Retired Faculty
University of Alabama Birmingham
Dr. Pamela Fordham has made a considerable impact in the state,national, and international levels for her role as the founding deputy director of the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care. With the leadership of Dr. Fordham and her colleagues, the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care has become a national leader in the field of palliative and supportive care with demonstrated leadership in compassionate clinical care, collaborative research, community outreach and training. In 2016, Dr. Fordham was among an elite group of recipients of the inaugural Palliative Care Legacy Builders Awards presented by the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care.
Dr. Fordham has had an impact in the UAB School of Nursing as an educator. From 1979-2011 Dr. Fordham served as a faculty member and from 2006-2011 she served as Chair of the FamIly/Child Health and Caregiving Department. In 2003 she established curricula designed to prepare master degree students as Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Fordham has held several national, state, and regional leadership positions including, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) representative to the 2015 Palliative Nursing Summit, a member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Board and parliamentarian for the Central Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and in 2020 was selected as one of 70 Visionary Leaders of the UAB School of Nursing.
A Decade of Interactive Educational Exchange: Impacting Interprofessional Palliative Care Education
Saturday, March 7, 2026
11:45am - 12:10pm PST
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