Elizabeth (Cason) Benton, MD has received the 2018 Paul V. Miles Fellowship Award from the American Board of Pediatrics, an honor that highlights a pediatrician who is dedicated to improving the quality of health care for children.

An associate professor in UAB's Department of Pediatrics, Benton is the founding director of the Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance and also sees patients at the UAB Primary Care Clinic located at Children's of Alabama.

Her interest focus is in quality improvement in children, and she has helped lead the development of quality improvement initiatives at UAB and across the state.

With the Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance, Benton has developed and led five quality improvement collaboratives across the state regarding obesity treatment and prevention, screening for developmental delay, autism, social emotional issues, and preventing HPV-related cancers.

As the Paul V. Miles fellow, Benton will visit the American Board of Pediatrics facility in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and present Pediatric Grand Rounds for both University of North Carolina and Duke University medical schools.