Tag: University of Alabama at Birmingham

A faculty member for nearly three decades, Dr. Beason-Amayr currently serves as chair of Rice University's biosciences department, where she works to advance undergraduate education and research opportunities.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Currently serving as chair of the department of opthlamology and visual sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Grant uses stem cell research to understand and address a wide range of retinal diseases.

Dr. Elewski, chair of the department of dermatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is an international leader in fungal and psoriasis research and dermatological clinical trials.

Dr. Moody was the first woman president of Lincoln Memorial University and what is now Tusculum University. Prior to her presidencies, she served as a professor of nursing at several Tennessee-based universities.

Stacey Holloway currently serves as an associate professor of sculpture and coordinator of the bachelor of fine arts program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Dr. Howard has received national recognition for her outstanding research on stroke risk factors. She currently leads the REGARDS project, which investigates racial health disparities in stroke-related deaths.

The Association of American Medical Colleges has presented the 2024 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award to Carolina Harada, professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.

Preterm births in the United States have increased over the past decade, largely due to significant racial disparities in the experiences of Black, Native American, and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander mothers from low-income families.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Dr. Acoff became dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi on July 1. She is the first woman and first African American to hold the position. From 2014 to 2023, she was the associate dean for undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Alabama.