For 2021, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) invested a total of $1,225,000

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) College of Nursing Graduate Program chose Cullman Regional as the recipient of its annual Community Partner Award which recognizes Cullman Regional's commitment to provide nurse practitioner students important precepting opportunities despite the challenges during the COVID pandemic.

Brookwood Baptist Health (BBH) has named Charles Tyson as its new Group Chief Financial Officer for the five hospital healthcare system.

The new UAB Callahan Eye - Pelham Clinic on Pelham Parkway is now open.

Noland Health Services has opened a long-term acute care facility within Ascension St. Vincent's Birmingham to serve patients who need long term acute care and are not well enough to return home, go to a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Cyclotron Facility has been selected to join the United States Department of Energy Isotope Program as a University Partner.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center is celebrating its centennial year serving the Birmingham community.

University of Alabama at Birmingham maternal-fetal medicine specialists are providing high-risk obstetrical care at DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa in a partnership that began in February.

BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama has selected 27 medical students from four medical schools in Alabama to receive scholarships

Alabama's likely voters overwhelmingly support using federal COVID-19 relief funds to increase funding for mental health and rural hospitals, according to a new Alabama Arise poll.

Kassouf & Co promoted ten team members in January, naming two employees as managers.

James K. Kirklin, MD, director of the James and John Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes, has been named an inaugural recipient of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Lifetime Achievement Award.

UAB recently launched its Hip Preservation Program, which is designed for people with hip deterioration, whether it is just beginning or a long term problem.

Selwyn Vickers, MD, senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, has assumed the role of CEO of both the UAB Health System and the UAB/Ascension St. Vincent's Alliance, while continuing as dean. Vickers replaces the retiring Will Ferniany, PhD, who led the Health System for nearly 13 years.

Samford University's School of Public Health has launched an undergraduate major in health informatics and analytics, designed to prepare graduates to be the critical link between health care providers, payers and patients by analyzing data for decision-making.

Cullman Urology has joined Urology Centers of Alabama (UCA).

Sadis Matalon, PhD, Alice McNeal Endowed Chair of the UAB Department of Anesthesiology, has been elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens, one of the oldest research institutions in Greece.

MediSYS has promoted Mark Lewis to Vice President of Sales.

Marguerite "Ryan" Irvin, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has received an Emerging Investigator Award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

Grandview Medical Center has appointed Ashley Mathews to the role of Assistant Chief Executive Officer.

Demolition of the parking deck at Cooper Green Mercy Health Services is underway and will be completed this summer.