Operation of The University of Alabama Brewer-Porch Children’s Center transitioned from the University’s College of Arts and Sciences to its College of Community Health Sciences on October 1. Brewer-Porch provides behavioral health care and educational services for children, adolescents and their families both locally and from across Alabama. With the transition, the center also stands…

Depression can present differently in older adults and can often go unrecognized and untreated, said Dr. John Burkhardt, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. “It’s a myth that depression is a normal part of aging. It’s not,” said Burkhardt, a clinical psychologist who also…

Dr. Carmen Collins recalled a recent time that she experienced headaches, vision loss and even fell down some stairs. The third-year resident in The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency, which is operated by UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, went to the hospital emergency room, where she received an MRI. When the results…

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder where the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone – or both, said Dr. Jennifer Clem, associate professor of family, internal, and rural medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. “Osteoporosis literally means porous bone,” said Clem, who also cares for patients at…

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…

While telemedicine is not new widespread adoption of it has been slow, but that’s changing as the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating use of the technology, said Dr. Nathan Culmer, assistant professor and director of Educational Technology for the College of Community Health Sciences. “Telemedicine is like the little engine that could,” Culmer said. “Some telemedicine…

Dr. Martha Crowther, associate dean for Research and Health Policy at the College of Community Health Sciences and professor of community medicine and population health, co-authored: “Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Stroke in a National Cohort of Blacks and Whites from REGARDS,” published in October 2020 in Neurology: Clinical Practice. Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of…

Ten students studying to become physicians with plans to practice in rural Alabama communities were recently accepted to The University of Alabama’s Rural Medical Scholars Program for the 2020-21 academic year. The Rural Medical Scholars Program, part of UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, is a five-year medical education program that leads to a medical…

Drs. Jane and Tom Weida, faculty at the College of Community Health Sciences and practicing physicians at University Medical Center, were honored by the American Academy of Family Physicians for advancing the values of family medicine through their leadership, service and philanthropy. Announced at the recent AAFP Foundation Annual Recognition Ceremony, the Philanthropist of the…

Every year thousands of people in the U.S. get sick with the flu and this year health experts worry about an overlap of flu and COVID-19 and the potential double burden to people and the healthcare system. On this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Jennifer Clem, a family medicine physician at University Medical Center, talks…