The College of Community Health Sciences has welcomed new fellows in obstetrics and sports medicine. The College has seven fellowship programs that are designed to enhance the education of family medicine physicians, especially those who plan to practice in rural and underserved communities where there might be few specialists practicing. In addition to obstetrics, sports…

The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program offers a one-year Integrated Residency (IR) Program for fourth-year medical students planning a primary care practice to better prepare them for their first year (intern year) of residency. Established in 2021, students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marinex E. Heersink School of Medicine are…

Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with the College of Community Health Sciences, is part of a University of Alabama at Birmingham research team recently awarded funding as part of the National Institutes of Health’s newly launched Bridge2AI (Artificial Intelligence) program. The aim of the Bridge2AI program will be to accelerate…

Members of the Tuscaloosa community have the opportunity to learn about trends and advances in health and medicine as part of the Mini Medical School program. Mini Medical School is a collaborative effort of the College of Community Health Sciences and The University of Alabama OLLI program and features a series of lectures provided by…

Reported cases of monkeypox peaked in August and have since been trending downward, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why? “People took it seriously,” said Dr. Richard Friend, a family medicine physician and dean of the College of Community Health Sciences. “In groups and geographic areas where this virus…

Urinary incontinence is an involuntary leakage of urine. Studies suggest that 40% to 50% of women who experience urinary incontinence never actually complain to anyone. Seventy percent of women with urinary incontinence worry about coughing, sneezing and laughing in public in fear of having an accident, and 35% travel less frequently and avoid sexual intercourse.…

Houston Pearce, a longtime supporter of CCHS who built and operated radio stations across the Southeast, died Sept. 9, 2022, in Tuscaloosa. He was 89 years old. Born in 1933, Pearce grew up in Whitfield, Ala., where his family owned a general store. When he was 8 years old his father died and Pearce and…

Susan Page, proposal development administrator and grant writer with the CCHS Institute for Rural Health Research, received the 2022 Mark G. Foster Scholarship awarded by The University of Alabama Professional Staff Assembly. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a professional staff member enrolled in undergraduate or graduate courses at UA. Page is working on a…

The American Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates (COD) selected Dr. Steven Furr, a family medicine physician from Jackson, Ala., as the organization’s president-elect. Furr, who was chosen Sept. 21 during a COD meeting in Washington, DC, has served as adjunct assistant professor with the CCHS Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. As…

Dr. Roland Ficken, longtime faculty member and dean of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences from 1990 to 1996, died Aug. 2, 2022, at his home in Tuscaloosa. He was 86 years old. A native of Marshall, Okla., Ficken was born in 1936 and raised on a small farm. He received a…