Dr. Morgan Benefield joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. She will also care for patients at University Medical Center’s Dr. Bill deShazo Sports Medicine Center. UMC is operated by CCHS. Benefield received her medical degree, with honors, from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of…
Dr. Robert McKinney, assistant professor of Social Work with CCHS and director of the Office of Case Management and Social Services for University Medical Center, co-authored “When worlds collide: Socio-political conflict in patient care,” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. Daniela Monroy, a fourth-year medical student at CCHS, and Dr.…
By Tehreem Khan For decades, reports have sounded the alarm about the looming shortage of primary care physicians in the United States. To mitigate the issue, the University of Alabama Marinex E. Heersink School of Medicine’s Primary Care Track aims to increase the number of students who pursue a medical career in primary care.…
CCHS Physician Creates an Exhibition about political cartoons on smoking. Dr. Alan Blum, founder and director of The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, has curated a new exhibition for the center that highlights the work of newspaper editorial cartoonists and the issue of smoking. Blum, also the Gerald Leon…
Dr. Catherine Lavender, associate professor of family, internal and rural medicine with CCHS, was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society as an outstanding University of Alabama at Birmingham alumnus. In her nomination, Lavender was cited for her strength in leadership, contribution to research and commitment to humanism in medicine. The AOA…
The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences recently welcomed the first class of a new summer program for college students in pre-medical studies who are interested in rural primary care. The Tuscaloosa Rural Pre-Medical Internship is a seven-week program that provides opportunities for students to learn about the health needs of rural Alabama…
Dr. Douglas Scutchfield, one of the founders of the College of Community Health Sciences, died May 23, 2022, in Lexington, Ky. He was 80 years old. Scutchfield helped establish CCHS in 1972 and was the first chair of its Department of Family and Community Medicine. He went on to hold other positions with the College,…
Twenty-two physicians were honored June 18, 2022, at the 47th annual graduation ceremony of The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program and Fellowships. The event was held at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa. The College of Community Health Sciences provides graduate and post-graduate medical education through both the three-year Tuscaloosa Family…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, co-authored “Community Perspectives and Environmental Justice Issues in an Unincorporated Black Township,” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
High school students from rural Alabama communities have participated in programs this summer at The University of Alabama where they learn about the need rural communities have for more doctors and other health care professionals. Through the Minority Rural Health Scholars Program and the Rural Health Scholars Program, both part of the UA College of…
