Ten students studying to become physicians and practice in rural Alabama communities were recognized April 30 at a convocation for the Rural Medical Scholars program. The program, now in its 25th year, is operated by The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and the UAB School of Medicine. The Rural Medical Scholars Program…
Health care services at The University of Alabama will expand and become more efficient as the Student Health Center, currently managed by the Division of Student Life, merges its medical services and administrative operations with University Medical Center, which falls under the College of Community Health Sciences. The full transition is expected to be complete…
Four residents of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency were named chief residents for the 2021-22 academic year. The new chief residents and their leadership roles: Dr. Tameka Hairston – Recruitment and Conferences Dr. Ellen Lorenzen – Curriculum, Research, Quality Improvement and Student Engagement Dr. Jordan Pharris – Hospital, Committees, Quality Improvement and…
UAB School of Medicine students who completed their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences were selected for residencies across the United States. Clinical education is comprised of the third and fourth years of medical school. The medical students learned of their residency placements during a commemorative event in March, held in conjunction…
Dr. Louanne Friend was named assistant residency director for Research and Quality Improvement for The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences. She is associate professor in the College’s Department of Community Medicine and Population Health and one of eight UA faculty selected to serve…
Dr. Nathan Culmer, assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Todd Smith, assistant professor at UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, will share a $918,948 grant award aimed at improving the provision of health care in rural Alabama. Funding from the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant will be…
Sixteen new medical school graduates begin their graduate education in July at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. They will receive specialty training in family medicine as part of the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program Class of 2024. The three-year residency is operated by CCHS and is one of the oldest…
Mini Medical School Members of the Tuscaloosa community have the opportunity to learn about trends in medicine and health and advances in medicine and research as part of the Mini Medical School program. Mini Medical School is a lecture series for The University of Alabama’s OLLI program provided by University Medical Center physicians. Eight lectures…
Dr. Thad Ulzen is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at University Medical Center. He is also working to enhance care and services provided by Brewer-Porch Children’s Center in Tuscaloosa, which became part of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences in October 2020. Brewer-Porch provides behavioral health care for children and adolescents locally…
Dr. Jane Weida, professor of family medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and an associate director of the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, was named chair of the College’s Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. Weida, also a practicing family medicine physician at University Medical Center, has served as…
