman (Class 6), Gordon Ferguson (Class 18), Christy H. Lemak, Tom Miller (Class 18), Jim Shmerling (Class 14), Chuck Stokes (Class 17), Jon Vice (Class 7), Mike Williams (Class 14).

New Endowments

We encourage you to download our pledge form today and join all these legendary health care leaders above and below who already support the ONE MSHA campaign.

Join Our Campaign Today

It isn’t too late for you to join our campaign. To remain #1, we need to attract the best. And to do that, we need your financial support. Please contact Sarah Jenks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get started. Or click the image below to download and print our pledge form.

Now, more than ever, it is vital that our MSHA program incorporates classroom instruction, external experience and unique programming that is culturally responsive. It is not only the right thing to do - but it is an essential component of our department’s mission to develop leaders to shape tomorrow’s health care.

All too often, a student’s decision comes down to one number and it is not the #1 ranking; it is the financial figure that goes with a graduate degree. You can help us - the program you are so proud of - attract the best students available.

• You can further support scholarships that already make a difference in the lives of most deserving students exist.
• You can contribute to opportunities like our Academy for Addressing Health Disparities, Leadership and Executive Access Program (LEAP), GPHA Board, Annual Women's Leadership Meeting and more.
• And you can establish your own Endowed Scholarship in your name, or your family's name, or even in honor of someone who impacted your life.

The choice is yours. The benefit is theirs.

“These students have chosen to begin a career in health care during an extremely challenging time. Although the first year experience will be different than in years past, I am encouraged for the future based on the commitment of these young professionals.”
— AMY Y. LANDRY, PhD, MSHA Class 35, Howard W. Houser Endowed Professor in Health Administration and Director, Graduate Programs in Healthcare Administration

What does it mean to you to be a part of the #1 ranked MSHA program?

When applying for graduate school, I was sure that I would not be able to be a part of UAB MSHA due to the financial constraints of being an out-of-state and independent self-supporting student. The program’s commitment to hear me, understand me, and do their best to support my dreams makes it so clear why they are #1; UAB MSHA is dedicated to providing well-rounded support. To be a part of the #1 ranked MSHA programs means being a part of a system that is like a close-knit family. It means being presented with unique professional development opportunities to optimize our chance of making a positive impact in healthcare. It means having access to meet, collaborate with, and learn from diverse health care leaders.

What makes you most excited about the MSHA program?

The many opportunities to develop my skills, build relationships, and expand my knowledge during the program. The experiences here at UAB cannot be re-created at any other program I am truly grateful for the support of the faculty, the alumni, and my cohort, Class 55, who make this experience so rewarding.

What have you learned working during COVID? How did the MSHA Program prepare you?

This summer, I have spent time volunteering at UAB’s COVID test site and interning remotely at Hartford Healthcare (Hartford, CT). In this time, I have learned that change can happen rapidly, and communities depend on healthcare organization’s preparedness and ability to adapt. In response to COVID, my internship transitioned to a virtual setting. During the spring, the MSHA program’s quick response to finish virtually prepared me for the challenges of working remotely.

What do you want alumni to know about today’s MSHA program?

I want to make sure they know that none of the things I have learned would have been possible without the collaboration of my peers. My growth and successes are the result of the opportunity to work with the people in my cohort and the faculty, staff and alumni of the MSHA program.

Why did you choose the MSHA program?

I came to UAB knowing I lacked certain skills and that I would acquire them here because the MSHA program is shaping me to be who I am today and who I will be in the future. I have never thought of where I will be in three or five years, my mentality is what will my grandkids think of me. This journey at UAB is part of what will be on my epitaph.

We understand that everyone's personal financial situation is unique. Maybe the timing is not right for you today, but maybe the timing is perfect for your organization. Another way we can achieve our goal of remaining #1 MSHA prorgram is through corporate partnerships. Health care organizations are looking for the best employees and they know these come from the best programs.

Corporate support allows us to:

• Attract the best students who become outstanding health care leaders.
• Offer scholarships that make it possible for top students to attend.
• Recruit diverse students with increased levels of financial need.
• Meet the educational needs of the evolving health care industry.

We are proud to introduce to you two of our newest corporate partners. Both have been long-time friends. Both identified the ONE MSHA Campaign as the perfect opportunity to support the program.

Derrick L. Miles, MSHA Class 34, has always been driven by an internal desire to do more and to impact people. The founder and CEO of CourMed, a technology company delivering healthcare items to your doorstep, has turned his attention to support students in the MSHA program.

He established the TMB Equity Partners Endowed Scholarship in Health Administration for students who view health care through a big and broad lens. He hopes to inspire students with an entrepreneurial spirit to begin to look beyond the hospital or even the city they live in and see healthcare without limitations.

“I plan to play a role in helping them craft their career in acute care or otherwise. I will work with them to make the right connections that can help them succeed. I am proud to support my UAB MSHA family with this gift.”

Joe Baugh is Co-Managing Partner of Capital Growth Medvest, a Birmingham-based health care real estate development and funding group that has completed well over $1 billion in health care developments and acquisitions. He knows a good deal when he sees one and a scholarship in support of #1 MSHA program in the U.S. was a no brainer.

“Getting to the top is not the hardest thing, it is staying at the top. It is not a one-year thing – it is a commitment year in and year out. To stay #1 you need people who believe in your mission, support your efforts and invest in your continued success. That is why we created a scholarship for the UAB MSHA program.”

The Capital Growth Medvest Endowed Scholarship in Health Administration will have a preference toward non-traditional students – those who are working parents or career changers that are pursuing higher education to better their lives and their families. But Baugh knows the scholarship will be important to whoever receives it and to the future of health care.

“Helping others is important to all of us and we know the leaders graduating from the UAB MSHA program are going to evolve with health care and change health care to make it whatever it will become in 20 or 40 years from now. We want to be there to help them every step of the way.”