Reported cases of monkeypox peaked in August and have since been trending downward, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why? “People took it seriously,” said Dr. Richard Friend, a family medicine physician and dean of the College of Community Health Sciences. “In groups and geographic areas where this virus…
Urinary incontinence is an involuntary leakage of urine. Studies suggest that 40% to 50% of women who experience urinary incontinence never actually complain to anyone. Seventy percent of women with urinary incontinence worry about coughing, sneezing and laughing in public in fear of having an accident, and 35% travel less frequently and avoid sexual intercourse.…
Houston Pearce, a longtime supporter of CCHS who built and operated radio stations across the Southeast, died Sept. 9, 2022, in Tuscaloosa. He was 89 years old. Born in 1933, Pearce grew up in Whitfield, Ala., where his family owned a general store. When he was 8 years old his father died and Pearce and…
Susan Page, proposal development administrator and grant writer with the CCHS Institute for Rural Health Research, received the 2022 Mark G. Foster Scholarship awarded by The University of Alabama Professional Staff Assembly. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a professional staff member enrolled in undergraduate or graduate courses at UA. Page is working on a…
The American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates (COD) selected Dr. Steven Furr, a family medicine physician from Jackson, Ala., as the organization’s president-elect. Furr, who was chosen Sept. 21 during a COD meeting in Washington, DC, has served as adjunct assistant professor with the CCHS Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. As…
Dr. Roland Ficken, longtime faculty member and dean of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences from 1990 to 1996, died Aug. 2, 2022, at his home in Tuscaloosa. He was 86 years old. A native of Marshall, Okla., Ficken was born in 1936 and raised on a small farm. He received a…
Dr. Phillip Gregory Robbins, an alumnus of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program, died Aug. 13, 2022. He was 38 years old. The residency is operated by the UA College of Community Health Sciences. Robbins was born in 1984 in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. His family later moved to Aliceville, Ala., in Pickens…
Dr. Lisa Gillespie, who has extensive practice and leadership experience in hospital medicine, was named medical director of the Capstone Hospitalist Group Aug. 1. She has served as interim medical director of the Tuscaloosa-based group since September 2021. Capstone Hospitalist Group was established in 2020 by University Medical Center in partnership with IN Compass Health…
University Medical Center, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, opened a clinic in Livingston July 25 that will provide primary health care services to the Sumter County community. Dr. Richard Friend, dean of CCHs, said access to primary health care services is important, especially for rural communities in the state, where…
The practice of medicine isn’t only about illness and disease. It’s also about doctors connecting with patients, and with their peers. Sometimes the best way to build connections is through a study of the humanities, and that’s the idea behind The Art of Medicine Rounds. The monthly event at The University of Alabama College of…
