UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 9

An Economic Engine at Work
The Cancer Center is also a significant part of the
economic engine that drives Birmingham and the region.
“Every research lab we have is like a small business,” says
Dr. Partridge. “When you attract high-caliber faculty and
researchers, the impact trickles down to the community.
Our recruits buy homes and settle their families here, but
they also support the scientific workforce, for example,
by hiring supply and equipment vendors, contractors and
laborers for the construction and renovation of laboratory
facilities, as well as administrators and managers who
support the research infrastructure.”
Since 2010, the Cancer Center has recruited 63
investigators to its multiple programs. They include
renowned senior clinician scientists such as Harry Erba,
M.D., Ph.D., hematological mali