Archived Student Spotlights

James, the Barker Award recipient at the master's level, completed his degree in English in May of this year.

Katie, The Barker Award recipient at the doctoral level, researches the nutritional physiology of sea urchins.

Dil is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership program.

Kaye researches Birmingham Jewish Women and their role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Anne, a microbiology doctoral student, researches the role of cryptic epitopes in HIV-1 infection and immune control.

Firas, a master's student in Public Health, researches the mental health of Iraqi women in conflict areas.

Jessica's research involves the relationship of blood vitamin D levels with insulin sensitivity and vascular function in African American and Caucasian teenage girls.

Amanda is currently investigating health disparities and the influence of gene/environment interactions on body composition and free fatty acids.

Wes, a Ph.D. student in Cell Biology, received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Student in the Joint Health Sciences at this year's Honors Convocation.

Hannah chose the forensic sciences program at UAB because of the numerous classes offered in varied research areas.

Gina is a graduate student in the forensic science program. She researches the recovery of DNA from self-adhesive stamps after exposure to four difference cleaning methods.

Kelley researches contemporary art with an empasis on animal art.

Jamie's specialty fields are Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th-century art with an emphasis on the Spanish Renaissance.

Russell's main research is in injury epidemiology, with a focus on prevention and treatment of traumatic injuries.

Tiffany, a doctoral student in epidemiology, examines the association between weight and quality of life in women.

Elizabeth, who is concentrating in behavioral neuroscience, studies the transcriptional regulation of parvalbumin in GABAergic interneurons.

Jennifer's research focuses on the neuroanatomy underlying stress-related modulation of visceral nociception.

Heather, a master's student in the Department of History, is motivated by her love for history and a desire to learn.

John's work on his master's in History focuses on 20th Century/post-Cold War American diplomatic history, with a secondary interest in world diplomatic and socio-economic history.

Lynne is pursuing her Ph.D. in Medical Psychology, researching neuroplasticity resulting from rehabilitation.

As a doctoral student in Materials Engineering, Reginna is researching optimization and characterization of bioactive glass nanofibers as scaffold material.

Lasonja's research focuses on HIV/AIDS among African American females.

Natalie expects to receive her Ph.D. in Health Education and Health Promotion in August 2009.

Melanie's research involves Environmental Policies in the state of Alabama.

Jennifer chose UAB’s MPA program because it ranks in the top ten NASPAA accredited schools in the southeast.

Brandi, a Ph.D. student in Cell Biology, focuses her research on the intercellular networks of cytokine signaling in astrocytes and microglia as well as the transcriptional regulation of these cytokines.

Subhashini, an international student from India, came to UAB to pursue a PhD in Cell Biology because of UAB's reputation for working in cutting edge areas of biological sciences.

As Ian progresses in his studies at UAB, he would like to research how changes in accounting standards influence firm behavior.

Stefani is focusing her research efforts on the audit process of internal controls within organizations to better reduce audit risk.

Lucy, a Ph.D. student the the Vision Science program, studies the responses to 30 days of daily versus extended contact lens wear.

Kevin's research involves using electrophysiology and behavioral experiments in alert animals regarding the fundamental structure of the pathways that drive eye movements.

In Spring 2007, Jo Anne Balanay joined the Environmental Health Sciences PhD program with an emphasis in Industrial Hygiene here at UAB.

Gwendolyn was drawn to UAB's PhD program in Environmental Health Sciences because of its diversity in research opportunities.

After receiving an A.B. from Harvard College, Luke came to UAB to pursue his Ph.D. in Medical Psychology.

Ozioma is working on a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology here at UAB.

Adam is furthering his interest in logistics by focusing his research here at UAB in the Industrial Distribution Department.

Li Fang, a graduate student in the MBA program, came to UAB from BeiJing, P.R. China.

Philip is working toward his M.S. in Criminal Justice with a certificate of specialization in Computer Forensics.

Crystal’s research is related to alternatives to incarceration for offenders, focusing on the Jefferson County Mental Health Court.

Xin Chen is a graduate student from China working toward her PhD in Computer Science.

Matthew Curry’s research includes applying Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to coding theory, and integrating this into a system that enables highly reliable arrays of disk drives.

Scott is the 2008 recipient of the Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level. Click here to learn more about Scott's research.

Christopher received the 2008 Barker Award at the Master's level.

Becky Smith’s research in the Genetics program focuses on how the active pathway is transported from the synaptic terminal to the neuron nucleus.

Tyesha Farmer’s research seeks to identify genomic markers of aggressive breast cancer by analyzing the spectrum of genomic aberrations (gains and deletions) in breast tumors from young African-American and Caucasian-American women.

Joel Anderson’s research focuses on tissue engineering.

Anne Bailey is a first generation Southerner working on her MA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing.

Meredith Reid researches the use of functional MRI and MR spectroscopy to study patients with schizophrenia.

Donna Burnett, MAEd, is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education with an anticipated graduation date of 2008.

Jason Fulmore is a PhD Candidate in UAB’s Health Education/Health Promotion program.

Sarah Jenkins, a student in the Pharmacology/Toxicology program, studies environmental agents.

Nathan A. Styles’s research focuses on the cloning, expression, and subcellular localization of enzymes involved in bile acid metabolism.

Craig Aumack is a PhD student in Biology, has recently conducted research as part of UAB in Antarctica.

Adrienne King entered the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Science (IBS) program, pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences.

Melissa Talbert is working toward her DMD/PhD.

Saman Khaled is a doctoral student in the department of pathology.

Roger Nichols has enjoyed his academic career at UAB.

Eman Hamsa has received her M.Sc. in Mathematics and is currently working on her Ph.D in Applied Mathematics.

While Scott was pursuing a B.S. in Biology here at UAB, he had the opportunity to work in the Department of Pharmacology.

After spending five and a half years at UAB, Nenad received his Ph.D. in physics in December 2005.

Maggi has received the David E. Wells memorial scholarship award for the most outstanding proposition and qualifying exam.

Anna received her A.A. (Summa Cum Laude) from Central Alabama Community College in 2003.

Dr. Jasmine Gaines is a recent two-time graduate of UAB, earning a Ph.D. concentrating in cellular and molecular biology in December 2006.

Devashish Saini, a graduate student in the Health Informatics master's program, already holds an M.D.

Since she arrived at UAB from Pakistan, in August 2005, Muzna has been working with Dr. H. F. Orthner.

Our graduate students are quite fortunate to be able to contribute to this research. Paul Mangan is no exception.

After receiving a B.A. and M.S. in mathematics, Scott Keith came to UAB to pursue a Ph.D. in biostatistics.

William Prucka has been researching the statistical analysis of longitudinal magnetic resonance image (MRI) data.

John has been on UAB’s campus for seven years.

Andrew first came to UAB in the summer of 1998 as a summer intern in the Physics REU program.