Erin DeLaney, M.D., associate professor and vice chair of clinical affairs and quality for the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been announced as the inaugural holder of the Neil E. Christopher Endowed Chair in Family and Community Medicine. 

As international events like the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games and 2025 Invictus Games put adaptive sports into the spotlight and, locally, the University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team recently earned a fifth consecutive national championship, a team spearheaded by UAB hopes to have a big impact on the health of these athletes.

The Alabama Statewide Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Network is working across the state to recruit, train, and retain a workforce of health professionals committed to serving communities with insufficient access to care.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine will be welcoming 33 future residents — including eight Heersink School of Medicine students — who matched into the Cahaba-UAB Family Medicine Residency, UAB Selma Family Medicine Residency, and newly branded UAB-St. Vincent's East Family Medicine Residency programs.

Though the loss of an hour may not seem like much, UAB experts say it can still have an impact on your health. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to adjust in the first week following the switch to daylight saving time.

The AHSAA Super 7 football state championship games showcased more than just athletic talent this past year. Patients from the UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine clinic and Children’s of Alabama took center stage as honorary captains, representing resilience, determination, and hope on the state’s largest high school sports stage.

Irfan Asif, MD, chair of the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been elected as 2nd vice president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and will assume the organization’s presidency in 2027.

November 2024 marked 20 years since the establishment of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute (EMBI) at UAB.

UAB Associate Dean for Primary Care and Rural Health and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine Irfan Asif, MD, was honored with the 2024 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) President’s Award for his work leading efforts to develop the national research strategy for family medicine.

Twenty-two UAB leaders graduated among the ninth cohort of the UAB Medicine Institute for Leadership on Dec. 11, 2024.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham presented Latoya Hicks, DO, with the 2024 "Best Community-Based Educator in Family Medicine" Argus Award.

Twenty-two UAB employees recently graduated from the Emerging Leaders Series (ELS) fall 2024 leadership development program. The program, presented by UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office (LDO), recognized its second cohort of graduates at a ceremony on Nov.

Caroline Sullivan's experience with Alabama AHEC’s clinical rotation placements profoundly shaped her path as a nurse practitioner. While attending Samford University’s Nurse Practitioner program, Sullivan connected with a preceptor at Quality of Life Health Services through East Central Alabama AHEC.

After a national search, Becky Reamey, Ph.D., has been promoted to Director of the Alabama AHEC Network. Reamey first joined the Alabama Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Network in late 2021, initially as the Associate Director and later as Interim Director.

UAB celebrated Primary Care Week across campus October 4-11. Along with spotlighting the pivotal role primary care plays in our health care system, I am also thrilled to celebrate the people who pour their passion into primary care every day at UAB. 

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine is thrilled to announce a weeklong celebration of Primary Care Week from October 4-11, 2024. This event-packed week aims to educate physicians-in-training and students across the health spectrum on the pivotal role of primary care in the healthcare system. 

UAB and UAB Medicine employees without a primary care provider can now turn to two new Department of Family and Community Medicine physicians. Beginning September 16, an employee-only primary care clinic will offer routine care—including health screenings, vaccinations, and physical exams—as well as treat acute conditions.

In an effort to bolster the residency program and grow much-needed clinical support for the region, the Department of Family and Community Medicine on the UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Birmingham campus will assume leadership of the UAB Selma Family Medicine Residency Program beginning October 1.

How can primary care help patients with physical disabilities, who also deal with type 2 diabetes and other chronic disease, best manage their health?

More than 90 runners, coaches, and athletic trainers from across the area recently gathered at UAB for the second annual Robert A. Ferguson Endowed Lecture Series: A Conference on Running Medicine.

Geographic information systems technology is being used to study mortgage decisions, drinking behavior, environmental injustice, and the link between redlining and colon cancer. All Blazers now have free access to ArcGIS software.

Using a handheld ultrasound device, a trained clinician can rapidly and accurately diagnose anything from kidney stones to heart function, saving time and money for patients in rural and urban underserved areas.

Employees in the first cohort of the Developing Emerging Administrative Leaders program share what they learned, and the program’s creators explain their goals as DEAL recruits for its second cohort. Ready to apply?

This year, the university recognizes 50 years of service by Jeanne Hutchison, Ph.D., and Ferdinand Urthaler, M.D., and 45 years of service by Robert Kim M.D., and Joseph Lovetto. In addition, 294 employees with 20 or more years and 904 with five, 10 and 15 years will honored for their longevity.