University Of Alabama At Birmingham Awarded $2.7 Million For Underserved Community Mental Health Training

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced that two faculty members in the school’s College of Arts and Sciences were awarded a total of $2.7 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). UAB is using the funding to expand training on community mental health for doctoral psychology students and to expand training for undergraduate psychology students on how to support youth and families.

Three cohorts of five doctoral students in the UAB Department of Psychology’s Medical/Clinical Psychology program will learn skills needed to provide mental health services in underserved communities. The program will . . .