UAB Briefs: Color Run March 17 for Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.

In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.

Know people, places and programs on the UAB campus that deserve a mention? Email us at jchambers@starnespublishing.com.

RUN IN COLOR FOR THE CCC

The Oak Mountain High School Student Government Association will host its third annual Color Run at Oak Mountain State Park on Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m. to noon, and proceeds will benefit cancer research at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The 5K race will start at 9 a.m., and participants will be doused with colorful, non-toxic, washable paint during the run.

A one-mile fun run will begin after the conclusion of the 5K.

Registration will be held at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremonies at 8:50 a.m.

Participants who pre-register will have the option to purchase an official Oak Mountain Color Run T-shirt. Those who register on the day of the race may bring their own white shirts.

Runners 18 and younger must have parents sign a waiver, which will be available on-site.

The event -- to be held rain or shine -- will also feature information booths, refreshments and special items for auction, and donations for the Comprehensive Cancer Center will be accepted on-site.

Oak Mountain State Park is located at 200 Terrace Drive in Pelham.

Park entrance fees are as follows: adults (ages 12 and up) $5; seniors (ages 62 and up) and children (ages 4-11) $2; children age 3 and under admitted free.

To register for the Color Run, go to oakmountaincolorrun.com.

MHRC SYMPOSIUM

The UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center will host the 13th annual UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium, “Social Determinants of Health from the Global Perspective,” on March 19 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Birmingham Hotel.

The symposium will take an in-depth look at the global perspectives of social determinants of health with insights from special guests from the Centre for Health and Development in the U.K.

CHAD is an innovative partnership which brings together local government officials, as well as academics and community members to help improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Stoke-On-Trent and Staffordshire, England.

The Health Disparities Research Symposium highlights work by academic investigators, students and community partners in basic science, clinical research, social and behavioral science, community-based and health outcomes research in the field of health disparities.

For more information, call 877-647-2822 or go to uab.edu/medicine/mhrc/research-symposium.

TEEN ENGINEERS

The UAB School of Engineering is partnering with the Birmingham Public Library to offer the popular Teens Engineer BHM program, which provides free engineering workshops to middle and high school students with an interest in math and science.

The following are the workshops currently scheduled for the spring, according to a BPL news release.

  • Thursday, March 15, 4-5:30 p.m., Woodlawn Branch Library
  • Tuesday, March 20, 4-5:30 p.m., Avondale Regional Branch Library
  • Thursday, March 22, 4-5:30 p.m., Ensley Branch Library
  • Tuesday, April 3, 4-5:30 p.m., Inglenook Branch Library
  • Thursday, April 5, 4-5:30 p.m., North Avondale Branch Library
  • Tuesday, April 10, 4-5:30 p.m., Powderly Branch Library
  • Thursday, April 12, 4-5:30 p.m., Smithfield Branch Library
  • Tuesday, April 17, 4-5:30 p.m., West End Branch Library
  • Thursday, April 19, 4-5:30 p.m., North Birmingham Regional Branch Library
  • Tuesday, May 1, 4-5:30 p.m., Southside Branch Library
  • Thursday, May 3, 4-5:30 p.m., Powderly Branch Library

More spring and summer dates will be added later, according to BPL.

Those dates will be added to the library’s events calendar online at bplonline.org.

And there is more information about the program at bplolinenews.blogspot.com.