Month September 2018

Residency Alumna Receives Prestigious School of Medicine Award Dr. Beverly Jordan, an alumna of The University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, received the Martha Myers Role Model Award from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Jordan, who practices family and sports medicine in Enterprise,…

Since eyes can provide a window into the brain’s functioning after exposure to sports-related impacts, optometry could play an important, supportive role in return-to-play decisions after concussions, according to Dr. Katherine Weise, professor of Pediatric/Binocular Vision at the UAB School of Optometry and eye doctor for the UAB football team. Weise presented, “Concussion: The Hype,…

The University of Alabama School of Medicine on August 12 welcomed 186 students in the entering class of 2018 and presented them with their first white coats at the annual White Coat Ceremony. A portion of those students will complete their third- and fourth-years of medical school at the College of Community Health Sciences, which,…

The University of Alabama-Pickens County Partnership, led by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, brought its TEACH Table to the Gordo High School versus Aliceville High School football game August 31. The TEACH Table is an outreach effort that seeks to engage with the community about various health topics, including nutrition, heart health, exercise and…

Ten University of Alabama students studying to become physicians and planning to practice in rural Alabama attended an orientation session August 21 hosted by the College of Community Health Sciences. The students are participating in the College’s Rural Medical Scholars Program, a five-year medical education program that leads to early admission to the University of…

Dr. Bertha Hidalgo, an associate scientist at the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center and Faculty Scholar at the UAB Center for the Study of Community Health, will provide the September 25 Scholarship Conference lecture hosted by the College of Community Health Sciences. Her lecture will focus on innovative research on Latinos and cardiometabolic diseases –…