13 years ago, I was a Minnesota transplant living in Nashville, just starting working at a clinical research organization. When I started traveling as a clinical research monitor, UAB was one of the first sites I was assigned, and I kept that site for as long as I did that job, until 2014. Birmingham is a really interesting city. Neat botanical garden there, also Jim n Nicks BBQ was one of my favorites of all the places I got to eat while on the road. Very important civil rights history there as well, of course. I liked that city a lot. It’s one of the schools I’ve been meaning to play as a mid-major stop at some point.