Improving Health in Your Community
Connect health care and research with a CCHS online master’s degree in population health sciences. Alabamians applying by June 15 may receive an application
fee waiver.
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One of seven family medicine physicians practicing in Alabama graduated from our residency – one of the oldest and largest family medicine residencies in the
US.
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Educating the next generation of primary care physicians is one way CCHS is meeting its mission of improving the health of communities. Thirty-two University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine who completed their third and fourth years of medical school at the College were celebrated at a recent banquet hosted by CCHS. View photos from the 2024 Senior Banquet and learn more about CCHS Medical Student Education.
Students pursuing rural medicine, dentistry and other health professions were recently honored at a College of Community Health Sciences convocation. The students are part of the College’s Rural Medical Scholars, Rural Dental Scholars and Rural Community Health Scholars programs. Educating and training the next generation of rural health care providers is one way CCHS is meeting its mission of improving health in communities. View photos from the 2024 Convocation and learn more about CCHS Rural Programs here.
We are dedicated to improving and promoting the health of individuals and communities in rural Alabama and the Southeast region through leadership in medical and health-related education, primary care and population health; the provision of high quality, accessible health care services; and research and scholarship.
