UAB Pediatric Pulmonary Center

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
PEDIATRIC PULMONARY CENTER
Where? Children's Hospital - Birmingham, Alabama
What? To improve the health and well-being of our nation's children and youth, especially those with special health care needs.
How? Through graduate-level and post-doctoral training, patient and family care and education, research, consultation, and the provision of continuing education and technical assistance.

By providing interdisciplinary leadership training to health care professionals, we equip them to improve the health of children with respiratory conditions through the provision of family-centered care and enable them to serve as change-agents, positively impacting health care systems across America and beyond.

THE PPC TRAINING PROGRAM INCLUDES:

graduate-level training in social work, nutrition, respiratory care/health education, and nursing;
post-doctoral training in Pediatric Pulmonary medicine and Sleep medicine;
continuing education for community-based health care professionals;
consultation and technical assistance;
research to develop new treatment methods and improve patient care; and
healthcare and education services for children and their families using an interdisciplinary team approach.

This web site was partially supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau through grant number 2 T72MC00001-16-00.