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CCHS in 2024 provided medical learning opportunities to 302 students studying in health-care fields at The University of Alabama and other colleges and universities.

Dr. Alan Blum, founder and director of The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, released a new online exhibition that features 300 old advertisements that once appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The exhibition is titled “Diabetic Bread, Goat Milk Formula, Soda, Sun Lamps, and Cigarettes,”…

Dr. Nathan Culmer, director of academic technologies and faculty development with CCHS, co-authored “Patient perceptions on the acceptability and appropriateness of mental health screening and follow-up in national dental practice-based research network practices” published in the National Library of Medicine. Click here to view the entire article.

hands-holding-dollar University Medical Center recorded 102,602 patient visits at its six locations in 2024.

The University of Alabama Student Health Center and Pharmacy, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, recorded 4,552 patient visits in April 2025. 

Dr. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor at CCHS, was elected to the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), a prestigious organization of leading scholars and engineers dedicated to advancing science and technology. EURASC promotes excellence in research and its vital role in social and economic development across Europe.  

UAB 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 30.  CCHS serves as a regional campus of the Heersink School of Medicine, providing the third and fourth years of medical school to a cohort of the school’s students.  …

Four residents of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program were named chief residents for the 2025-26 academic year. The residency is operated by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences.  The new chief residents and their leadership roles:   “Congratulations to our new chiefs,” said Dr. Tamer Elsayed, residency director. “We are looking forward…

Twenty-six graduates of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine were recognized at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Senior Banquet held May 15 at Cypress Inn Pavilion in Tuscaloosa.  As a regional campus of the Heersink School of Medicine, the College provides clinical education for a portion of third- and fourth-year medical…

UAB Heersink School of Medicine students completing their clinical education and training (third and fourth years of medical school) at the College of Community Health Sciences have opportunities to experience rural medicine first-hand in three rural Alabama communities – Demopolis, Pell City and Enterprise.