Dr. M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, professor in the College of Community Health Sciences and founding director of The University of Alabama Center for Convergent Bioscience and Medicine, was appointed by the UA Board of Trustees as a Distinguished Research Professor – one of the University’s most prestigious awards. The title recognizes UA faculty who…

Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor in the College’s Department of Community Medicine and Population Health, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health that aims to increase the number of African Americans participating in Lupus clinical trials. Payne-Foster is the principal investigator of “Deep South Health Equity…

Drawing upon expertise from across campus, a new center at The University of Alabama will help overcome obstacles keeping drug therapies that show promise in the lab from translating to an effective treatment for patients. The UA Board of Trustees recently approved forming the Center for Convergent Bioscience and Medicine (CCBM) with research dedicated to…

Providing health care to Alabama communities, particularly in rural areas, is the mission of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. Not an easy endeavor in a state where nearly half of the population has a rural address. “We live in a very rural state, and to deliver a precious commodity like health…

Faculty from The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences are part of a research team awarded $379,683 by CVS Health to study racial disparities in kidney disease diagnosis and treatment in Alabama. Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health for CCHS, and Dr. Brittney Anderson, assistant professor of family, internal,…

Research Grants: Dr. Louanne Friend, associate professor of community medicine and population health for CCHS, and Dr. Tamer Elsayed, director of the UA Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program, which is operated by CCHS, received a third year of funding from the American College of Preventive Medicine to continue their research project, “Demonstration Projects for Providers…

Dr. Eliana Costantino Burgazzi joined the College of Community Health Sciences as assistant professor of family, internal, and rural medicine. She will also care for patients at University Medical Center, which CCHS operates. Burgazzi, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, received her medical degree from Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine in Caracas. She completed…

Although hesitancy to get a vaccine for COVID-19 in rural areas continues to hinder pandemic recovery, research from The University of Alabama found that addressing both hesitancy and access at the community level is important to increasing vaccination rates, particularly in African American Communities. In a report issued in September as part of a national…

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the Virginia Slims Women’s Tennis Circuit, the first sport event named for a cigarette brand. To mark the occasion, The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which is part of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, curated an exhibition that explores the rise…

The University of Alabama is providing free flu shots to students, faculty and staff through mid-November at pop-up locations across campus. The goal of the annual campaign, led by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, is to protect the University community from the flu by making flu shots easy and convenient to get. This year…