UAB Uses Mobile Clinic to Examine Disease Risk of Rural Southerners
July, 2021
One in six Americans lives in a rural county. These communities play a vital role in the United States’ economy, but their residents tend to live less healthy and shorter lives. The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health has starte …
Now Hiring Locally in Alabama!
July, 2021
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is now recruiting candidates for 2 positions: Mobile Medical Examiner, which will work directly in the lab on the mobile exam unit, and Program Manager I – Mobile Exam Unit Please click the respective links below …
High Blood Pressure & Stroke Awareness in the COVID-19 Era & Beyond
May, 2021
In May 2021, the Mississippi Core, along with the Oktibbeha and Panola Community Advisory Boards, hosted a virtual event titled High Blood Pressure & Stroke Awareness in the COVID-19 Era & Beyond, raising awareness for common questions and beyond
Drs. David McManus, Mahasin Mujahid, and Shauntice Allen present at NHLBI’s Diagnostics and Disease Management Tools for Use in Underserved Population workshop
April, 2021
Jump ahead to the 3 hour 30 minute mark to see Drs. David McManus, Mahasin Mujahid, and Shauntice Allen present at NHLBI’s Diagnostics and Disease Management Tools for Use in Underserved Population workshop from April 2021
Heart Health in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
February, 2021
You can rewatch this virtual event, hosted by the Oktibbeha and Panola Community Advisory Boards, along with the Mississippi Core of The RURAL Study, from February 2021
Alabama Residents: Click here to hear our radio advertisement
January, 2021
RURAL Study billboards were put up in both Selma and Wilcox County in late 2020. Dr. Shauntice Allen, the PI of the Alabama State Core, recorded radio advertisements at a local radio station in Valley Grand to promote the Study. The radio advertisement …
Scott Comm Local Focus Special Feature with The RURAL Heart and Lung Study/Dr. Allen
January, 2021
UAB’s Dr. Shauntice Allen joins The New 100.9 ALEX-FM WALX for their Local Focus Special Feature, where she discusses the RURAL Heart and Lung Study coming to Dallas County. Be on the look out to participate via an invitation in the mail sent out to ra …
Rural Health Study Prepares to Recruit Oktibbeha Residents
November, 2020
For most of the 20th Century, experts hailed the health benefits of country living. Fresh air, less-crowded living conditions and homegrown food sources were lauded as a preferable alternative to urban living.
RURAL Study Begins Outreach and Community Engagement in Mississippi
June, 2020
Bascom K. Reprinted with permission of the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2019;61(5):148-149. RURAL study begins outreach and community engagement in North Mississippi Click here to download the article
RURAL Study Brings Outreach, Community Engagement in North Mississippi
March, 2020
Page 6 in the March issue of Mississippi RURAL Health Association’s Crossroads discusses UMMC’s local engagements that researchers engaged in so far.