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The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences is dedicated to improving healthcare

The programs of the College are designed to increase the accessibility and availability of healthcare and to improve its quality through research, education and service. CCHS provides the last two years of clinical training for a portion of the medical students enrolled at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and it operates the three-year University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency •

Tuscaloosa. The College also operates the University Medical Center (umc.ua.edu), West Alabama's largest community practice.

09/01/2026

Protect yourself this flu season by getting vaccinated! Free flu shots will be provided to UA students, employees and retirees at the University’s Law School tomorrow from 7:30am-1:00pm. If you can’t make it, check out other dates, times and locations of our flu shot sites: https://cchs.ua.edu/flushot.

08/31/2026

The 2026 University of Alabama Flu Shot Campaign kicks off Tuesday, Sept. 1! Free flu shots will be provided to UA students, employees and retirees at Reese Phifer from 9:00am-4:00pm. Check the link for more dates, times and locations: https://cchs.ua.edu/flushot. Let’s work together to keep our UA community healthy this flu season.

08/27/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Meenakshi Arora for being named chair of the CCHS Department of Translational Science and Medicine! She is also associate professor of Biomedical Sciences with the College.

TSM focuses on focus on researching, developing and improving medications used to treat diabetes, cancer, lupus and kidney diseases. The department also includes a master’s degree program, which welcomed its inaugural class this fall.

08/24/2026

Just a reminder to join us Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 12:30pm as CCHS presents “Infusing Health Literacy Strategies into Health Provider Communication,” a lecture given by Dr. JoAnn Oliver, professor and chair of the Division of Nursing and Health Advancement at The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing.

The event, hosted by CCHS’s CARE Committee, is free and open to the public and will be held in the CCHS Classrooms (850 Peter Bryce Blvd., Tuscaloosa) . The lecture is also avaiiable via Zoom: https://go.ua.edu/4bWZdL9

08/21/2026

🎉 Help us welcome Dr. Emily Brown to CCHS!

She is a clinical assistant professor with the College’s Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. Brown also cares for patients as a family medicine physician at University Medical Center clinics in Demopolis and Livingston, which are operated by CCHS.

08/20/2026

Make plans to join us Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 12:30pm as CCHS presents “Infusing Health Literacy Strategies into Health Provider Communication,” a lecture given by Dr. JoAnn Oliver, professor and chair of the Division of Nursing and Health Advancement at The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing.

The event, hosted by CCHS’s CARE Committee, is free and open to the public and will be held in the CCHS Classrooms (850 Peter Bryce Blvd., Tuscaloosa) . The lecture is also avaiiable via Zoom: https://go.ua.edu/4bWZdL9

08/17/2026

The College of Community Health Sciences welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Barstow and Dr. Robert Dale as founding directors of The University of Alabama’s new occupational therapy and physical therapy degree programs!

Barstow serves as director of the Occupational Therapy Program, and Dale serves as director of the Physical Therapy Program. Both will guide the development and launch of their respective eight-semester doctoral programs, which are housed within CCHS.

The new programs will help prepare health professionals to serve communities across Alabama and the Southeast, with a focus on rural and underserved communities.

Read the full story to learn more about the programs and their new directors: https://go.ua.edu/4qmdpTH

08/13/2026

🎉 Help us welcome four new family medicine obstetrics fellows to CCHS: Drs. Alina Farah, Callie Hillman, James Wisdom and Allison Tresner! 🎉

The Family Medicine-Obstetrics Fellowship is a one-year program focused on preparing physicians to provide obstetric care in rural and remote areas of Alabama.

Throughout the fellowship, the physicians gain hands-on experience in hospital and clinic settings while developing advanced skills in obstetrics, including operative deliveries, Cesarean sections and ultrasound.

08/11/2026

CCHS hosted Employee Appreciation Day today, giving faculty and staff an opportunity to celebrate, connect and recognize the people who help make the College what it is.

Employees gathered for lunch and fellowship as we celebrated the dedication and hard work of our faculty and staff.

Thank you to everyone who makes CCHS a special place to work. We appreciate all you do!

08/07/2026

Dr. Lea Yerby, research professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Population Health at CCHS , and her research team participated in The University of Alabama's third annual WellBAMA T-Shirt Day.

Yerby is a site Multiple Principal Investigator for the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study, the largest long-term study of early brain development in the United States. The study examines pregnancy, early childhood brain development and factors that influence children's long-term health.

WellBAMA T-Shirt Day encourages UA faculty and staff to celebrate workplace wellness by wearing their WellBAMA shirts and sharing photos for a chance to win a prize.

(From left): Stephanie Osborne, Allison Terry, Shakira Savage, Lea Yerby, Lexi Schoenbaechler and Sarah Sowell

Address

850 Peter Bryce Boulevard
Tuscaloosa, AL
35401

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12053481360

Website

https://linktr.ee/uacommunityhealthsciences

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