The University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency announced its chief residents for the 2016-2017 academic year. Drs. Shawanda Agnew, Carrie Coxwell and Blake DeWitt are chief residents. Dr. Eric Frempong has been elected as IT chief resident. The Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, is a three-year post-graduate…
Sixteen new residents were welcomed into the College of Community Health Sciences’ Family Medicine Residency class of 2019 on March 18 through the National Resident Matching Program. Two members of the incoming class—Elizabeth Junkin and Russell Guin—are currently fourth-year medical students at the College, which also functions as the Tuscaloosa Campus for the University of…
The Rural Medical Scholars Program at the College of Community Health Sciences will honor the graduates of its 20th class, as well as alumni of the now two-decade-old program, on May 1 at Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus. A reception for program alumni will be held at 3 pm and will be…
A medical student who will receive his clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences is part of the inaugural class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, a group of graduate students across the state selected to spend a year on a community service project to address chronic health problems. David Osula, a first-year student at…
Medical students at the College of Community Health Sciences marched for HIV and AIDS awareness and met with state leaders as part of the annual Alabama HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, held March 10 at the Alabama State House in Montgomery. The students, who are part of the Tuscaloosa Longitudinal Community Curriculum (TLC2), participated in the day’s…
Dr. Catherine Scarbrough, associate director of the College of Community Health Sciences’ Family Medicine Residency, received the Degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Family Physicians, a credential that honors one’s commitment to family medicine through community work, research, teaching, professional development and organized medicine. The degree requires experiences in lifelong learning, practice quality…
