Since 2014, the Southeast Alabama Area Health Education Center (SEAAHEC) has educated over 4,000 high school students in 15 counties through 184 health-care career programs and workshops geared toward mentoring youth who are interested in medicine as a career choice. From a variety of topics such as Health Careers 101 or ACT Prep presentations in health-science classes and career-tech centers to intense summer enrichment programs at Upward Bound, Troy University and Tuskegee

Recently, the United Health Foundation distributed their 2018 edition of America’s Health Rankings, and Alabama’s score card remains grim. The report reviewed determinants of health v health outcomes, and Alabama’s standing continues to demand the need for change. Here are a few of the most startling results: Mental Health Providers: Alabama has the lowest concentration of any state Overall Health Rankings: Alabama ranks 48/50 Obesity: Alabama is one of 23 states with signifi

Clinical Coordinator Stephanie Westhoff shares scholarship and loan repayment information with medical students The concept for Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) is not new, in fact, AHECs began to crop up around the nation in the early 1970s to create greater access to health care in rural and underserved pockets of the United States. Funded since the early 1980s - through an arm of the federal Bureau of Health Workforce, i.e., the Health Resources and Services Administra