College of Community Health News

• Medical school graduates to begin residency training at CCHS (3/31/2023) - Sixteen new medical school graduates will begin their graduate education in July 2023 at the 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 2026. The three-year residency is operated by CCHS and is one of the oldest and […]
• Medical students match into residencies (3/31/2023) - University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine students who completed their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences were selected for residencies across the United States Clinical education consists of the third and fourth years of medical school. The medical students learned of their residency placements during a commemorative […]
• Investigating and preventing the opioid crisis topic of Rural Health Conference (3/31/2023) - The opioid crisis is a serious public health issue in the United States as overdoses kill nearly 47,000 people a year, and few strategies have been developed to address the epidemic The 2023 Annual Rural Health Conference, to be held April 12-13 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa, will focus on the opioid crisis […]
• Kumar honored for contributions to biomedical sciences research (3/31/2023) - Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor at The University of Alabama and professor with the College of Community Health Sciences, was recognized by two prestigious organizations for his contributions to biomedical sciences research Kumar was inducted into the 2023 class of the AIMBE College of Fellows – among the […]
• Mini Medical School: All of Us Research (3/31/2023) - All of Us Research seeks to improve health for people of all backgrounds The Institute for Rural Health Research is participating in a nationwide research program that seeks to change the way medicine is practiced and biomedical research is conducted in the future, Dr. John C. Higginbotham, the institute’s founder and director said during a […]
• CCHS Brag Points (3/31/2023) - Shadow Program: Through CCHS’s Medical Shadowing program, qualified UA undergraduate students who plan to attend medical school shadow physicians at University Medical Center.
• Publications (3/31/2023) - Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, co-authored “Increased Dietary Fiber is Associated with Weight Loss Among Participants Using Full Plate Living,” published in Frontiers in Nutrition. To view the article, click here. Payne-Foster also co-authored “The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises,” published in […]
• Accolades (3/31/2023) - Dr. Alan Blum, the Gerald Leon Wallace, MD, Endowed Chair of Family Medicine at CCHS, Dr. Jane Weida, professor and chair of the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine at CCHS, and Dr. Thomas Weida, professor and associate dean for Clinical Affairs for CCHS, have been chosen Top Doctors in Family Medicine by the […]
• Student Health Center Provides Services for Female Students in New Women’s Health Wing (3/1/2023) - In the fall 2022, The University of Alabama Student Health Center and Pharmacy opened a new Women’s Health wing to provide additional services for female students and to offer care from female providers. The new wing features a private waiting room, six exam rooms and a procedure room, and offers services for pelvic and breast […]
• Publications (3/1/2023) - Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, and graduate student Ifeoluwa Abosede Oyerinde, co-authored “HIV Knowledge among African Americans Living with HIV in the Rural South: Implications for Improving HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes,” accepted for publication in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. To view the article, click […]
• Mini Medical School: A Table for One – Tips for Solo Meals (3/1/2023) - With small-portion recipes and tips for shopping, stocking and storing food in a single-person household, cooking can be easily tailored to feed one, said Suzanne Henson, a registered dietician with University Medical Center. The secret of making cooking for one successful and enjoyable, Henson said, is not to think of a meal as self-contained but […]
• Mini Medical School: Infectious Diseases Update (3/1/2023) - A trifecta of infectious illnesses—COVID-19, flu and RSV- peaked during the winter months and RSV could spike again in the spring, according to Dr. Tom Weida, a professor of family medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences and chief medical officer for University Medical Center. Weida provided updates about the three infectious diseases during […]
• Mini Medical School: Hospitalist Group Improves Care for Hospitalized Patients (3/1/2023) - Hospital medicine is a fast-growing specialty and Capstone Hospitalist Group is demonstrating that having doctors practice in hospitals is reducing the length of hospital stays and increasing patient satisfaction, said Dr. Richard Friend, dean of the College of Community Health Sciences. During a Mini Medical School presentation in February, Friend and Dr. Lisa Gillespie, medical […]
• Mini Medical School: All About the Shingles Virus (3/1/2023) - Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area, and it affects 1.2 million people a year in the United States. Dr. Jane Weida, professor and chair of the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences and a family medicine […]
• CCHS Brag Points (3/1/2023) - Top Grads: One in seven family medicine physicians practicing in Alabama graduated from The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, one of the oldest and largest family medicine residencies in the United States. The residency is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences.