Summer Programs Prepare Students For Health Careers High school students from rural Alabama are participating in annual programs this summer at The University of Alabama where they are learning 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,…
Dr. Alan Blum, the Gerald Leon Wallace, M.D., Endowed Chair of Family Medicine for The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was invited by The Lancet to provide commentary for an article about the rising toll of smoking worldwide. Blum is also director of the UA Center for the Study of Tobacco and…
Construction has begun on a two-story addition to The University of Alabama Student Health Center that will house a new MRI research suite, allowing University researchers to extensively explore the human body, with a focus on the brain and neuroscience. The suite will include the MRI room, shell space for a future MRI scanner and…
A researcher at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences will study a novel nanomedicine treatment for acute kidney injury, a common disease with no federally approved medication. Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, a professor at CCHS, was awarded a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the study. Kumar…
Studies show that between 10% and 15% of physicians in the United States experience substance use disorder at some point in their careers, but many don’t know how to or choose not to seek help, Dr. Sandra Frazier, medical director of the Alabama Professionals Health Program, said during a lecture at The University of Alabama…
By Caleb Jones Growing up, Dr. Jared Watson fantasized along with his twin brother Jeremy that they would one day be “football-playing doctors, in space.” Now, as a former University of Alabama football player and UAB School of Medicine Class of 2021 graduate, it’s safe to say that at least two of those aspirations have…
Twenty-six graduates of the UAB School of Medicine Class of 2021 were honored at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Senior Banquet May 20, held virtually due to COVID-19. As a regional campus of the School of Medicine, the College provides the clinical education for a portion of third- and fourth-year medical…
Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Available To UMC Patients University Medical Center has the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine available by appointment for UMC patients age 18 and older. To schedule an appointment, call (205) 348-1471. UMC is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences. Vaccines are provided on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm…
Dr. Martha Crowther, professor and associate dean for Research and Health Policy for The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, was named the 2021 Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award winner by UA’s Council on Community-Based Partnerships. Crowther was recognized for her “outstanding achievements in community engagement and her leadership role in advancement engagement scholarship…
University Medical Center’s Reach Out and Read program received strong support during the recently completed University of Alabama 2021 Bama Blitz online fundraising campaign. The early childhood reading program received more than $7,000 in donations, exceeding its fundraising goal. Through Reach Out and Read, which is part of UMC’s Pediatric Clinic in Tuscaloosa, children age…
