College of Community Health Sciences
The College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) is committed to the education of students in the health sciences. CCHS offers two Master of Science degree programs. The masters program in Population Health Sciences trains students on the integration of clinical care and public health practices to prevent, reduce and manage human disease. The Rural Community Health masters program prepares students to be community health leaders in rural Alabama as health care providers. An interdisciplinary Ph.D. concentration in Advanced Drug Delivery is also offered through CCHS and the Graduate School.
CCHS is also the site of the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine. The Tuscaloosa Regional Campus offers the Primary Care Track and Rural Track for the School of Medicine. Third and fourth year medical students complete their training in Tuscaloosa and community placements. In addition, the College operates a three-year family medicine residency program and specialized fellowship training programs.
CCHS welcomes students from disciplines other than medicine. A variety of graduate-level courses are offered, as are research and training opportunities for students in nursing, health care management, nutrition, psychology, education, social work and other disciplines.
Faculty
Dean
- Richard Friend
Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
- Caroline Boxmeyer
Associate Dean for Clinical Operations & Faculty Affairs
- Karen Burgess
Associate Dean for Research
- Martha Crowther
Chief Medical Officer & Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
- Thomas Weida
Chief Finance & Operations Officer
- Allison Arendale
Chief Nursing Officer
- Robbin Young
Associate Dean for Medical Education
- Grier Stewart
Community Medicine and Population Health Chair
- Martha Crowther
Family, Internal and Rural Medicine Chair
- Tamer Elsayed
Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair
- John McDonald
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Chair
- Thaddeus Ulzen
Pediatrics Chair
- Karen Burgess
Surgery Chair
- Joseph C. Wallace
Translational Science & Medicine Chair
- Ravi Majeti