Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine for The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, co-authored “Mindful Coping Power: Comparative Effects on Children’s Reactive Aggression and Self-Regulation,” published in the journal Brain Sciences. Dr. Martha Crowther, associate dean for research and health policy for The…
Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was named the College’s associate dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs. She served previously as assistant dean for Academic Affairs. At the College, Boxmeyer provides behavioral health training to family medicine residents, medical…
Dr. Scott Thomas joined the College of Community Health Sciences as assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and as a neuro-hospitalist with the College’s Capstone Hospitalist Group. The Ashford, Alabama, native completed an undergraduate degree and a Master’s in Public Health Degree at The University of Alabama. He earned his medical…
CCHS Plays Part In National Effort To Strengthen COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout A national coalition that includes a faculty member from The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and that is working to strengthen the community’s involvement in an equitable COVID-19 rollout released a new report, Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward: Guidance Informed…
Dr. Aryssa Washington has joined The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences as clinical director of Brewer-Porch Children’s Center and as assistant professor in the CCHS Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. In her role as clinical director of Brewer-Porch, Washington is responsible for clinical service programs provided to youth at the center.…
College’s Residents and Fellows Celebrated at Graduation Ceremony Twenty-two physicians were honored June 27 at the 46th annual graduation ceremony of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program and Fellowships. The graduation ceremony was held at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa. The College of Community Health Sciences provides graduate and post-graduate…
DCH Health System selected Capstone Health Services Foundation, which is affiliated with University Medical Center and the employer of University Hospitalist Group physicians, to provide hospitalists to both DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa and Northport Medical Center. In addition, the contract calls for IN Compass Health, an Atlanta-based physician staffing and management company, to…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was interviewed for a June article published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Payne-Foster is also deputy director of the College’s Institute for Rural Health Research. The JAMA article, titled Community-Based Organizations Step…
The University of Alabama Student Health Center and Pharmacy, which is operated by the UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, was re-accredited again for another three years. The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care re-accredited the Student Health Center for the period April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2024. The continuing accreditation designates the center…
Summer Programs Prepare Students For Health Careers High school students from rural Alabama are participating in annual programs this summer at The University of Alabama where they are learning about the need rural communities have for more doctors and other health-care professionals. Through the Minority Rural Health Scholars Program and the Rural Health Scholars Program,…
