The Office for Research & Economic Development has named Dr. Julie Schwindt assistant vice president for research finance, effective February 24. Reporting to Jennifer Camp, senior associate vice president for research administration, Schwindt will lead the Office for Contract and Grant Accounting, which oversees all post-award accounting and the financial management of externally sponsored projects.…
Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor in the College of Community Health Sciences’ Department of Translational Science and Medicine, has been named assistant vice president for interdisciplinary research in the Office for Research & Economic Development. His appointment began March 17. “I am pleased that Ravi is joining us in the Office for…
Dr. Sharlene Newman, executive director of the Alabama Life Research Institute and professor of psychology, has been inducted into to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s College of Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, comprised of the top two percent of engineers…
As we navigate a rapidly changing environment, we all share the same goal of supporting the valuable research and scholarship happening across our campus. The research being conducted here has real world implications for our state and our nation, and it elevates the learning experience of our students. We are closely monitoring possible changes being…
Malik is a senior from Monroeville, AL, majoring in public health. His project is within the Department of Nutrition, Hospitality and Sport Management. What got you started in undergraduate research? My journey into undergraduate research started when I took Dr. Tan’s NHM 101 course. The course piqued my interest in nutrition, pushing me to explore…
Maddie is a senior from Colleyville, TX majoring in Biological Sciences with a minor in Global Health. The project she is currently working on is the Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes Involved in the Temporal Host Response in the department of Biological Sciences. What got you started in undergraduate research? I worked in a senior…
Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor in the Department of Translational Science and Medicine in the College of Community Health Sciences, has been elected as a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). This honor recognizes his outstanding research contributions in the fields of medicine and pharmaceutical science. The New York…
Cecilia is a junior from Atlanta, GA, double majoring in economics and finance. She is also in the Accelerated Master’s Program for economics. What got you started in undergraduate research? In high school I took AP Research which allowed me to create my own research project. The ability to create a question and then be…
In addition to being a Randall Research Scholar and a DAAD RISE Germany participant, Chandni Bhat is one of our very own Research Ambassadors. She began her research journey approximately two and a half years ago in Dr. Elizabeth Papish’s lab, where she currently investigates ruthenium-ligand complexes as potential anti-cancer compounds, utilizing light to activate…
Two physicists from The University of Alabama have been selected for the LHC Physics Center (LPC) Distinguished Researcher Program at Fermilab, a competitive international program focused on enabling independent research programs. The program recognizes established researchers in the field of high-energy physics, and it typically names one senior distinguished researcher and several junior distinguished researchers…
