[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 134 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 22, 1994]
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  25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS OF THE 
                  UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BACHUS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise on this occasion to 
proudly inform you and my colleagues in the House of Representatives of 
the 25th anniversary of the School of Health Related Professions, an 
integral part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  The School of Health Related Professions was created by the Alabama 
Legislature in 1969 to train health care professions to assist in 
meeting health care needs of the State. Since that time, the School has 
graduated more than 10,000 health care professionals who are working in 
virtually every health care facility in Alabama as well as in other 
facilities nationally and internationally. The institution awards 
credentials including the certificate, baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D 
in diagnostic, therapeutic, critical care, and administrative areas.
  The school is also a national leader in scientific and academic 
research and, for several years, has been the no. 1 recipient for 
schools of this type for National Institutes of Health funding.
  Through annual surveys of graduates of the School, it has been 
determined that more than 95 percent find immediate employment in their 
chosen career field and more than 60 percent return to their home area 
to live and work.
  The School is a model of academic and clinical collaboration with 
other institutions in the State, and the effective use of existing 
resources has been recognized nationally and internationally by such 
organizations as the National Rural Health Association and the World 
Health Organization.
  Led by Dr. Charles L. Joiner, its dean, the School of Health Related 
Professions plays a major role in the education of health professionals 
and in health care reform in Alabama.
  I congratulate the UAB School of Health Related Professions on this 
its 25th anniversary and offer the congratulations of this legislative 
body for the contributions of the school and its graduates to health 
care delivery and research for the past quarter of a century.

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