Dean of UAB School of Medicine to step down

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The University of Alabama at Birmingham
has announced that its medical school dean will step down next
year, after a successor is found.
    The Birmingham News reported that UAB made the announcement
Friday. Dr. Robert Rich, who is 68, has been dean of the medical
school since October 2004, when UAB recruited     UAB says Rich will hold a faculty position at UAB after stepping
down as dean.
    Rich has received the American Association of Immunologists
lifetime achievement award, the group’s highest honor. He is on the
executive committee of the boards of directors of the UAB Health
System, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and Centre
for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia.