Mistrust of the medical system has made some Black Americans hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s a mistrust rooted in history, and that includes the infamous U.S. study of syphilis that left Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, to suffer from the disease. Dr. David Hodge, lead ethicist at the National Center for Bioethics and…
A paper co-authored by Dr. Dan Avery, professor emeritus at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was chosen as the STFM Research Paper of the Year. The award also acknowledges Dr. James Leeper, a biostatistician and professor emeritus at the College. The paper is titled “Who REALLY goes into primary care? Contributions…
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 are presented each…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was awarded the 2020 Linda Mays Volunteer of the Year Award for her services in support of the Alabama Office of Women’s Health. “Your dedication to the health and wellbeing of women in Alabama is…
Five faculty members from The University of Alabama, including one from UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, are part of a research coalition working to strengthen the community’s role and involvement in an equitable COVID-19 vaccine campaign. Alabama is one of five sites of the CommuniVax initiative – a rapid ethnographic research project examining facilitators…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health at the College of Community Health Sciences, co-authored: “Integrating Workforce Health into Employer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts,” to be published in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
University Medical Center began administering COVID-19 vaccines in early January to The University of Alabama’s highest priority groups – University health-care workers, law enforcement and security personnel, UA employees and retirees age 75 and older, and UMC patients age 75 and older. Based on Alabama Department of Public Health requirements, UMC was only able to…
Dr. Brittney Anderson is a family medicine physician at University Medical Center in Demopolis, where she cares for patients in a region of the state known as the Black Belt. She has cared for patients with COVID-19 who, because of their underlying health conditions, often experience more adverse outcomes from the virus. Those underlying conditions…
The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful for many people. Fear and anxiety about the virus, and the future, can be overwhelming. And social distancing can make people feel isolated and lonely. Dr. Martha Crowther, a psychologist at University Medical Center, talks about a new service for faculty and staff of The University of Alabama –…
Publications Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health at the College of Community Health Sciences, co-authored: “Combating HIV Stigma in Rural Alabama,” to be included as a chapter in Engaging the Intersection of Housing and Health (edited by Mina Silerberg). Dr. James Leeper, professor of community medicine and population health at CCHS,…
