High school immersion: Rural Alabama high school students interested in health care careers can get a head start through the Rural Health Scholars and Minority Rural Health Scholars programs, offered every summer by the College of Community Health Sciences.
Dr. Brett Bentley, clinical assistant professor of sports medicine in the CCHS Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine, was promoted to clinical associate professor. In addition to his academic position, he also provides patient care at University Medical Center in the Dr. Bill deShazo Sports Medicine Center. Bentley completed his undergraduate degree and medical…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Shadow Program: Through CCHS’s Medical Shadowing program, qualified UA undergraduate students who plan to attend medical school shadow physicians at University Medical Center.
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…
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…
