Ray L. Watts

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ray L. Watts
Occupation	Scientist
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1953(1953-12-18)
Age	71
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United States
Birth City	Alabama
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ray L. Watts Biography

Ray L. Watts is one of the most popular and richest Scientist who was born on December 18, 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Ray Lannom Watts, born December 18, 1953, is the seventh president of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Watts was appointed to the James C. Lee Jr. Endowed chair in 2010 after accepting the position of Senior Vice-President and Dean of UAB’s School of Medicine. In February 2013, he became the seventh president of UAB.

Upon taking office, Watts initiated the most comprehensive, campus-wide strategic planning process in UAB history. The plan comprised individual strategic plans from all of UAB’s schools as well as the UAB Honors College and UAB Athletics, and advanced the UAB Campus Master Plan for facilities. Watts said of the ongoing strategic planning process in May 2014, “Established institutional priorities, as well as those of individual schools, departments and service lines, will allow us to confidently invest most heavily in the programs and people that will best advance our mission — where the most impactful achievements and benefits will be realized for the greater good.”

As part of the UAB Campus Master Plan, UAB opened two new undergraduate- focused facilities in late 2015 and early 2016: a 714-bed freshman residence hall and the Hill Student Center. In his remarks at the grand opening celebration of the Hill Student Center in January 2016, Watts commented, “The new Hill Center is emblematic of the dramatic evolution of the UAB student experience over decades…. It will be, for years to come, a dynamic hub of educational, social and cultural activity, at the very heart of a student experience that is second to none.” In late summer and fall 2017, groundbreaking ceremonies were held for a new Football Operations Complex, new School of Nursing building, and a new home for the Collat School of Business and Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the latter, Watts remarked, “By housing these two entities under the same roof, this facility will be a new home for innovation on our campus, and will play a future role in the growth of UAB and the growth of innovation and technology in Birmingham.”

Ray Watts was the lead writer of the 2007 paper “Randomized blind, controlled trial of transdermal-rotigotine early Parkinson disease”, published in January

2007. He was also the second author of “Transdermal Rotigotine Doubleblind, Placebo Controlled Trial in Parkinson Disease”, published in Archives of Neurology in May 2007. Jankovic was the first author of that paper. The editor of Archives of Neurology, upon learning of the earlier publication, compared the two writings and deemed them to be “redundant publications…additional information [in the second publication] represents a minor contribution”. After being asked questions about the methodology, the editor of Archives of Neurology compared the two papers and deemed them redundant. The second paper did not mention the similarity in the data. The authors of the papers responded that they disagreed strongly with the editor’s conclusions and believed the two papers had different foci. They also claim that the primary author did not know about the acceptance of the previous paper when he submitted the second paper. According to the authors, the Neurology paper was accepted on October 24, 2006 and the Archives paper was submitted December 2006. They admitted that they should have notified Archives about the Neurology paper in addition to the Archives paper.

Ray L. Watts Net Worth

Ray L. Watts is one of the richest Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ray L. Watts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Watts, a native of Birmingham and a West End High School graduate, earned a bachelor’s in engineering from UAB in 1976. He graduated in 1976 from the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis as valedictorian of class.

He was part of an international team that created Emory University’s internationally acclaimed research and clinical center for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.

In keeping with the institutional priorities established by the ongoing UAB Strategic Plan that Watts initiated in 2012, the university has made significant gains in education and research. In fall 2016, UAB achieved record overall enrollment of 19,535 students, with enrollment growth in every school and the Honors College. Later that fall, it was announced that UAB ranked 20th among public universities nationally in federal research funding with more than $516 in overall research expenditures, representing a $38 million increase in federally funded research from fiscal year 2013 to 2015. Internationally, UAB jumped 36 places to no. 162 overall in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 “Best Global Universities,” ranking no. 68 for “citation impact.”

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In March 2017, UAB in partnership with HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (Huntsville, AL) launched the Alabama Genomic Health Initiative to better meet health needs across the state. The project, funded by a $2 million appropriation from the Alabama legislature to UAB, supports one of the nation’s first statewide efforts to harness the power of genomic analysis to help identify those at high risk for a genetic disease, and provide a basis for continuing research into genetic contributors to health and disease. At a press conference announcing the partnership, Watts said, “This new initiative will help us begin to harness genomic capabilities by sequencing the genome of patients from every county in the state….[and it] will be truly transformative for the state of Alabama. It will also position us—UAB and HudsonAlpha—at the very vanguard of genomic science and personalized medicine not only in the United States but around the world.”

Facts & Trivia

Ray Ranked on the list of most popular Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ray L. Watts celebrates birthday on December 18 of every year.

How much does the president of UAB make?

UA System Office Chancellor Finis St. John IV was the 14th-highest-paid chief executive at a public college in 2020, according to the Chronicle’s data, with a salary of $1,033,069. Just behind him was UAB President Ray Watts, who brought home $1,023,894.

Who is UABS current president?

Ray L. Watts

Who is UAB's first president?

Joseph Volker became UAB’s first president 50 years ago, in 1969, he had a bold vision for our future that some people at the time considered extremely unlikely, wild, and even crazy.

Who is the CEO of UAB Hospital?

Anthony W. Patterson – Chief Executive Officer – UAB Hospital | LinkedIn.

How much does the Chancellor of Troy University make?

Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins made $467,000.