Dr. James Geyer, a professor of family, internal, and rural medicine with the College of Community Health Sciences and medical director of the College’s Institute for Rural Health Research, is a site leader for a national clinical trial seeking to help patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when throat muscles relax…
Two College of Community Health Sciences faculty spoke in May to a delegation from the West African country of Ghana about University of Alabama initiatives to improve health, literacy and community engagement in rural Alabama communities. Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health, and Dr. Thad Ulzen, professor and chair of psychiatry…
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…
