New mindful cognitive preventive intervention improves children’s social-emotional skills and stress physiology Research shows that Mindful Coping Power, a new mindful cognitive prevention program, improves children’s stress physiology and makes lasting improvements in their social skills, and impulsive anger and aggression, according to Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine in the…
Residents and Fellows celebrated at graduation ceremony Twenty-six physicians were honored June 25, 2023, at the 48th annual graduation ceremony of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program and Fellowships. The event was held at UA’s Bryant-Denny Stadium. The College of Community Health Sciences provides graduate and post-graduate medical education through both the…
Smoking as a family edition The millions of fathers who have died from heart disease, emphysema and lung cancer due to smoking was the focus of a new online exhibit in June, “Like Father, Like Son: Smoking as a Family Tradition.” The exhibition is the work of The University of Alabama Center for the Study…
Dr. Anne-Laura Cook, a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. She will also care for patients at UMC-Northport as an internal medicine physician, which is operated by the College. Prior to joining CCHS, Cook was a chief medical officer of Post Acute Care…
Thriving medical clinics: Since opening CCHS’s first medical clinic in 1975, University Medical Center has grown to six locations that together form the largest multi-specialty community medical practice in West Alabama.
Recipients of Humanism in Medicine Award recognized at UAB Medical School graduation Dr. Lexie Rasco, a medical student who completed her clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences, and College adjunct faculty Dr. Chris Roney, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink…
The College of Community Health Sciences welcomed the 2023 Class of the Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship, a program for college students in pre-medical studies who are interested in rural primary care practice. TRPI is a seven-week summer program that provides opportunities for students to learn about the health needs of rural Alabama residents, particularly in…
Thirty-four graduates of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine were recognized at the UA College of Community Health Sciences Senior Banquet held May 18 at Indian Hills Country Club in Tuscaloosa. As a regional campus of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, the College provides clinical education for a…
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…
Dr. Caroline Boxmeyer, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at CCHS, co-authored “Mindful Coping Power Effects on Children’s Autonomic Nervous System Functioning and Long-Term Behavioral Outcomes” published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. To view the article, click here.
