UA’s CCHS Faculty Offer Mini Medical School through OLLI

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Jimmy Robinson will present “Adapted Athletics” Jan. 19, kicking off The University of Alabama’s 2017 Mini Medical School.

Robinson, a sports medicine physician at University Medical Center, endowed chair of sports medicine for UA’s College of Community Health Sciences and the head team physician for UA Athletics, will provide an overview of UA’s Adapted Athletics programs at noon, as part of a lecture series for UA’s Osher LIfelong Learning Institute, known as OLLI.

Adapted athletic programs provide an opportunity for those with disabilities to play adapted sports. Programs across the country include a wide variety of sports ranging from basketball, bowling, archery and football to swimming and tennis.

UA’s Adapted Athletics program includes 30 student-athletes in women’s and men’s basketball, wheelchair tennis, para-rowing and adapted golf, and more than 100 students participate in the program’s noncompetitive sports options.

UA is home to five national championships in men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball and two national championships in wheelchair tennis. In addition, seven UA student-athletes qualified for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, and more than 20 UA student-athletes and coaches participated in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

Robinson’s lecture will be the first in the Mini Medical School program for 2017. Mini Medical School is a lecture series that provides an opportunity for OLLI members and community learners to learn about trends in medicine and health.

The lectures are presented by faculty physicians and resident physicians at UA’s College of Community Health Sciences, who also care for patients at University Medical Center, which the College operates. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a member-led program educational program for those aged 50 and older.

There are a total of eight lectures in the Mini Medical School program.

Future lectures include: “Sleep Problems” Jan. 26, presented by Dr. Katie Gates; “Schizophrenia” Feb. 2, presented by Dr. Thad Ulzen; “Immunizations for the Elderly” Feb. 9, presented by Dr. Jane Weida; “Addiction and Teens” Feb. 16, presented by Dr. Sara Phillips; “Cholesterol” Feb. 23, presented by Dr. Ed Geno; “Post Menopausal Health Issues for Senior Adults” March 2, presented by Dr. Cecily Collins; and “Over-the-Counter Drugs: A Prescription for Confusion” March 9, presented by Dr. Richard Streiffer.

The lectures will be from noon to 1:15 pm at the Bryant Conference Center in the Birmingham-Central Room.