Thirty-three posters were presented by faculty, staff, resident physicians and medical students at the College of Community Health Sciences at its 8th annual Research and Scholarly Activity Day on April 7, 2016. Winners were named in three categories: Faculty/Staff Category First Place: “Where are the CCHS Medical School Graduates and What are They Practicing” Principal…
The College of Community Health Sciences is continuing its Mini Medical School program—a lecture series for The University of Alabama’s OLLI program—by beginning in April with two CCHS faculty. Harriet Myers, assistant dean for Medical Student Education and clinical psychologist at the College’s University Medical Center, presented on handling stress and the chronic effects of…
Dr. Karen Burgess, associate professor and chair in the College’s Department of Pediatrics, was presented with The University of Alabama President’s Faculty Research Award for the College of Community Health Sciences on March 31 as part of UA’s Faculty Research Day. Burgess was among 13 faculty members across campus to be recognized for excellence in…
The University of Alabama will host a training course May 12 for clinicians who prescribe opioid medications. The course, “Clinical Challenges in Opioid Prescribing: Balancing Safety and Efficacy,” is funded by and will use materials from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Continuing education will be provided.
Many people use a combination of conventional medicine and nonmainstream practices, like all-natural products or mind and body practices, for a whole person approach to their health care. The 17th annual Rural Health Conference, hosted by the Institute for Rural Health Research at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, seeks to educate…
Bradley Cork, a member of the College of Community Health Sciences’ Board of visitors, and his wife, Susan Cork, have been named the recipients of the United Way of West Alabama’s Alexis de Tocqueville Society’s annual Family of the Year honor. The Corks will be presented with the award at the Society’s spring dinner on…
The University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency announced its chief residents for the 2016-2017 academic year. Drs. Shawanda Agnew, Carrie Coxwell and Blake DeWitt are chief residents. Dr. Eric Frempong has been elected as IT chief resident. The Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, is a three-year post-graduate…
Sixteen new residents were welcomed into the College of Community Health Sciences’ Family Medicine Residency class of 2019 on March 18 through the National Resident Matching Program. Two members of the incoming class—Elizabeth Junkin and Russell Guin—are currently fourth-year medical students at the College, which also functions as the Tuscaloosa Campus for the University of…
The Rural Medical Scholars Program at the College of Community Health Sciences will honor the graduates of its 20th class, as well as alumni of the now two-decade-old program, on May 1 at Hotel Capstone on The University of Alabama campus. A reception for program alumni will be held at 3 pm and will be…
A medical student who will receive his clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences is part of the inaugural class of Alabama Schweitzer Fellows, a group of graduate students across the state selected to spend a year on a community service project to address chronic health problems. David Osula, a first-year student at…
