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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) and the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB are leading a recruitment to significantly expand the number and diversity of investigators across basic and population science and translational research efforts in cancer. Recruitment is for tenured and tenure-track faculty applicants with an MD, PhD or MD/PhD at all ranks and includes academic appointment in one or more of 27 academic departments across the HSOM, many of which rank in the top 10 nationally in NIH funding.
Successful applicants will join The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of the first eight NCI-designated Cancer Centers in 1972, that has been continuously funded by the NCI since its inception 50 years ago. It is the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in a four-state region. The O’Neal treats over 5,000 new cancer patients annually and is engaged in comprehensive and integrated efforts in cancer care and delivery research – especially for our Black and Brown patients coming from the Black Belt of the region who are particularly vulnerable to aggressive forms of cancer.
In fact, the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB recently announced that Timiya S. Nolan, Ph.D., APRN-CNP, ANP-BC, has been named Associate Director for Community Outreach & Engagement effective July 1, 2023. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement, which fosters transdisciplinary cancer research along with bi-directional communication and collaboration with communities statewide.
In addition to bringing her expertise in creating partnerships that support the development and testing of self-management interventions to the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Nolan will also join the Division of Preventive Medicine in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine as an Associate Professor.
| “Guided in part by a plan to enhance diversity, The O’Neal continues to eliminate health inequities through promoting holistic diversity, equity and inclusion in our patient care, research, and education.” -Rodney Tucker, MD, MMM Professor of Medicine, Ritchie Endowed Chair in Palliative Care Leadership Director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care Associate Director for DEI, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB
Nolan is a native of Brewton, AL, and a three-time graduate of the UAB School of Nursing and former Instructor of Nursing. She completed postdoctoral training in cancer prevention and health disparities at The Ohio State University and has been on faculty at The Ohio State University School of Nursing since 2018. Nolan holds certifications as an adult nurse practitioner and teacher of nursing.
The center was just awarded its latest renewal, a five-year Cancer Center Core Support Grant of $27,477,570 from the NCI, receiving the highest impact score in its history. This prestigious federal grant renewal provides support for UAB’s cancer research program through 2026.
The O’Neal has over 400 members conducting outstanding cancer research across four interdisciplinary scientific programs. Center members receive approximately $100 million in extramural cancer research funds annually, including multiple program project and larger “team science” grants. The O’Neal has 12 shared resources that enable cutting-edge science and a robust clinical trial infrastructure that supports the seamless translation of this science. UAB is one of 42 institutions with an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award, which supports translational research and creates a collaborative environment that synergizes with the O’Neal to promote junior investigators.
Driven by an intensely collaborative and entrepreneurial character, UAB is one of the leading economic engines of the state, with a nearly $4 billion budget and a statewide economic impact exceeding $7 billion annually. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer with more than 23,000 employees; it supports more than 64,000 jobs statewide. UAB currently is experiencing major and sustained investment and growth, due to both its exceptional research faculty and its culture of collaboration. UAB was awarded $602,024,372 in total research grants and awards for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, 2019. The figure represents an extraordinary increase of $75 million in funding over one year – a 14.2 percent increase – and a second consecutive year of double-digit percentage growth. UAB has now averaged 10 percent growth in its research funding awards in each of the past three years and a
| UAB is a diverse and vibrant academic community that values and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and which works in a team environment.
staggering 34 percent overall increase since 2014-15.
Research funding to UAB from the National Institutes of Health exceeded $325 million in 2020, placing UAB 27th among universities in NIH funding overall. The largest amount of funding, $269,911,974, went to investigators in the School of Medicine. This was an increase of more than $13 million over 2019, good for 24th overall among the nation’s medical schools.
A 13.7 Million grant from the NIH is helping The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Tuskegee University, longtime partners in addressing health disparities, health equity, and diversity in research, to establish the Benjamin-Carver FIRST Scientists program, an initiative to build a community of scientists that are committed to inclusive excellence in all areas of healthcare innovation and productivity.
UAB is a comprehensive urban university with a nationally recognized academic health center, comprised of the Collat School of Business, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Dentistry, the School of Education, the School of Engineering, the School of Health Professions, the Heersink School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Optometry, the School of Public Health, and the Graduate School. In its 2022 Economic Impact Study, the University and its affiliated entities generate over $12.1 billion in economic impact annually within the state of Alabama. UAB is Alabama’s largest single employer and now directly employs nearly 28,000 people. One in every 20 jobs within the state of Alabama either is held directly by a UAB employee or is supported as a result of UAB’s presence. In 2021, Forbes magazine ranked UAB as #1 America’s best large employer.