Exercise is a cornerstone for the prevention and treatment of disease and should be prescribed by physicians to their patients and added to the curriculum of medical schools and residency programs, said Dr. Irfan Asif, endowed professor of sports and exercise medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. “There’s an…
The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences is launching a new residency program to help address the critical need for psychiatrists in the state. The newly accredited University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year education and training program for medical school graduates that will prepare board-eligible residents in the field…
Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been selected as UA’s recipient of the 2025 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. The annual SEC Faculty Achievement Awards highlight the vital role educators play in advancing the mission of the SEC and its institutions, as…
Dr. Sachin Shenoy, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at CCHS, and Ashton Robinson and Sheena Khan, both fourth-year medical students at CCHS, co-authored “Inadequate perinatal asthma control resulting in status asthmaticus requiring ECMO,” published in the British Medical Journal. Email library@cchs.ua.edu for more information about the publication. In its role as a regional campus…
Dr. Ginger Medders joined the College of Community Health Sciences as an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. She also cares for patients as a family medicine and sports medicine physician at University Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, which the College operates. In addition, Medders teaches resident physicians at The University…
The College of Community Health Sciences had 532 employees as of 2024: 73 faculty 425 staff 15 student staff 19 paid graduate research assistants The College also operates University Medical Center (six locations), the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program, the UA Student Health Center and Pharmacy and Capstone Hospitalist Group.
The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences is launching a new residency program to help address the critical need for psychiatrists in the state. The newly accredited University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year education and training program for medical school graduates that will prepare board-eligible residents in the field…
Dr. Amanda Parsons joined the UA Student Health Center and Pharmacy as its new director of pharmacy. She replaces Lori Rice, a valued member of the SHCP staff for 25 years, who is retiring. Parsons will manage the daily operations of the SHCP’s on-site pharmacy, where students can have their prescriptions filled. Previously, she managed…
Inspired by his great-grandfather’s work as an apothecary during a yellow fever epidemic in Honduras, Central America, Dr. David Panting’s initial interest in medicine later carved a path toward addiction medicine, which is the treatment of substance use disorders. Panting, a psychiatrist who recently joined University Medical Center’s Betty Shirley Clinic, is UMC’s first addictionologist.…
Four medical students completing their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences earned the MedInnovate: Primary Care Award for developing a semester-long course on firearm injury and mortality prevention. The award is given by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine. CCHS is also…
