Lissa Handley Tyson is a Birmingham native, but she says she has come to love the smaller city of Enterprise. Tyson came to Enterprise to work with Dr. Beverly Jordan and others with Professional Medical Associates. She is a third-year medical student at the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Tuscaloosa campus and is one of nine…
The University of Alabama’s Cuba Center will host its 2016 Cuba Week Monday, Oct. 24, through Friday, Oct. 28, and Cuban guests have been invited to visit UA and present with faculty from across campus throughout the week. The College of Community Health Sciences is participating in the week by hosting two physicians—Dr. José de…
Mini Medical School is back in session this fall semester. The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences kicked off its second semester of the lecture series for UA’s OLLI program that has been put on by faculty and resident physicians at CCHS. Mini Medical School lets adults and community learners explore trends in…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster recently received the University of Alabama School of Medicine Dean’s Research Award for the “Development of a Culturally Competent Training Program for Medical Students and Residents at the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus.” Payne-Foster, associate professor of Community and Rural Medicine and deputy director of the Institute for Rural Health Research at the College…
Four medical students at the UA College of Community Health Sciences were selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. The students, all in their fourth year of medical school, are Reaves Crabtree, Maria Gulas, Julia (Massey) Steigler and Chelsea Turgeon. Alpha Omega Alpha is a professional medical organization that recognizes excellence in scholarship as well as an outstanding…
The annual University of Alabama flu shot campaign, an effort by the University to protect students, faculty and staff from the flu, kicked off Sept. 7. Flu shots will be provided during the months of September, October and November at locations across campus, including the Quad, University buildings and student residence halls. The shots are…
Salmaan Zaki Kamal, a medical student at the College of Community Health Sciences, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Sara Crews Finley, M.D., Endowed Leadership Scholarship. The University of Alabama School of Medicine scholarship, which supports students who demonstrate exceptional academic and leadership abilities, includes full tuition for the third year of…
Take a look at this U.S. News slideshow with several quotes from Dr. Thomas Weida, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at CCHS.
A CCHS nurse practitioner is providing care by going directly to her patients who need her most.
Program helps University Medical Center patients achieve their goals and control their diseases.
