Stories Tagged ‘College of Community Health Sciences’ 
UA College of Community Health Sciences Hosts Programs on Obesity
The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences will host a special emphasis week focusing on obesity May 22-26, as part of its Grand Rounds series in the department of continuing medical education.
UA College of Community Health Sciences Rededicates Computer Lab
More than 60 Shamblin family members and friends gathered recently at the College of Community Health Sciences’ library at The University of Alabama for a rededication ceremony. The ceremony was held to change the name of the computer labs both at the library and DCH from the Dr. Roscoe Shamblin Computer Lab to the Dr. Roscoe and Dr. Bill Shamblin Computer Lab.
UA’s Rural Health Conference to Focus on Hispanic Health Disparities
The Institute for Rural Health Research at The University of Alabama is hosting its seventh annual Rural Health Conference on April 20-21 at UA's Bryant Conference Center.
Clinical Trials Eyeing Rural America, UA Looks to Expand its Role
A new version of a nasal spray flu vaccine shows greater effectiveness in preventing influenza in test patients than did an injectable flu vaccine, according to data from the new drug's latest clinical trial.
UA Libraries to Receive One of the Original Letters Sent by Martin Luther King Jr. from the Birmingham Jail
The University Libraries at The University of Alabama announced today they will receive a rare and important document relating to the civil rights struggle in Alabama -- one of the original letters sent by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from the Birmingham Jail.
Black Belt Foundation Selects UA Group for Project
The Black Belt Community Foundation has selected a University of Alabama outreach team to develop its communications and marketing plans for 2006.
Marsh Named Dean of UA College of Community Health Sciences, Associate Dean of UA School of Medicine
Dr. E. Eugene Marsh III has been named dean of The University of Alabama's College of Community Health Sciences and associate dean of the UA School of Medicine.
UA Students Accepted into Dietetics Program
A select group of students at The University of Alabama have been accepted into the Coordinated Program in Dietetics in the UA College of Human Environmental Sciences.
Medical Marijuana Use, Seizure of Property to be Examined at UA Constitution Day Forum Sept. 16
The University of Alabama will commemorate the nation's first Constitution Day with a forum on two topics of intense national interest – the use of marijuana for medical purposes and a recent Supreme Court decision allowing seizure of private property in Connecticut.
Students From Alabama Black Belt Participate in UA Health Program
Fifteen students selected from the Black Belt region recently completed the 2005 Minority Rural Health Pipeline Program at The University of Alabama.
Alabama Students Complete UA Rural Health Program
Eighteen students selected from across the state recently completed the 2005 Rural Health Scholars Program at The University of Alabama.
UA Professor Receives National Rural Medicine Award
Dr. John R. Wheat, professor of community and rural medicine in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been named the 2004 Stueland Scholar by the National Farm Medicine Center of the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wis.