Centers

Centers

Updated 2/5/2007

This is a list of centers and laboratories that are affiliated with the School of Medicine. It is not a comprehensive list of all centers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. If you have difficulties locating a center on this list, please consult the official list of UAB Centers maintained by UAB Institutional Studies, the UAB Electronic Phonebook, or the UAB web search engine.

Notes on alphabetical listing:

Named centers are listed by the last name of the individual for whom the center was named, e.g. the Mercedes-Benz CIREN (Crash Injury Research Engineering Network) Center is listed alphabetically by "Mercedes-Benz."

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

A

Acute Chest Pain Center, See UAB Acute Chest Pain Center.

Alabama Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director: Ronald Clements, M.D.

Alabama Organ Center
Purpose: To provide families an opportunity to donate organs and tissues, to support these families regardless of their decision, and to promote equitable utilization of these gifts to others.
Director: Demosthenes Y. Lalisan I

Alabama Transplant Center
Director: John J. Curtis, M.D.
Approval date:

Alzheimer's Disease Center
Interim Director: Daniel C. Marson, J.D., Ph.D.
Approval Date: 12/13/1991

Arthritis Center, See UAB Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center.

B

Burn Center, See UAB Burn Center.

C

Center for Advanced Surgical Aesthetics
Director: Jorge de la Torre, M.D.
Approval Date: 11/09/01

Center for Aging*
Director: Richard Allman, M.D.
Approval Date:

Center for Aids Research*
Director: Michael Saag, M.D.
Approval Date: 12/09/1988

Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Director: Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, MD Approval Date: 2/3/06

Center for Computational and Structural Biology
Director: Jere Segrest, MD
Approval Date: 11/05/04

Center for Contraceptive Research and Technology Transfer
Director: Richard E. Blackwell, M.D.
Approval Date: 6/26/1998

Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics of Musculoskeletal Disorders, See UAB Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics of Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness*
Director: Richard Whitley, MD
Merger Date: 6/16/06, formerly Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infections and Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness

Center for Free Radical Biology*
Director: Victor Darley-Usmar, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 4/19/1996

Center for Glial Biology in Medicine
Director: Harald Sontheimer, PhD
Approval Date: 2/3/06

Center for the Study of Community Health*
Director: Max Michael, III, M.D.
Approval Date: 6/27/1985 (original approval), 12/15/1994 (name change)

Center for Heart Failure Research
Director: Louis Dell'Italia, MD
Approval Date: 9/19/03

Center for Injury Sciences
Director: Loring Rue, III, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/17/1999

Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation
Co-Directors: Donald Fletcher, MD and Marsha Swanson, OD
Approval Date: 9/20/02

Center for Metabolic Bone Disease*
Director: Jay M. McDonald, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/19/1996

Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET)
Director: David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.
Approval Date: 2/02/07

Center for Neuroimmunology
Director: J. Edwin Blalock, Ph.D.

Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE)*
Directors: Catarina I. Kiefe, Ph.D., M.D.; Norman W. Weissman, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 12/4/1998

Center for Palliative Care
Director: Dr. Christine S. Ritchie
Approval Date: 12/17/2000

Center for Pediatric-Onset Demyelinating Disease (C-PODD)
Director: Jayne Ness, MD, PhD
Approval Date: 9/15/06

Center for Psychiatric Medicine
Director: Charmaine Prosch, RN.
Approval Date: 9/13/1991

Center for Women's Reproductive Health*
Director: John Hauth, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/17/1993, 12/12/1996 (name change), 4/7/2006 (name change)

Center for Social Medicine and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases
Co-Directors: Edward Hook, M.D. and William Cockerham, Ph.D.

Center for Surgical Research
Director: Irshad Chaudry, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 11/17/2000

Center for Wine and Cardiovascular Health
Co-Directors: Francois Booyse, Ph.D. & Dale Parks, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 04/16/04

Chemoprevention Center
Director: Clinton Grubbs, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 3/20/1998

Civitan International Research Center*
Director: Harald W. Sontheimer, Ph.D
Approval Date: 9/22/1989

Cleft and Craniofacial Center, See UAB Cleft and Craniofacial Center.

Clinical Nutrition Research Center*
Director: David Allison, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 12/12/1996

Comprehensive Cancer Center*
Director: Ed Partridge, M.D.
Approval Date:

Comprehensive Diabetes Center
Director: John Corbett, PhD
Approval Date: 9/15/06

Comprehensive Neuroscience Center**
Director: Kevin Roth, MD, PhD
Approval Date: 9/15/06

Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
Director: Tim M. Townes, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 12/14/1995

Comprehensive Stroke Research Center
Director: Andrei V. Alexandrov, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/21/1995 (name change)

D

E

Epilepsy Center, See UAB Epilepsy Center.

F

Fermenetation Facility
Director: Kenneth B. Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.

G

Gene Therapy Center
Director: Dr. David T. Curiel
Approval Date: 2/19/1999

Geriatric Education Center
Director: Richard M. Allman, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/3/1986

William Crawford Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine
Director: David Freedman, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/9/1988 (original approval), 6/16/1989 (name change), 10/30/1992 (additional action)

H

Heart and Vascular Research Center, See UAB Heart and Vascular Research Center.

Heflin Center for Human Genetics
Co-Directors: Lisa Guay-Woodford and Norman P. Higgins, Ph.D.

I

Immunobiology Vaccine Center
Co-Directors: Jiri Mestecky, M.D., Kohtaro Fujihashi, D.D.S., Ph.D., David Briles, Ph.D.

Injury Control Research Center, See UAB Injury Control Research Center.

International Tuberculosis Center
Director: Michael E. Kimerling, M.D., M.P.H.
Approval Date: 2/15/2001

J

Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center*
Director: Eric J. Sorscher, M.D.
Approval Date:

L

Liver Center, See UAB Liver Center.

Lung Health Center
Director: William C. Bailey, MD
Approval Date: 12/4/1986

M

Mental Retardation Research Center
Director:
Approval Date: 11/17/2000

Minority Health and Research Center**
Director: Mona Fouad, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/20/2002

Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center
Director: Phillip Smith, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/7/2006

Multiple Sclerosis Center
Director: Khurram Bashir, M.D., M.P.H.
Approval Date:

N

Nephrology Research and Training Center
Director: Anupam Agarwal, MD
Approval Date:

O

P

Pancreaticobiliary Center, See UAB Pancreaticobiliary Center.

Parkinson's Disease Information and Referral Center
Director: David G. Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.,
Approval Date: 1/22/1987

Pediatric Pulmonary Center
Director: James S. Hagood, M.D.
Approval Date:

R

S

Skin Diseases Research Center
Director: Craig Elmets, M.D.
Approval Date: 2/04/05

Sleep/Wake Disorders Center
Director: Susan M. Harding, M.D.
Approval Date: 12/5/1985

Southeast Center for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine
Director: Richard M. Allman, M.D.
Approval Date: 6/26/1998

The Spain Rehabilitation Center
Director: Amie B. Jackson, M.D.
Approval Date:

John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education
Director: Sten H. Vermund
Approval Date: 10/26/1979

Sparks Center for Developmental and Learning Disorders
Co-Directors: Michael J. Friedlander, Ph.D.
Approval Date:

Spinal Cord Injury Care System
Director: Amie Jackson, M.D.

U

UAB Acute Chest Pain Center
Director: Silvio E. Papapietro, M.D.
Approval Date: 11/19/1999

UAB Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease Center (AMC)*
Director: Robert P. Kimberly, M.D.

UAB Burn Center
Director: James M. Cross, M.D.
Approval Date:

UAB Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Director: Kenneth Saag, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/15/00

UAB Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Director: John Grant, III, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/20/2001

UAB Epilepsy Center
Director: Edward Faught, M.D.
Approval Date: 4/3/1986

UAB Heart and Vascular Research Center
Co-Directors: Albert Pacifico, M.D., Robert Bourge, M.D., Edward Colvin, M.D.
Approval Date: 11/19/1999

UAB Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Director: Ernesto Drelichman, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/16/2005

UAB Injury Control Center (ICRC)
Director: Philip Russ Fine, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 6/26/1986, 2/10/1989 (name change)

UAB Liver Center
Director: Joseph Bloomer, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/17/1993

UAB Pancreaticobiliary Center
Co-Directors: Mel Wilcox, M.D., Selwyn Vickers, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/17/1999

UAB Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Core Center
Director: Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, M.D.
Approval Date: 9/16/2005

UAB Voice Treatment Center
Director: William Carroll, M.D.

V

Vaccine Center
Director: J. R. McGhee, Ph.D.
Approval Date: 6/22/1990

Voice Treatment Center, See UAB Voice Treatment Center

W

Explanation of Symbols:

* University-wide Center
** Pilot Developmental Center
Approval Date = Approval by Board of Trustees
(some centers pre-date requirement of Board approval)