Leveraging gamified learning, the Department of Family and Community Medicine is working to revolutionize medical education proving that, for learners, practice makes perfect.

UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office welcomed 18 individuals in its 11th cohort of Institute for Leadership in August 2025.

UAB Family and Community Medicine is expanding access to comprehensive primary care across Birmingham with the opening of a new family medicine clinic at UAB St. Vincent’s East, offering full-spectrum care—including preventative health screenings, pediatrics, chronic disease management, and physical exams—as well as treating acute conditions.

UAB Medicine provided care to over 1,300 athletes during the 2025 World Police and Fire Games.

A UAB dietitian offers strategies to manage chronic pain with food.

The University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center focuses on the involvement of community members, organizations and patients as partners in research and interventions with a mission to prevent disease and improve health for all.

Can online behavioral weight management programs be improved by simply adding a human touch? The iREACH Rural program hopes to answer that question by examining how high-touch support elements in digital interventions can be optimized for delivering weight loss programs to rural patients.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports & Exercise Medicine team made an impressive mark at the 2025 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting, where faculty and fellows were honored across multiple categories for their scholarship and outreach efforts across Birmingham and the world.

A UAB dietitian breaks down the importance of electrolytes and how to properly fuel the body for the summer.

UAB physicians, athletic trainers, physical therapists, nurses and certified medical assistants will be providing care to the 2025 World Police & Fire Games athletes.

Twelve UAB employees recently graduated from the Emerging Leaders Series (ELS) spring 2025 leadership development program. The program, presented by the UAB Medicine Leadership Development Office (LDO), recognized its third cohort of graduates at a ceremony on June 5.

Fireworks accidents are a leading factor in eye injuries during the month of July.

The UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine recognized 15 faculty members for their outstanding contributions to research, education, and clinical care at the Spring 2025 Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception.

UAB hopes to have a big impact on the health of adaptive sports athletes and expand successful injury prevention programs.

Tapan Mehta, Ph.D., M.S., vice chair of research within the UAB Department of Family and Community Medicine, was one of four faculty members honored with the 2025 UAB Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award in recognition of his exceptional contributions as both a steadfast mentor and inspiring educator. 

UAB Sports Medicine experts are providing their top recommended tips to minimize golf injuries.

The UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine team will present at the 2025 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo., from April 22 to April 27, 2025.

Female athletes are two to eight times more likely to sustain an ACL injury compared to their male counterparts.

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, M.D., 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.

Kaylee Crockett, Ph.D., a clinical health psychologist, offers four tips to help adjust the body to daylight saving time.

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.

Stay committed to those health and wellness goals this new year with these tips from a UAB sports and exercise medicine physician.

Stay safe while traveling this holiday season with these health-conscious tips.