The College of Community Health Sciences celebrated National Primary Care Week in October with a week of activities to recognize the importance of primary health care and primary care providers. During the week, the College’s medical students and resident physicians participated in procedural workshops that focused on blood pressure, EKGs, chest X-rays and ear exams.…
Nursing students at Shelton State Community College now have the opportunity to learn about outpatient primary care and complete some of their clinical education at the College of Community Health Sciences as part of a new program launched by the two institutions. In October, five students in Shelton State’s LPN to RN program began their…
From his early life in segregated Shreveport, La., to graduation from Harvard Medical School and surgical residency training, and a professional career as a research scientist for the U.S. Navy, Dr. Cuthbert Simpkins never lost his love for science. Today, Simpkins is the Sosland Missouri Endowed Chair in Trauma Services with the University of Missouri-Kansas…
The College of Community Health Sciences is part of a nationwide network of academic and health-care institutions implementing the National Institute of Health’s All of Us Research Program, an effort to advance research into precision medicine. The College, through its University Medical Center, is an awardee of a part of the program known as the…
Dr. Joy Ge joined CCHS as an assistant professor of behavioral medicine. She will also care for patients at University Medical Center clinics in Tuscaloosa and Demopolis. CCHS operates UMC. Ge earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology and master’s degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. She received her medical degree from…
The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a method of care that puts patients at the center of care and helps to build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams. To be recognized as a PCMH means that medical practices have made a commitment to providing care that is patient-centered, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated,…
Delirium is an acute state of brain failure that affects a person’s thinking and awareness of their surroundings, causing them to feel confused, said Dr. Grier Stewart, an internal medicine physician with University Medical Center. “The differences be Delirium is an acute state of brain failure that affects a person’s thinking and awareness of their…
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster, professor of community medicine and population health with CCHS, received funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for a Tri-State Area Lupus Outreach and Clinical Trial Education Program. The program helps to increase awareness of lupus-related health disparities and produce clinical-based interventions to reduce those disparities in racial and…
The College of Community Health Sciences welcomed seven students from around the state to the Rural Medical Scholars Program, which is exclusively for rural Alabama students who want to become physicians and practice in rural communities. The Rural Medical Scholars Program is part of the CCHS Rural Health Leaders Pipeline created to address the shortage…
The College of Community Health Sciences welcomed four rural Alabama students who want to one day practice dentistry in rural communities to the inaugural class of a new Rural Dental Scholars Program The program is a separate admissions pathway to the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry specifically for students from rural Alabama.…
