The opioid crisis is a serious public health issue in the United States as overdoses kill nearly 47,000 people a year, and few strategies have been developed to address the epidemic The 2023 Annual Rural Health Conference, to be held April 12-13 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa, will focus on the opioid crisis…
Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor at The University of Alabama and professor with the College of Community Health Sciences, was recognized by two prestigious organizations for his contributions to biomedical sciences research Kumar was inducted into the 2023 class of the AIMBE College of Fellows – among the…
All of Us Research seeks to improve health for people of all backgrounds The Institute for Rural Health Research is participating in a nationwide research program that seeks to change the way medicine is practiced and biomedical research is conducted in the future, Dr. John C. Higginbotham, the institute’s founder and director said during a…
Shadow Program: Through CCHS’s Medical Shadowing program, qualified UA undergraduate students who plan to attend medical school shadow physicians at University Medical Center.
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, co-authored “Increased Dietary Fiber is Associated with Weight Loss Among Participants Using Full Plate Living,” published in Frontiers in Nutrition. To view the article, click here. Payne-Foster also co-authored “The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises,” published in…
Dr. Alan Blum, the Gerald Leon Wallace, MD, Endowed Chair of Family Medicine at CCHS, Dr. Jane Weida, professor and chair of the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine at CCHS, and Dr. Thomas Weida, professor and associate dean for Clinical Affairs for CCHS, have been chosen Top Doctors in Family Medicine by the…
In the fall 2022, The University of Alabama Student Health Center and Pharmacy opened a new Women’s Health wing to provide additional services for female students and to offer care from female providers. The new wing features a private waiting room, six exam rooms and a procedure room, and offers services for pelvic and breast…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, and graduate student Ifeoluwa Abosede Oyerinde, co-authored “HIV Knowledge among African Americans Living with HIV in the Rural South: Implications for Improving HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes,” accepted for publication in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. To view the article, click…
With small-portion recipes and tips for shopping, stocking and storing food in a single-person household, cooking can be easily tailored to feed one, said Suzanne Henson, a registered dietician with University Medical Center. The secret of making cooking for one successful and enjoyable, Henson said, is not to think of a meal as self-contained but…
A trifecta of infectious illnesses—COVID-19, flu and RSV- peaked during the winter months and RSV could spike again in the spring, according to Dr. Tom Weida, a professor of family medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences and chief medical officer for University Medical Center. Weida provided updates about the three infectious diseases during…
