Dr. Tom Weida, chief medical officer for University Medical Center, provided information about COVID-19 during an October Mini Medical School presentation at The University of Alabama’s OLLI program. Mini Medical School is a series of lectures provided to OLLI by faculty of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, which operates UMC. Weida said COVID-19 comes…
Dr. Meenakshi Arora, associate professor of biological sciences with the College of Community Health Sciences, explained the process of drug development during a Mini Medical School presentation to University of Alabama OLLI members in October. Arora is also a core member of UA’s Center for Convergent Bioscience and Medicine, which works to develop novel medications…
Danielle Spree, a clinical quality and health analytics manager at University Medical Center, encourages older adults to have an Annual Medicare Wellness Visit (AWV) with their doctor. She provided information about AWVs during an October Mini Medical School presentation. The Mini Medical School lecture series is a collaboration of The University of Alabama OLLI program…
The risk for upper extremity injuries increases with age, said Dr. Brett Bentley, a sports medicine physician at University Medical Center. Bentley provided information about common upper extremity issues in older adults during an October Mini Medical School presentation. The Mini Medical School lecture series is a collaboration of The University of Alabama OLLI program…
Dr. Ansley Baccus joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. She will also care for patients as a family medicine physician at University Medical Center, which the College operates. Baccus received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, graduating magna cum laude. She…
Graduates of The University of Alabama, Maren and Gene Pugh have been residents of Tuscaloosa since they married in 1999. Maren is a mortgage banker and Gene is a firefighter with Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue. Their son, Gabe, is a UA mechanical engineering student who will graduate in December. He’s also a student athlete, a…
Margaret Garner, MS, RD, LD, former executive director of The University of Alabama Student Health Center and Pharmacy and longtime faculty member with UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, died Oct. 16, 2022, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. She was 74 years old. Garner was a leading authority on nutrition education for physicians, residents…
The College of Community Health Sciences was established at The University of Alabama in 1972 to respond to the acute need in the state for more physicians for the small towns and rural communities that suffered from a serious lack of health care. CCHS looked to the specialty of family medicine to achieve that goal.…
Kelly Archer, a case manager at University Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, received an honorable mention in Case Management Institute’s 2022 Case Management Week Essay Contest. The title of her essay is “Case managers are at the forefront of quality measures.” In her essay, Archer describes case managers as “professionals who prevent patients’ needs from slipping…
The College of Community Health Sciences Annual Report magazine received two prestigious awards for excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The 2020 publication was awarded a Circle of Excellence Award and a Best of District III Award. Circle of Excellence Awards recognize outstanding work in communications, marketing and alumni relations…
