UAB is among a select group of universities recognized for both very high research activity and significant community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UAB ranks 27th among academic institutions in federal research funding and 20th in funding from NIH. Total research funding exceeds $400 million annually; some $217 million in NIH funds can be attributed to the School of Medicine alone.
The School of Medicine at UAB has a tradition of excellence in research and clinical care. In the past few years, the School of Medicine has added more than half a million square feet of space for clinical facilities, research laboratories, classrooms, surgical suites, and administrative space.
Many of its faculty conduct research in university-wide interdisciplinary research centers that span more than one academic school at UAB. UAB's interdisciplinary culture presents the medical and scientific community within the university an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from other schools, departments and disciplines who have comparable or complementary research interests. This approach has essentially eliminated individual silos that tend to prolong the discovery process.
Medical Student Research and Scholarly Activity
PhD Programs - Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Faculty Research
Clinical Trials