UAB Synopsis, Vol. 24, No. 27, July 18, 2005
"Everybody who's in the top 20 wants to be in the top 10," Dr. Robert Rich says. "I think we can make it. I just don't know when."
From The Birmingham News, June 10, 2005.
- Current School of Medicine (SOM) ranking — 18th
- Total awards amount — $207M
- Distance between SOM and the 10th ranked school — $58M
- Increase in research grants and contracts from 2003 — $1.3M
From InforMED, Vol 1, No 2, June 15, 2005. Available at: www.uab.edu/uasom/informed/061505.pdf
NIH award rankings by medical school, FY 2004, are available at grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/rank/medttl04.htm
SOM Departments In Top 20 Rankings
Anatomy/Cell Biology – 10
Anesthesiology – 14
Dermatology – 10
Emergency Medicine – 9
Internal Medicine – 11
Microbiology – 3
Neurosciences – 13
Obstetrics/Gynecology – 4
Pathology – 18
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation - 13
Pediatrics – 3
Surgery – 6
NIH award rankings by individual departments, FY 2004, are available at grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/rank/medindp04.htm