Dr. Louanne Friend was named assistant residency director for Research and Quality Improvement for The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences. She is associate professor in the College’s Department of Community Medicine and Population Health and one of eight UA faculty selected to serve…
Dr. Nathan Culmer, assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Todd Smith, assistant professor at UA’s Capstone College of Nursing, will share a $918,948 grant award aimed at improving the provision of health care in rural Alabama. Funding from the USDA Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant will be…
Sixteen new medical school graduates begin their graduate education in July at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. They will receive specialty training in family medicine as part of the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program Class of 2024. The three-year residency is operated by CCHS and is one of the oldest…
Mini Medical School 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…
Dr. Thad Ulzen is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at University Medical Center. He is also working to enhance care and services provided by Brewer-Porch Children’s Center in Tuscaloosa, which became part of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences in October 2020. Brewer-Porch provides behavioral health care for children and adolescents locally…
Dr. Jane Weida, professor of family medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and an associate director of the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, was named chair of the College’s Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. Weida, also a practicing family medicine physician at University Medical Center, has served as…
University Medical Center opened a location in Fayette, Alabama, Feb. 5 that will provide prenatal care services to expectant mothers in a county that has a high infant mortality rate. UMC-Fayette will be open from 8:30 am to noon on Fridays. Dr. Cheree Melton, a family medicine-obstetrician at UMC in Tuscaloosa, will care for patients…
The 9th annual Tuscaloosa Africana Film Festival, featuring acclaimed movies from the African continent and broader African Diaspora, was held virtually this year, on Feb. 27- 28. Films were available each day from 6 pm to 6 pm and participants could join anytime during the 24-hour period. The film festival is presented by the Edward…
The College of Community Health Sciences worked closely in 2020 with The University of Alabama’s efforts to mitigate community spread of COVID-19 by conducting sentinel testing of employees and students. The College, which operates University Medical Center, is continuing the work in 2021. Sentinel testing is one of several important measures for preventing the spread…
Some people who have had COVID-19 can experience prolonged symptoms months after having the virus, health experts have learned. These people are often referred to as long-haulers. The most common long-term symptoms of the virus: extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, a chronic cough and chest discomfort, said Dr. Jane Weida, a family medicine physician at…
