The Division of Infectious Diseases is a large and busy division involved in various activities relating to the traditional academic missions of education, patient care and research. The Division consists of 36 full-time and three emeritus faculty, nine fellows and 130 support staff (administrators, office associates and assistants, fiscal/grant specialists, technicians, study coordinators and study nurses).
Education/Conferences
Over the past decade, the Division has been an annual recipient of one of the three DOM Best Teaching Division awards given yearly by the Medicine Housestaff.
Fellowship Training Program
Fellows and faculty actively participate in teaching and patient care at the three major hospitals within the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center.
Research
Research is the third area of excellence in our Division. For 2008, the Division’s federal research awards and industry grants (direct cost) totaled over $21 million.