AnnuAl RepoRt - University of Alabama at Birmingham
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The UAB UTC’s Principal Staff<br />
Center Director<br />
Philip R. (Russ) Fine, PhD, MSPH<br />
Dr. Fine is the founding director and principal<br />
investig<strong>at</strong>or <strong>of</strong> the UAB UTC, the UAB Injury<br />
Control Research Center (1988) and The Southern<br />
Consortium for Injury Biomechanics (2000). Dr.<br />
Fine is Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Medicine in the Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Medicine. He has been on the UAB Faculty <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine since 1975 and earned, for UAB, more<br />
than $47 million in research grants, contracts or<br />
other types <strong>of</strong> funding awards during his 36 year<br />
career. He is the author or co-author <strong>of</strong> more than<br />
100 contributions to the scientific liter<strong>at</strong>ure and a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> numerous pr<strong>of</strong>essional, scientific<br />
societies and organiz<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>e Director for Research & Scientific Oversight<br />
Gerald McGwin, Jr., PhD, MS<br />
Dr. McGwin has been associ<strong>at</strong>ed with the UAB<br />
UTC as a Principal Investig<strong>at</strong>or and Research<br />
Domain director since 2007. He is the Associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Director for the UAB Center <strong>of</strong> Injury Sciences as<br />
well as pr<strong>of</strong>essor and vice-chairman <strong>of</strong> the School<br />
<strong>of</strong> Public Health’s Department <strong>of</strong> Epidemiology.<br />
Dr. McGwin is director <strong>of</strong> the Center for Clinical<br />
and Transl<strong>at</strong>ional Science (CCTS) Design and<br />
Biost<strong>at</strong>istics Program. He is an associ<strong>at</strong>e editor for<br />
the American Journal <strong>of</strong> Epidemiology and regular<br />
reviewer for more than a dozen scientific journals.<br />
He has authored or co-authored more than 330<br />
peer-reviewed manuscripts.<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>e Director for Administr<strong>at</strong>ion & Finance<br />
Jeffrey Foster, MPH<br />
Mr. Foster has worked with the UAB UTC since<br />
its inception. In addition to his key UTC role and<br />
responsibilities, he is an experienced investig<strong>at</strong>or<br />
and is rapidly becoming a highly effective scientific<br />
administr<strong>at</strong>or. He serves, also, as the Associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> the UAB Southern Consortium for Injury<br />
Biomechanics. Mr. Foster earned his MPH in<br />
Epidemiology from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabama</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>Birmingham</strong> in 2005. His experience includes transport<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
research in both heavy and light vehicles,<br />
labor<strong>at</strong>ory and field- d<strong>at</strong>a collection and testing as<br />
well as research project participant recruitment.<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>e Director for Research<br />
& Scientific Oversight Emeritus<br />
Jay Goldman, DSc, PE<br />
Dr. Goldman has been closely associ<strong>at</strong>ed with the<br />
UAB UTC in a leadership role since its inception.<br />
He has authored or co-authored 75 technical<br />
public<strong>at</strong>ions, presented some 100 technical present<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and contributed to numerous monographs<br />
and textbooks during his career. Owing to his comprehensive<br />
knowledge and extensive experience in<br />
the field <strong>of</strong> engineering and biomechanics, he has<br />
been a consultant to 35 local and n<strong>at</strong>ional organiz<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
as well as to the United St<strong>at</strong>es government.<br />
Post-Doctoral Fellow<br />
Despina Stavrinos, PhD<br />
Dr. Despina Stavrinos obtained a doctor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
in Lifespan Developmental Psychology in<br />
May 2009 from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabama</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Birmingham</strong> and is currently a Postdoctoral<br />
Fellow <strong>at</strong> the UAB <strong>University</strong> Transport<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Center (UAB UTC). Her work on<br />
distracted pedestrians, which was fe<strong>at</strong>ured<br />
in Pedi<strong>at</strong>rics in 2009, also earned her the<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> Pedi<strong>at</strong>ric Psychology and CDC<br />
Injury Prevention Student Research Award.<br />
Educ<strong>at</strong>ion & Outreach Advisor<br />
K<strong>at</strong>hleen Bolland, PhD<br />
Dr. Bolland serves as the Educ<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
Outreach Advisor to the UAB UTC. In addition<br />
to UTC duties, Dr. Bolland is the Assistant<br />
Dean for Educ<strong>at</strong>ional Programs and<br />
Student Services in the School <strong>of</strong> Social<br />
Work <strong>at</strong> The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabama</strong>. As a<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional staff member in the Evalu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and Assessment Labor<strong>at</strong>ory in the College<br />
<strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Alabama</strong>,<br />
Dr. Bolland designed and conducted<br />
evalu<strong>at</strong>ions for 15 years before joining the<br />
UA faculty in the School <strong>of</strong> Social Work.<br />
Program Administr<strong>at</strong>or<br />
Crystal Franklin, MPH<br />
Ms. Franklin, a former UTC student intern,<br />
joined the staff full-time this past year. She<br />
provides support to the UTC Leadership in<br />
a variety <strong>of</strong> Center-rel<strong>at</strong>ed activities including<br />
grant writing, administr<strong>at</strong>ive duties,<br />
webinar planning and research assistance.<br />
She works closely with Dr. Stavrinos, on a<br />
day-to-day basis, functioning as a skilled<br />
research associ<strong>at</strong>e, which she has become<br />
since joining the UTC group.<br />
research consultant<br />
Andrea Underhill, PhD<br />
Dr. Underhill has worked with the UAB<br />
UTC since its inception. She has authored<br />
or co-authored two book chapters, 10<br />
manuascripts and 24 present<strong>at</strong>ions. She has<br />
served as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous<br />
scientific journals.<br />
10<br />
uab utc annual report 2009-2010