The University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB received research funding of $300 million from the National Institutes of Health. According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, placing UAB 22nd in the list of universities receiving funding from the NIH. Among public universities, UAB ranks ninth.
UAB received research funding of $300 million from the National Institutes of Health
The School of Medicine also placed 22nd among medical schools, with $256,395,438 in research funding, an increase of more than $23 million over 2018. The School of Optometry ranked second among optometry schools, with funding topping $4.95 million.
Chris Brown, Ph.D., vice president for Research at UAB said “Topping $300 million in 2019 reaffirms UAB’s place as a leading academic research institution,” According to Chris Brown UAB is the leading schools in research are also the leading schools in health care, and a robust research enterprise is central to attracting and retaining the brightest faculty and students.
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Within the School of Medicine, five departments were in the top 10 in research funding.
- Department of Dermatology (Second) $8 million.
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology (Fourth) $16.5 million.
- The Department of Biomedical Engineering (Fifth) $5.3 million,
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (Eighth) $8.7 million
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Tenth) $5.2 million.
Other significant grant recipients
Department of Internal Medicine, with $96.8 million in research funding; the Department of Genetics, with $21.3 million; the Department of Pediatrics, with $18.5 million; the Department of Microbiology, with $14.4 million; the Department of Pathology, with $12.2 million; and the Department of Neurology, with $12.8 million.
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About University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) traces its roots to the 1859 founding of the Medical College of Alabama and the 1936 opening of the
Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. In 1945 the Medical College of Alabama was moved from Tuscaloosa and the University’s Medical Center was founded in Birmingham. In 1954 the Extension Center was moved to a newly constructed facility adjacent to the Medical Center, bringing together for the first time the University’s two academic components in Birmingham. Later, in November of 1966, the Extension Center and the Medical Center were administratively merged to form the “University of Alabama in Birmingham,” an organizational component of the University of Alabama (in Tuscaloosa). In 1969 UAB became an independent institution, one of the autonomous universities within the newly created three-campus University of Alabama System.
Today, UAB is a comprehensive urban university with a nationally recognized academic health center. UAB is the only public, four-year degree granting university in the state’s largest metropolitan area. UAB is the largest research institution in the state of Alabama and is the largest single employer in the state.
A comprehensive chronology of the history of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and its predecessor entities is found below. Underlined and bolded items in this list may be selected to see portraits or photographs about the specific person or event.
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