title: Dreaming big dreams: the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
abstract: The University of Alabama School of Medicine has a rich legacy dating back almost 150 years to Antebellum Mobile and the original Medical College of Alabama. The school's success helped transform Birmingham from a city rooted in the steel industry to one of the U.S.'s major biomedical research centers. Today the school is an internationally acclaimed leader in research and education and serves as the anchor of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the UAB Health System.
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012106:Research / Q000193:education; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration*