Founded in 1993, the Center focuses on reducing health risks among underserved populations throughout the state of Alabama and plays a leading role in the development of community-based research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

The Center’s high quality research is grounded in the development of the Community Health Advisors model (CHA), a widely used model adapted by the Center in the early 90’s and piloted in a rural Alabama African-American community. This model is used in a number of newer initiatives at UAB and its replication is a testament to the CHP’s focus on community-based solutions to further inform the field of health prevention and health promotion. Also, over the past 10 years the Center has received 18 Special Interest Projects funded by the CDC as well as numerous state and local grants.

As a UAB University-wide Institutional Research center, the Center for the Study of Community Health offers a unique prevention research environment that includes faculty from a cross section of over 130 clinicians, researchers, health-related professionals, social and behavioral scientists, and community leaders, who are setting new standards in the state of Alabama and around the world.

I invite you to review this website to see our programs, to communicate with our faculty and staff, and to read more about our commitment improving the health and lives of Alabama’s underserved citizens.

Max Michael, M.D.
Dean - UAB School of Public Health
Director - UAB Center for the Study of Community Health
(205) 975-7742 maxm@uab.edu