UAB Liver Center to Roast Jason Campbell

The third annual UAB Liver Center Dinner is April 7 at the Wynfrey Hotel. This year, Washington Redskins quarterback and former Auburn University quarterback Jason Campbell will be roasted by former Auburn teammates. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Wynfrey's Grand Ballroom, with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $200 per person; tables begin at $2,500. For information, call 205-975-5602. Guest emcees will be former Auburn quarterback Stan White and local ABC 33/40 television personality Pam Huff. Other speakers and guests will include San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dontarrious Thomas, Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ben Obomanu, former Auburn offensive coordinator Al Borges, and Danny Lindsey, former Auburn center.

Honorary chair of the event is Birmingham attorney Jim Simpson, who underwent a successful liver transplant at UAB in 2007. There also will be special recognition of Dr. Paul Hubbert, Alabama Education Association executive secretary, with the inaugural Paul Hubbert Legacy of Courage Award, and the Honorable Bettye Fine Collins, Jefferson County Commission president, with the inaugural Bettye Fine Collins Community Advocacy Award, for their advocacy efforts for those living with liver disease. The money raised at the UAB Liver Center Dinner allows physicians and scientists to continue to address the public health challenges - and the devastating effects on patients - of viral hepatitis and other liver diseases, as well as their complications. Over the past two years, volunteers have raised nearly $350,000 for the UAB Liver Center, providing much-needed funding for education, research and new technologies.

The host committee includes Ronada Anderson, Trinita Ashford, Anne Bloomer, Charlie Brown, Christopher Butler, Leigh Butler, Rosie M. Butler, Gene Davenport, Sandra Davenport, George Davis, Tim Dreaden, Steve Duncan, Dawn Stith Evans, Julia Fuller Fallon, Brian Faulkner, Rosalind B. Griffin, Margaret Hubbard, Edward C. Jackson, Jim Kline, Kelli Lasseter, Ralph Lindsey, Laura Markus, Liz McGuire, William F. McNally, Dennis J. Ripple, Janice Rogers, Cathy Rogoff, Andrea A. Smith, Pat Starr, Terri Sutton, Kathy Times, Jennifer Thompson and Nancy B. Wagnon.