Talk:The University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Notable Faculty Please include: Dr Max Cooper, The Father of B cell Immunology, Dr. Basil I Hirschowitz, the father of the modern endoscope, Dr. Jerry G Spenney for his pioneer work in GI medicine and acid reflux drugs, Dr. Luis O Vasconez and his creation of many of the plastic surgery techniques use today, Drs Louis Chow and Tom Broker, pioneers of alternating splicing (Nobel Price nominee) and understanding cervical cancer HPV and the vaccine, Dr. Tim M Townes and his pioneer work in sickle cell anemia, Dr. Casey T Weaver and his work in TH17 T cell lineage, Drs George Shaw and Beatrice H Hahn for the pioneer work in the origin of HIV, Drs David T. Curiel and Ronald D Alvarez for the only clinical trial in the World using Gene Therapy for the treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma, Dr. Richard J Whitley and his pioneer work in viral treatment, Herpes, using acyclovir and derivatives,

Thanks,

Angel A. Rivera, UAB

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"Since 1969, UAB has awarded over 105,000 degrees. The UAB community extends far beyond the campus. UAB alumni live and work in all 50 states, more than 65 countries, and in nearly every career field."

where is this information coming from? this whole page reads like a brochure! What on earth is "every career field"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.149.155.83 (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] UAB Civitan International Research Center

Lately I've been expanding articles about Civitan International, a nonprofit group with a focus on helping people with developmental disabilities. Civitan's flagship project is funding the Civitan International Research Center at UAB. I had considered creating a page for it, as it is one of UAB's more important research centers, but then I saw this page which lists more than 100 specialized centers at UAB. Given that there are that many, I see three options:

  1. Creating pages about the most important ones.
  2. Mentioning some of the more important ones in the UAB article.
  3. Mentioning the centers under other articles about the people that support them (ex: mentioning the Civitan International Research Center and its developmental disability research under the Civitan International article)

Does anyone have any suggestions on which course to take? SU Linguist (talk) 14:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

There are LOTS of centers at UAB, and some are bigger than others, for example the Comprehensive Cancer Center is probably the biggest in terms of budget and faculty. CIRC is probably very close behind. You might create a page about the important ones, like the CIRC and the CCC, but I'd also mention those along with some of the smaller but important ones on the UAB article. You might also mention them in their main articles. So, I guess I'm suggesting a hybrid of all three of your proposals :) jblake 21:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jblake (talkcontribs)