Dr. Carol Z. Garrison is the 6th and current President of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama System unanimously voted to appoint her to the office on July 23 2002.
Prior Employment
1976-1978 - Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham
1978-1982 - Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1982-1992 - Faculty Member, University of South Carolina
1992-1994 - Professor & Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina
1994-1997 - Associate Provost & Dean of the Graduate School, University of South Carolina
1997-2002 - Provost, University of Louisville
2002-2002 - Acting president, University of Louisville
Education
1974 - Bachelor's Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1976 - Master's Degree, UAB School of Nursing
1978 - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate, UAB School of Nursing
1982 - Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Miscellaneous
- Member of Phi Beta Kappa
- Member of Sigma Xi
- Member of Delta Omega
- Twice honored as the Carolina Distinguished Professor
