Jennifer B. Causey, Communications Coordinator UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1717 Eleventh Avenue South, MT 512, Birmingham, AL 35205-4410 205.934.6978 . JBCausey@uab.edu . www.UABMHRC.org Release Date: November 9, 2012 UAB MHRC Director Receives Award for Contributions to Cancer Research BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mona Fouad, MD, MPH, Director of the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC), is the first woman to receive the Albert F. LoBulgio Distinguished Faculty Award for her outstanding contributions to the research mission of the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. The award was presented by Edward Partridge, MD, Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, at the Center’s 15th annual Research Retreat.

Named after Albert F. LoBuglio, MD, who served as the Cancer Center’s Director for 21 years, the award is presented annually to a Cancer Center investigator for outstanding research contributions. “It is clear why Mona Fouad was selected for this honor,” explains Partridge. “She has been a co-leader of the Center’s Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program for many years and has been the most influential person in establishing our Cancer Center as a national leader in cancer disparities research. She has also been a leader in creating a training program for minority scientists and other investigators interested in a career in cancer disparities research.” Under Fouad’s leadership, over the course of 10 years the MHRC has brought to UAB more than $100 million in extramural grant funding, most of it with a common theme of improving health and preventing disease in minorities.

Mona Fouad, MD, MPH About the MHRC The health of racial/ethnic minorities and low-income people in the United States is worse than the health of the general population. The MHRC was established as a comprehensive research, training, and outreach center focused on eliminating the health disparities of racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations locally, regionally, and nationally. The MHRC is a University-wide Interdisciplinary Research Center and a designated Center of Excellence in Health Disparities Research by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health. For more information, visit www.UABMHRC.org. ###