GBS Services
Services | Facilities | Staff
The Office for Graduate Biomedical Sciences provides a variety of support services to UAB graduate students, faculty and staff. The GBS Office is located on the first floor of the Shelby Building, 1825 University Boulevard. A staff listing follows below.
- Poster Printing
Contact: Randy Seay rseay@uab.edu
Request Form - GBS Student General Orientation
Contact: Patricia Matthews pm1@uab.edu
Kym Proctor kproctor@nrc.uab.edu
Randy Seay rseay@uab.edu
Schedule of Events - August, 2011 - National Recruitment Events (UAB participation/coordination)
Contact: Randy Seay rseay@uab.edu
- Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Scientists (ABRCMS)
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
- NIH Graduate and Professional School Fair
- UAB Graduate School Opportunity Zone - Posterboard Rental
Contact: Jason Noah jnoah@uab.edu
GBS has 22 boards available for rental -- 16 wood and cork, 8 white boards. All are double-sided.
Rental pricing: Rental on these boards is $25 per board, regardless of the length of rental. Payment is through internal requisition, cost transfer or personal check, which is not processed until boards are returned. Should a board become damaged or lost, there will be a charge of $475 per board.
UAB Policy requires that a service center, such as the GBS Poster Board Rental, charge a fee for use of equipment and/or supplies.
- Shelby 1st Floor Conference & Meeting Room Reservations
Contact: Jason Noah jnoah@uab.edu
Shelby 105 Conference Room Calendar and Guidelines
Shelby 102 Student Lounge Calendar and Guidelines
Reservations: Email jnoah@uab.edu
- GBS Data Support (training grants & fellowships, UAB graduate training reports)
Contact: Savitha Memula smemula@uab.edu- Training Grant Applications: Data support services
- UAB Training Program Awards FY2011 (pre- and post-doctoral positions)
- Office of Graduate Biomedical Sciences (GBS) Location
SHEL 120 & 121
Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Building
1825 University Blvd, at 19th St South
Birmingham AL 35294
Visitor parking (with an hourly charge) is available at University Boulevard and 19th Street South at Parking Deck 10, directly across the street from the Shelby Building. - Program Offices
- Biochemistry & Structural Biology (BSB), Kaul 540
- Cancer Biology (CB), SHEL 120C
- Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology (CMDB), SHEL 120B
- Genetics and Genomic Sciences (GGS), SHEL 120B
- HHMI Med to Grad Fellows Program (HMG), SHEL 120G
- Immunology (IMM), SHEL 120A
- Microbiology (MIC), SHEL 120A
- MD/PhD Program, SHEL 121J & H
- Neuroscience Program, SHEL 120C
- Office of Postdoctoral Education, SHEL 170 (adjacent to GBS offices)
- Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine (PBMM), SHEL 120E - GBS Student Facilities
- SHEL 105 Conference/Classroom
- SHEL 102 Student Lounge
- SHEL 121 Computer Facility
- SHEL 121 Small Group Work/Study Facility
Staff
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Susan Rich, Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean Graduate Biomedical Sciences Shelby Building, Room 121C srich@uab.edu 205.996.4835 |
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S. Scott Austin Business Officer 1 Howard Hughes Med-Grad Fellowship Program Shelby Bldg, Rm 120G scotta@uab.edu 205.996.2916 |
Cynthia Knight Ballinger, M.B.A. Business Officer II Graduate School Hill Univ Center, Rm 504G cknight@uab.edu 205.975.7188 |
![]() Keri Dickens Office Svc Spec Shelby Building,Room 120 kerid@uab.edu 205.996.6752 |
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Patricia Matthews Program Manager Cancer Biology & Neuroscience Themes Shelby Building, Room 120C pm1@uab.edu 205.934.7034 |
Savitha Memula Data Processing Specialist Graduate Biomedical Sciences Shelby Building, Room 121B smemula@uab.edu 205.996.9798 |
Jason Noah Program Manager PBMM Theme Shelby Building, Room 120E jnoah@uab.edu 205.934.7810 |
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Kym Proctor Program Administrator II Immunology & Microbiology Themes Shelby Building, Room 120A kproctor@uab.edu 205.934.3857 |
Randy Seay, MA, MPH Program Manager MD-PhD Program Shelby Building, Room 121J rseay@uab.edu 205.934.4092 |
Nan Travis Program Manager CMDB & Genetics Themes Shelby Building, Room 120B ntravis@uab.edu 205.934.1033 |
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Dianne Vickers Program Coordinator Biochemistry & Structural Bio Theme Kaul Building, Room 540 dvickers@uab.edu 205.934.0580 |


