Bryan Combs

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Bryan Combs

Bryan Combs is IN! Bryan is a three-time graduate of the UAB School of Nursing! He earned his MSN as a clinical nurse leader in 2010, MSN as a family nurse practitioner in 2012, and his Ph.D. in 2019. Dr. Combs has been a faculty member at the UAB School of Nursing since 2013 and is currently the director of the nurse practitioner pathways.

The Putmans

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The Putman Family

The PUTMANS are ALL IN – with 8 different degrees, certificates and important positions at and from UAB among all four of them! The Putmans are Ever Faithful and Ever Loyal to the Green and Gold from 1972 – 2020 and beyond.

Dennis Putman was Co-Head of the UAB Campus Ministry Program at UAB from 1969 t0 1972. He was Ombudsman for University College, representing Vice-President George W. Campbell at University College (1972 – 1979). He earned his M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from UAB in 1975. He was Founder and President of Human Resources Developers, Inc. from 1980 to 1984 and is a retired State of Alabama Disability Determination examiner.

His wife Jane Mobley Putman earned her B.S. in Elementary Education in 1977, a master’s in Special Education in 1979. She is now a retired teacher with the Birmingham City School System.

Their son Michael Putman earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2004 at UAB and completed medical school at the UAB School of Medicine in 2010. He is now a family physician at Seale Harris Clinic in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Michael’s wife Olivia Dansby Putman earned a B.S. in Biology in 2007 at UAB (while serving on numerous advocacy committees, UAB Ambassador, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, and Miss UAB Homecoming Finalist). She recently earned her Executive Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Degree at UAB in 2020 and currently works at the UAB Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacist in Bone Marrow Transplant, Hematology, Oncology and Trauma Burn.

Tonya Breaux-Shropshire

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Tonya Breaux-Shropshire

Tonya Breaux-Shropshire is IN! Dr. Tonya Breaux-Shropshire is a Clinical Scientist specializing in Hypertension Research and a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She also works at the Women’s Infant Center and hosts the Mother Baby Daddy Podcast. Additionally, Dr. Breaux-Shropshire hosts the Hypertension Resistant to Treatment Podcast. A former postdoctoral scholar in the School of Medicine and a VA Quality Scholar, she led critical improvements in hypertension management metrics in primary care clinics. She was also the lead coordinator for the SPRINT Study, the landmark trial that influenced the 2017 hypertension guidelines. Dr. Breaux-Shropshire was the first to study home blood pressure monitoring and medication adherence at UAB. Her doctoral nursing project was entitled “Use of Automated Office Blood Pressure Monitoring.”