Thirty-two graduates of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine were recognized at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Senior Banquet held May 16 at Cypress Inn Pavilion in Tuscaloosa. As a regional campus of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, the College provides clinical education for…
College of Community Health Sciences spring semester graduates were honored May 3 with a graduation brunch. The graduates—Michelle Frick, Asia Johnson and Diana Martinez-Garcia—received their Master of Population Health Sciences degrees during The University of Alabama Spring Commencement May 3. Population health integrates clinical care and public health practices with the goal of preventing, reducing…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health at CCHS, co-authored “Use What You Have: Health Promotion and Economic Vitality in a COVID-19 Worksite Vaccination Initiative,” accepted for publication in the Annals of Anthropological Practice. Payne-Foster also co-authored “Cell Maps for Artificial Intelligence: AI-Ready Maps of Human Cell Architecture from…
Dr. John Napoleon joined CCHS as assistant professor of biomedical sciences and a research scientist with the Department of Translational Science and Medicine. His research interests include targeted immune-oncology, drug delivery, bispecific immune cell engages and immune cell reprogramming in cancer and inflammatory diseases. His contributions to cancer research include the discovery of a selective…
Dr. John Burkhardt, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at CCHS, and Dr. Jonathan Baccus, assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine at CCHS, completed the University of Alabama at Birmingham Family and Community Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship. The fellowship is a 10-month program for family medicine…
The impact of violence and how to improve outreach and response was the topic of the 23rd annual Rural Health Conference April 17-18 hosted by the Institute for Rural Health Research, which is part of the College of Community Health Sciences. Conference speakers from across Alabama and the country gave keynote and breakout presentations with…
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marinex E. Heersink School of Medicine students, who will complete their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences, attended an orientation at CCHS on April 24. CCHS serves as a regional campus of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, providing the third and fourth years of medical school…
Twelve students studying to become physicians, dentists and other health care providers and who want to practice in rural Alabama communities were recognized April 27 during a College of Community Health Sciences convocation. The students are part of the College’s Rural Medical Scholars, Rural Community Health Scholars and Rural Dental Scholars programs, which are part…
Dr. Alan Blum, director of The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which is housed within CCHS, was a guest on a WBUR Boston “On Point” radio program about whether the United States should ban menthol cigarettes. Menthol enhances the effects of nicotine on the brain and can make tobacco…
