College’s family medicine residency hosts Research Day

May 26, 2023

Home health visits, airway management, HPV vaccinations, blood pressure and prenatal care were some of the topics presented at the College of Community Health Sciences Resident and Fellow Research Day, hosted May 23 by the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program.

The residency, which is operated by CCHS, is a three-year education and training program for medical school graduates seeking to specialize in the practice of family medicine. The program’s curriculum includes a research component. During Research Day, residents presented their research projects and findings.

“This is an extraordinary class, one in which I am very proud of,” Dr. Louanne Friend, the residency’s assistant director for Research and Quality Improvement and associate professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, said in opening remarks. “They had to endure a lot through their three years of training, even through COVID-19. Even though it was not what they signed up for, they helped me vaccinate most of The University of Alabama campus.”

Residents and Fellows Research Presentations:

• A Review of the Impact of Home Visits: Analysis of Reducing Hospitalizations with UMC Patients: Dr. Ellen Lorenzen


• Mentor-Mentee Program: The Effects of a Residency Mentorship Program on Family Medicine Burnout and Wellness: Drs. Afrin Biswas, Richard Mosu, Tatiana Sanchez and Nicholas Goodwin.


• Airway Management Workshop: Drs. Brandon Duke, Jonathon Mikhail and Mitchell Currie.


• Strategy To Improve No Show Rate at UMC Main and UMC Northport: Drs. Kyle Scheuerman, Zagros Motamed and Addison Ciavaglia-Brown.


• Personal Growth Initiative as a Buffer Against Suicide Ideation Severity in Psychotherapy Outpatients with Depressive Symptoms: Dr. Addison Ciavaglia-Brown.


• Improving HPV Vaccination Rates at UMC: A Quality Improvement Project: Drs. Manpreet Chatha and Manpreet Singh.


• Self-Measured Blood Pressure: A University Medical Center QI Project 2023: Drs. Houston Hodges, Vikrant Sandhu and Racheal Daniels.


• Improving HTN Follow Up Rates: A QI Project: Drs. Moninder Dhillon and Michael Zoueter.


• An Assessment of Learners’ Child Passenger Safety Knowledge: Drs. Afrin Biswas and Tiffaney Watson.


• Providing Prenatal Care to an Underserved Population and Its Impact on Secondary Medical Education: Drs. Christel Bowman and Lucas Kane.