Four rising second-year medical students who will complete their third and fourth years of medical school at the College of Community Health Sciences have been selected as part of the fourth class of the University of Alabama School of Medicine’s Health Equity Scholars Program. In its capacity as a regional campus of the School of…

Underserved counties throughout Alabama, particularly those in the state’s Black Belt region, already suffer from limited availability of health care, which has made access to COVID-19 screening and testing especially difficult. In April, The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, University Medical Center and the Office for Research and Economic Development, along with…

A new exhibition by The University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society shows the use of children in tobacco advertising during the past century. The online exhibition, Kids, Candy, n’ Cigarettes, is drawn from the center’s Children and Tobacco Collection and can be found on the center’s website. The center is…

Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health at the College of Community Health Sciences, was a panelist for the BTAN Alabama Virtual Town Hall on May 13. The 90-minute virtual presentation discussed the Black AIDS Institute report, “We The People,” released February 7, 2020. The report addresses the richness, potential and expertise…

Dr. Mercedes Morales-Aleman, assistant professor of community medicine and population health for the College of Community Health Sciences, was one of only three University of Alabama faculty awarded a Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship for their research. The fellowships are awarded by UA’s Council on Community-Based Partnerships and include a $15,000 stipend for faculty, as well…

Hundreds of walkers participated in University Medical Center’s 6th Annual Brussels Sprout Challenge March 7, eating one roasted sprout at each mile of the 3.1-mile walk and helping to promote healthy lifestyle choices. UMC, which is operated by the College of Community Health Sciences, again offered the Brussels Sprout Challenge in partnership with the American…

Yvette Daidone, MSN, RN-BC, joined the College of Community Health Sciences as director of nursing for University Medical Center, which the College operates. Her responsibilities include serving as chief nursing officer, improving workflow, standardizing processes and procedures and implementing quality improvement activities. Before joining the College, Daidone was a quality management specialist at DCH Health…

Sexual satisfaction can become more difficult to achieve as the risk of sexual dysfunction in various forms increases with age, said Dr. John McDonald, interim chair of gynecology and obstetrics at University Medical Center. He said on average after age 50, the ovaries cease estrogen production, leaving women with a variety of problems, including hot…

An estimated 3% to 6% of U.S. college students are HIV positive, but those numbers could be higher and indicate a need for campuses to provide a range of HIV health care services, Dr. Sinead Younge, Danforth Endowed Professor in the Department of Psychology at Morehouse College, said at a February lecture at the College…

High cholesterol is a significant component of artery-clogging plaque and a major cardiovascular disease risk factor, said Dr. Jared Ellis, associate professor of family medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences at OLLI on Feb. 24. Cholesterol is necessary to keep the body healthy, but too much can cause serious health complications, said Ellis,…