Health care services at The University of Alabama will expand and become more efficient as the Student Health Center, currently managed by the Division of Student Life, merges its medical services and administrative operations with the University Medical Center, which falls under the College of Community Health Sciences. The full transition is expected to be…
University Medical Center and WVUA 23 have partnered to provide the West Alabama community with important information and resources from UMC health experts through weekly virtual town halls. UMC Town Halls in March: Responding to and improving health care disparities in rural Alabama, with guest Dr. Drake Lavender, family medicine physician at UMC and director…
At University Medical Center, we have been vaccinating The University of Alabama community against COVID-19 since early January, and it has been a privilege to do so. The effort has placed considerably more work on our faculty and staff. UMC is primarily vaccinating on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. There have been long hours and long…
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are available, it is important to understand more about them. Dr. Tom Weida is chief medical officer of University Medical Center. In this podcast, he explains the different vaccines available, their safety and effectiveness, and what people can expect after vaccination. Your browser does not support the audio element. Download
In the United States, there are more than 13,000 cases of cervical cancer every year. Most people don’t know that cervical cancer can be prevented. Dr. John McDonald, an OB/GYN at University Medical Center, talks about ways to help prevent cervical cancer Read More. Dr. Robert Osburne is a practicing endocrinologist at University Medical Center,…
A mobile app developed by faculty at The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences and the Center for Advanced Public Safety is helping individuals manage their blood pressure while also providing valuable resources that promote a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Louanne Friend, associate professor and director of residency research with CCHS, was the principal…
The College of Community Health Sciences worked closely in 2020 with The University of Alabama’s efforts to mitigate community spread of COVID-19 by conducting sentinel testing of employees and students. The College, which operates University Medical Center, is continuing the work in 2021. Sentinel testing is one of several important measures for preventing the spread…
University Medical Center opened a location in Fayette, Alabama, Feb. 5 that will provide prenatal care services to expectant mothers in a county that has a high infant mortality rate. UMC-Fayette will be open from 8:30 am to noon on Fridays. Dr. Cheree Melton, a family medicine-obstetrician at UMC in Tuscaloosa, will care for patients…
It is hard to believe that we have been living through the COVID-19 global pandemic for nearly a year. And while there is still a long way to go until we can return to some semblance of normalcy, COVID vaccines are beginning to bring light to the end of this tunnel. Two vaccines, one from…
University Medical Center began administering COVID-19 vaccines in early January to The University of Alabama’s highest priority groups – University health-care workers, law enforcement and security personnel, UA employees and retirees age 75 and older, and UMC patients age 75 and older. Based on Alabama Department of Public Health requirements, UMC was only able to…
