April 29, 2002: The groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building. 1945: Dr. Melson Barfield-Carter became chair of the Department of Radiology. 2007: The School of Public Health first presented the Lou Wooster Public Health Hero Award, which is named in honor of Birmingham's famed 19th century madam. 1939: The University of Alabama's Birmingham Extension Center had an enrollment of 365 students. 1947: Graduate programs were first offered at the Birmingham Extension Center during the fall term. November 1990: UAB Blazers became one of the charter members of the new Great Midwest Conference. March 11, 1971: The Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders was named in honor of former Alabama governor Chauncey Sparks. May 1978: Alabama native Harry "the Hat" Walker became the first head coach of the new Men's Baseball team. May 1, 2005: The Campus Recreation Center opened. These rules can be found by clicking here. The building occupied the center of a square bounded by St. Anthony, Lawrence, Cedar, and State streets. May 2019: Best Colleges named UAB as the best college for LGBTQ students in the state of Alabama. March 27, 2008: UAB announced that the Women's Synchronized Swimming team would be eliminated as a varsity sport at the end of the 2009 season. Humphrey received a history degree from UAB and had been a scholarship member of the Blazer track team. ", March 29, 2022: Dr. Smita Bhatia presented the fifty-eighth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "The Art of Surviving and Thriving.". A native of what was then Czechoslovakia, Lazansky was the first international named as a divisional director at the Medical Center in Birmingham. November 10, 1999: A Midsummer Nights Dream opened as the first Department of Theatre production to be held in the new Sirote Theatre. November 24, 1981: Dr. Robert B. Karp headed the University Hospital team that performed the first heart transplant at UAB. September 25, 1986: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Immunological Diseases, created in 1985 with funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was formally approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. October 9, 1947: Alabama Act 678 appropriated funds of $750,000 for the operation of the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. Hidges has been an active member of AWHONN since 1998 UAB School of Nursing Assistant Professor and Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs Ashley Hodges, Ph.D., CRNP/Faculty, WHNP-BC, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Ne. Ms. Kate Cotton. June 5, 2004: William S. Sandy White became CEO of the UAB Research Foundation, succeeding acting director Lucy Hicks. Dr. Volker reported directly to the president in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Michael J. Friedlander was named first director of the new center. Cristal Brister, TheatreCristal Lara Brister is a creative catalyst for change. Leo M. Hall and James E. Myrick obtained the first license from UAB for manufacture and sale of an invention produced at the university. Prior to founding Vulcan Value Partners,Mr. Fitzpatrickworked as a principal and portfolio manager at Southeastern Asset Management. May 21, 1983: UAB held its first telephone student registration in a pilot program sponsored by the Office of Registration and Academic Records. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans. Cranford had been a student athlete on the inaugural Blazer tennis team. October 17, 1991: The West Pavilion of University Hospital was dedicated. Deborath Sutherland was the first director of the cheer and dance teams. New classes began at nine-month intervals. 1975: The Alabama legislature appropriated funds for the purchase of approximately 45 blocks for UAB expansion. October 1961: The Psychiatric Clinic was named in honor of Medical Center benefactors Joseph S. and Bertha Pizitz Smolian. The contract also conveyed to the university the land on which the hospitals were located. January 13, 2020: Proton International at UAB, the states first proton therapy center, was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. October 1, 1995: Dr. Scott Buchalter became University Hospital's second chief-of-staff. July 6, 2021: Ann Alquist became executive director and the fifth General Manager of WBHM-FM Radio. May 30, 1954: Claudia Holcombe Heard and Ruth Ehricke became the first female graduates of the School of Dentistry. September 27, 1999: The General Clinical Research Center was formally dedicated as the Pittman General Clinical Research Center in honor of Dr. James A. Pittman, Jr. September 1999: Dr. Adeniyi Coker, Jr., became director of UAB's new African American Studies program. 1955: University Hospital and Hillman Clinic operating costs reached almost $3,500,000. September 17, 1997: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved the name change of the Center for the Advancement of Developing Industries to the Office for the Advancement of Developing Industries Technology Center. May 1, 1946: By the end of the first year, the medical school employed 172 faculty members, 58 of whom were full-time, four library staff, two hospital executives, and six administrative staff. Haase played at Kansas and had served as an assistant coach at Kansas and at North Carolina prior to coming to UAB. He was the lead investigator for the first rotavirus vaccine. October 2, 1960: Fort Mortimer H. Jordan Alabama National Guard 109th Evacuation Hospital Armory was dedicated at the Medical Center. Womens bowling would begin in the fall of 2011 and womens beach volleyball in the spring of 2012. September 18, 1971: Dr. Fain A. Guthrie became first dean of the School of Education after serving as interim dean for one month. September 10, 1960: Birmingham faculty member James F. Hatcher, Jr., director of Town and Gown Theatre, directed the annual Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1970: A master's degree in Business Administration was initiated in the Division of Business, the first graduate program to begin in the College of General Studies. Dr. Watts, who holds an undergraduate degree from the UAB School of Engineering, had joined the UAB faculty in 2003. August 18, 2017: A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to dedicate the UAB Football Operations Center and the Legacy Pavilion. Today, UAB is a comprehensive urban university with a nationally recognized academic health center. June 26, 1998: The Center for Contraceptive Research and Technology Transfer and the Center for the Study of Ethics and Values in the Sciences were approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. The old building on 6th Avenue North could not handle all of the students and instructors, so the University leased space in several buildings in the city's downtown. By giving to Rochester Regional Health, you ensure that every person in our region has access to quality care and the resources they need to get and stay well. April 15, 1920: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees voted to order the removal of the medical school from Mobile to Tuscaloosa where the program would be reopened as a two-year preclinical school on the campus of the University. She recently retired from Eli Lilly and Co. as Vice President for Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar in Infectious Diseases. 1983: UAB ranked 24th out of 396 institutions in the amount of funding received for research from the National Institutes of Health. Control of the program remained with the schools independent governing board and no funding was forthcoming from the University. March 25, 2016: Jerod Haase left UAB when he was hired as the head basketball coach of the Stanford Cardinal. November 29, 1978: The Women's Basketball team played its first game at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, losing to North Alabama by a score of 77 to 82. Dr. James E. McLean served as the first director. BIRMINGHAM, AL David Hoidal, chief executive officer of the UAB Health System (UABHS), has named Cynthia G. Brumfield, M.D., M.S.H.A., UAB Hospital's chief of staff, effective March 1. Ertunga had spent his collegiate years as a member of the Blazer men's team and had been named an All-Conference Player. January 1996: The UAB Office of Minority and Special Programs was established within the Office of the Provost. Tinsley R. Harrison and Champ Lyons were named Distinguished Professors by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees, the first such designations given to a member of the Alabama faculty. More than 670 hospital staff, 257 employed in Hillman Hospital and 419 in Jefferson Hospital, transitioned from Jefferson County employees to become university employees. September 1, 1973: Charles G. Jamerson was appointed to the faculty of the School of Business as an assistant professor in the Center for Labor Education and Research, becoming the first African American faculty member of the business school. January 1, 2011: Dr. Deborah L. Voltz became fifth dean of the School of Education. The Polar unit had been designed by the UAB Engineering and Innovative Technology Development team. November 1, 2005: Dr. Doreen Harper became the fourth dean of the School of Nursing. November 19, 1999: The University of Alabama Board of Trustees approved an affiliation between UAB and the Southern Research Institute, a not-for-profit contract research organization with over $50 million in grants and contracts and which had been founded in 1941. 1973: Dr. David M. Witten became the first president of The University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. Dustin Duracher - Fellowship- Pain Medicine, UAB. September 1, 2017: Over 25,000 attended the UAB House Party in Birmingham's Uptown Entertainment District to hear a concert by recording star Sam Hunt. The C-USA tournament was co-hosted by UAB and the City of Birmingham and games were held in UAB's Bartow Arena and in Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center. Graduate degrees were awarded during an online-only ceremony on Friday the first, undergraduate degrees were awarded during an online-only ceremony on Saturday the second. Dr. Holmes came to UAB from the University of Virginia. When he was in his mid-thirties, his father commissioned him to design the theater, and he also master planned the 250-acre park that serves as its setting. He graduated from his medical school with his medical degree in 1994. May 2, 1991: UAB held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Bertha and Joseph Smolian International House on 10th Avenue South. November 29, 1978: The School of Public and Allied Health was renamed the School of Community and Allied Health, Dr. Keith D. Blayney remained as dean. May 2019: Dr. Virginia Lolley became chief-of-staff for the UAB Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital, the first female named to the position. Mrs. Heersink has been married for43years to Dr.MarnixHeersink, an ophthalmologist in Dothan. Dr. Vickers, a native of Demopolis, Alabama, and a former member of the UAB surgery faculty, was chair of surgery at the University of Minnesota when his appointment was announced in August. December 14, 1995: The Center for Educational Accountability was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. September 17, 1994: The UAB Marching Blazers, a new 135-member student band, debuted in its first home game at Legion Field. 1987: Dr. Clint Bruess was named third dean of the School of Education. Health Professions (Andrew Butler) Honors (Shannon Blanton) Libraries (Kasia Gonnerman) Heersink School of Medicine (Anupam Agarwal) Nursing (Maria Rodriguez Shirey) Optometry (Kelly Nichols) Public Health (Paul Erwin) Vice Provost, Enrollment Management Bradley Barnes 1974: University of Alabama Medical Center Foundation, a non-profit corporation, was renamed the UAB Medical and Educational Foundation. 1983: Dr. Sara Ruiz de Molina was named acting dean of Special Studies. This was the first time in Alabama history that two students were selected from the same institution. December 1991: UAB Clinic Inverness opened. July 30, 1965: VA Hospital Research Annex Wing groundbreaking was held. Senior executives and board oversight remains at the local level with UABHS participation in governance through representation on the board of directors. December 1988: Upon the resignation of Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett, Samuel E. G. Hobbs was named interim chancellor of the three-campus University of Alabama System. 1967: The Myocardial Infarction Research Unit, later renamed the Specialized Center for Research in Ischemic Heart Disease, was established. 1986: Men's Volleyball and the Riflery teams were eliminated as team sports chiefly due to NCAA regulations for sports allowed per member institution. Current Members: J. Paul Jones Hospital - Camden, AL; Northwest Regional Health - Winfield, AL October 25, 1946: At the first commencement ceremony held in Birmingham, 21 students graduated from the Medical College of Alabama. 5. May 2012: The UAB Health System entered into an operational affiliation with Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Alabama. June 26, 2001: The 13th Street Ensemble, UAB's professional equity theater company in residence at the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center, debuted with a performance of "Noises Off." July 13, 1970: Faculty member James F. Hatcher, Jr., and the Alabama Ballet, then an administrative unit of UAB, left for a five-week tour of Europe where the company performed "Repertory 1970" in Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. September 14, 1936: The University of Alabama opened its Birmingham Extension Center in an old wood-frame two-story house at 2131 6th Avenue North. November 1974: Physical Education Facility opened. 1997: UAB administrators established the University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center (UWIRC) Program to provide UAB funding for those research centers and institutes designated as a UWIRC entity. 1978: UAB Ambassadors corps formed with 10 students and two alternates in order to provide student hosts at official university functions. In 2018, she received a Master of Accounting degree from UABs Collat School of Business. September 1, 1990: Dr. Virginia D. Gauld became second vice president for Student Affairs. September 5, 1969: Dr. Joseph F. Volker assumed the office as the first president of the newly autonomous University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB). 1946: The four-year medical school in Birmingham had 58 full-time faculty, seven of whom were women and one of whom was chair of a department. Dr. Lisa M. Guay-Woodford was named director of the new center. January 31, 1981: During UAB's homecoming celebrations, David Bolus and Kay Ellis were chosen as the first Mr. November 6, 1997: A grand opening celebration was held for the new OADI Technology Center, the first building constructed in the UAB Research Park at Oxmoor. 1966: The Medical Center had a budget of $32,000,000 and a payroll of over $15,000,000 for its 3,200 employees. Originally, it had been established in 1991 as an endowed professorship. May 17, 1991: University Center was renamed and rededicated as the Hill University Center in honor of UAB's second president, Dr. S. Richardson Hill, Jr. May 22, 1991: Dr. Joan F. Lorden received the first Carolyn P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction and presented a lecture titled "Behavior: The Organizing Principle for the Nervous System.". July 1, 1998: UAB Historical Collections became part of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. 1947: Ralph E. Adams became the acting president of The University of Alabama and served until 1948. Dr. Mark E. LaGory (Sociology) served as the first chair of the new senate. The patient was from Arab, Alabama. The former NFL quarterback and Super Bowl Champion (2000) had been named as the new coach two days beforehand. Dr. William F. Bridgers was the center's first director. The Town and Gown Theatre production starred local dentist Dr. John W. Nixon and television personality Everett Strickland. October 8, 1906: Dr. Rhett Goode became the third dean of the Medical College of Alabama. During his time as the companys leader, BE&K was recognized by author Robert Levering and by Fortune magazine as One of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.. January 16, 1995: The first simultaneous heart-kidney transplant in the Southeast was performed at UAB by Drs. March 2003: The UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus opened a new clinic and teaching facility, the primary clinical and academic space for the University of Alabama School of Medicine Huntsville Program. November 17, 2000: The UAB Center for Palliative Care was approved by The University of Alabama Board of Trustees. Polly Ayers and Eleanor A. 1990: Alabama's first use of single-fiber arthroscope for monitoring the treatment of arthritis occurred at University Hospital. St. John had served as interim chancellor since August 2018. March 10, 2019: The Birmingham Legion competed in its first soccer match at UAB's BBVA Compass Field. In recognition of the gift, The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees renamed the department as the Barefield Department of Criminal Justice, the first named academic department at UAB. November 12, 1982: Dr. Max D. Cooper delivered the nineteenth Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Of Mice, Men, and Chickens.". 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