Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences (CDS)
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Harold Jones to step down after 17 years as dean of Health Professions
Harold Jones, Ph.D., dean of the School of Health Professions, has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as dean, pending arrival of his successor. Jones became dean of what then was known as the School of Health-Related Professions in April 2001, when it had a total of approximately 800 students. Today, it has more than 2,200 students.
Read moreNMT’s Krystle Glasgow earns SECSNMMI-TS Distinguished Service award
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University Hospital patients receive faster results thanks to CLS student research
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Biomedical Sciences student Ashley Haynes named National MS Society Top Scholar
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The unseen story behind PA student and Miss Alabama contestant Miranda Ward
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UAB has only Physician Assistant student to win ASAHP Scholarship
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Tera Webb wins national award from ASCLS
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UAB students spend Spring Break serving others
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Beach? Check.
Exotic destination? Check.
Provide medical services to those in need? Wait, what? Read more
UAB student discusses genetic testing at Rare Disease Symposium
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February 28, 2014, marks the seventh worldwide Rare Disease Day and Wakefield’s remarks came at UAB’s Rare Disease Symposium. This is the first year UAB has celebrated the international event. Rare diseases are categorized as those that affect fewer than 200,000 people. Read more